Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
A protective order after the former president lashes out online. Plus, niger ignores the president s airspace back in power. And against the odds how a man survived more than 30 hours in sharkinfested waters thats after a wave wiped out his boat. Good morning, and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, im rahel sol solomon. Lets start here, Donald Trumps tours have in the afternoon to meet a deadline in this alleged attempts to overturn the election. And that will limit what he says during discovery. And the judge has ordered trumps side to respond to that request. This is all part of ans indicating back and forth that included trump making threats and insults at the Justice Department saturday night. I will direct a completely very, very powerful overhaul of the doj. Were not going to have cowards, were not going to have cowards like bill barr. Virtually every poll, were kicking bidens ass. If i wasnt, we wouldnt be under investigation by deranged jack smith. Hes a
Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
barbie has raked in $1 billion worldwidbecoming the fast pest movie to reach $400 million domestically and $500 million internationally, that s according to the studio owned by warner brothers discovery. here to discuss, let s bring a senior analyst. paul, always great to see you and have you. let s start with how did they do it, how did barbie do it? what do you think they tapped into? well, there was something, rahel, that was going on when these two films were dated for july 21st. both oppenheimer and barbie. the barbenheimer phenomenon was born. and when those two films opened, really, now their in their third weekends each, they doubled the original projection that they expected to open to. and now barbie has over $1 billion, $1.03 billion, to be exact, according to the com-score numbers. oppenheimer over $500 million. these two movies, i think, are
three. and against republicans who should silence if they could they would silencing the voices of young black lawmakers. but first my colleague richard lui with today s top news stories. stores are watching this hour for sweden knocking team usa out of the world cup this morning are dramatic round of penalty kicks dashing hopes for a third trophy for the u.s., neither team managed to score an extra time and sweden advancing to the quarterfinals against japan the barbie film has hit the billion dollar mark just 17 days after it was released. according to warner brothers will finish the weekend with 1.03 billion dollars. in case you are counting in ticket sales of the global box office it said in a statement sunday that this means greta gerwig has become the first woman to reach the milestone as