Breaking news, explosive growth of the wildfires in texas. One just became the second largest in state history. It is 0 contained we have new reporting on who needs to take cover in very shortly, ivf families will rally at the Alabama State house. Could a major about face be imminent after the state Supreme Court controversial ruling that some say put ivf in jeopardy. Sara is out today. Im john berman with kate baldwin. This he is Cnn News Central okay so you know, you love capitol hill drama. You dont have to admit it, but you know, you love it. And today is going to be one of those days. Very soon President Bidens son, hunter is arriving on the hill and heading Behind Closed Doors for what has become a highly anticipated moment, the facetoface with republicans lawmakers, and the biggest moments so far in the republican Led Effort Toward Impeaching President Biden. Cnns paula reid. Shes watching all this tracking all of this hopefully as sneakers on because its going to be wild. Paula
noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
he s also asking the georgia supreme court to shut down district tierney fani willis s investigation into whether trump and its allies tried to overturn the 2020 election. in a filing yesterday in that case trump s legal team writes that allowing the georgia investigation to continue with cause, quote, reputational harm to the petitioner as he seeks his party s nomination for the presidency of the united states via a flagrant disregard for in violation of, his fundamental constitutional rights. and i spoke last night with congressman, jamie raskin, and about these increasingly desperate looking moose on the part of the trump team. listen to what he told me. you can t prosecute him when he is president, because he s president. you can t prosecute him after he sees president, because he is running for president. you can t impeach and convict him, they argued. you can t use the impeachment process because, really, he should be tried, they say. use the criminal statutes. but you
i ll find out why that is so important, notjust to us but to the uk economy, as well. swapping celtic for spurs is manager ange postecoglou set for a switch to the premier league after his treble winning season in scotland? good morning. the weather you had last week will be very similar to the weather you will get this week. this morning is a cloudy start, the cloud burning back to the east coast but breezy and cool. the best of the sunshine in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s monday the 5th ofjune. the duke of sussex will become the first member of the royal family for more than 100 years to give evidence in court this week as he enters the witness box in his legal battle against mirror group newspapers. prince harry claims his privacy was breached byjournalists and investigators working on 33 stories about him, dating back decades. mgn has apologised for the use of unlawful methods to gather information including phone hacking but says executi
good morning, everyone. erica is here again, looking like a ray of sunshine. let s get started with five things to know. there may be a deal. we re not quite there yet with the final house vote expected to day. the drama now is not between the two parties but instead within the republican party. the finger pointing intensifies as russia blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow on the heels of a deadly rain in kyiv. president zelenskyy senting a date for the counter offensive. also, republican president hl h presidenttial hopeful ron desantis in iowa. he paints a pretty grim picture of the country. a historic ruling in big pharma. one family is fighting the opioid epidemic in exchange from immunity in future lawsuits. and what this means for the global race to conquer space. cnn this morning starts right now. deal or no deal? there s a deal. do they have a vote is the question. there say huge breakdown in capitol hill for the deal. the house is set to vote o