president s legal strategy becomes clear, delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make the case in the judge and documents case, we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville, last night on cnn, he said white nationalist, to me, is an american. now, he s doing damage control will still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decades is still far from over. good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, we know what has long been suspected, the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case. and it s not just us saying it, he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co defendant walt nauta asked judge aileen cannon not only to set aside her august trial date, but also to, quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so
the same robot that found the titanic sub is back at the wreckage site, the lead starts right now. what went so tragically wrong? causing the implosion that killed five people on that v voyage. first on cnn, a new mission today for that remote vehicle that discovered the sub debris. plus, a cnn exclusive. fake electors compelled to testify. as a special counsel investigation looking in efforts to over turn the 2020 election heats up. and in the shadow of trump, 2024 republican hopefuls converge on a conservative conference and try to separate themselves on one of the most divisive issues of this election cycle. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper here in washington. and i m anderson cooper in saint john, newfoundland, where the sub started one week ago today. this afternoon the canadian government is announcing it is launching an investigation into the implosion of the sub which killed all five people on board. mothership is set to arrive in
for what happened in new york in a courtroom today. and that is a latin term. it s bonkers. tonight, on laura coates live . i have been waiting to talk to you guys about this all day. what a day in court today. donald trump clashing with the judge, loudly talking during e. jean carroll s testimony, loud enough, by the, way to be heard at least two rows away, claiming its you ve heard these phrases before it s a witch hunt. and it really is a con job. unquote. shaking his head, throwing his hands up in the air oh, wait, i do that to. pulling his hands up in the air it was quite a performance. and it s one that didn t fool the judge, not even for a millisecond, or maybe a new york minute, i guess you say. because here is something you don t usually here in the courtroom. the judge saying that he hopes he won t have to kick trump out of court. and then trump responding, quote, i would love it. the judge, i know you would. of course, he likely would. his goal is actually
we are following breaking news this hour. a verdict has been reached in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the proud boys. this trial really considered the center piece, the marquee of the prosecutions brought by the justice department surrounding the actions leading up to and on january 6th. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. she s joining me once again. katelyn, what s the latest you re hearing from inside the room? reporter: kate, we really are moments away from knowing what the result of this long, long trial, this long prosecution by the justice department is at this moment in time the jury is reading the verdicts that they have reached in the courtroom. we have a team watching this right now. and what is happening here, what is at stake here is that this is the case against the five leaders of the proud boys, people that the justice department have accused of not just wanting to have a war against the u.s. government after the 2020 el
department spokesperson era hut, republican the pollster, legal analyst elliott williams, and x e o assist the idea that with all the subpoenas with the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, what is the significance of this now to you? it s easy to forget that the mar-a-lago investigation has been going on because all the headlines for the last two weeks of focused on new york city investigation into the former president there. but also fulton county georgia where the president is also being investigated. and the mar-a-lago investigation has been carrying on this entire time. look, any investigation is going to require speaking to other employees other than the individual who might be in the center of it. it shouldn t surprise anybody. it s significant because whenever anybody gets a subpoena, no matter who they are, it s a big deal, and it s evidence, and it s testimony. who knows where this ends up? but it s a big deal. speaking of who was subpoenaed, we are