Viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Im lynda kinkade. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Coming up we call it a sham indictment. The man whos doing it, we really believe hes mentally ill. Donald trump continuing his pattern of stunning public statements on his indictment a day after running into legal trouble for comments he posted online. Coup leaders in niger face an ultimatum. Reinstate the president today or face potential Military Intervention. Well have a live report from the region. And were an hour away from the u. S. Facing off against sweden in the womens world cup and the excitement is building. Well take you live to a World Cup Watch Party in New York City. A new deadline and a new legal ruling in the latest indictment of donald trump. The federal judge overseeing trumps Election Fraud case has responded to a court filing from Special Counsel jack smith last night. Smith wants the protective order after trump posted this. Quote, if you go after me, im co
the tournament began. reporter: hi, lynda, it s great to be you this early. the expectations are sky high. the pressure is mounting ing as been over the last few days. these two teams are very familiar with one another. they ve met each other ten times on major international stages and sweden has had their number in the past. if there was a heated rival frfry in the sport, this is it. ing with at legend s sports bar in new york city, anticipation is very high here as well. people have just started to trickle in over the last 15 minutes. some a little bit bleary-eyed, maybe just waking up. others have been awake over the last couple of hours, but it should be a very exciting atmosphere here for a match that could really go either way, with just how well-suited these two are against one another. these must be some dedicated fans behind you. and as you say, no doubt, more will arrive in the coming minutes. just give us a sense of the u.s.