New developments at the federal courthouse in d.c. today. a battle between donald trump s legal team and his special counsel investigating the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. our teams are onsite for the very latest. and he s back apparently. the man who led an armed mutiny through the streets of russia is spotted inside russia for the first time since that brief uprising. vladimir putin not known for his forgiving side. so why is yevgeny prigozhin going so public? plus, the nation s largest power grid declaring an emergency alert as the nation swelters under a heat wave. what that means for more than 65 million people relying on the company to keep them cool. we re following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central.
That they believe trump will be indicted in the case since he received the target letter, and shortly before, after really changing their minds, days, months of this investigation. at one point they told me they believed he would be an unindicted co-conspirator. at one point they said they didn t think he would be charged at all. they decided to reach out for a meeting with jack smith and i am told they had certain questions, which they did not get into with me. sources did not get into with me that they wanted to present to jack submitted and his team to try to get some answers. right now his team is just waiting. they are also trying to read the tea leaves. trying to read what s going on between the lines of the various reports. as to timing. if it will happen today or not. i ve spoken to a number of people, all of whom are close to donald trump, all of whom believe he will inevitably be indicted. the range of the timing is all over the map which gives you an indication of where they
just a short time ago, donald trump s attorneys wrapped up a meeting face to face with special counsel jack smith. sources tell cnn donald trump s lawyers hoped the sitdown could delay a potential indictment in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we are told they got no information on timing. the stakes couldn t be higher. the federal grand jury in that case is gathered for the first time since last week. cnn s reporter is outside the courthouse. so what did trump s lawyers go into this meeting hoping to get? and what did they leave with? reporter: at the very least, they were hoping for some sort of delay to put things on hold as they ve been trying to do in a lot of different avenues as the special counsel has been investigating donald trump and bringing cases against him. but in this circumstance, they left that meeting this morning
6th. then, you have everyone else that stands for, you know, there wrote to this constitution. whether as citizens or as public servants. why that is so difficult to recognize, i don t know other than the fact that i think many people are simply indifferent to what is happening right now. i believe we are involved in a battle between donald trump and his allies and the united states government. unfortunately, we have members who are beholden to donald trump and our elected members of our government. it makes things even more confusing for many americans. might, it is important to get your perspective on this that we appreciate your time this evening. as cnn analyst and former d.c.
Mo brooks can successfully bring his campaign back from the dead two months after former president trump rescinded his endorsement of the congressman. brooks campaign has been surging in recent weeks, up against poll leader katie brit and u.s. army pilot mike durant. with more on this very important primary day, i want to bring in cnn anchor and chief national affairs analyst kasie hunt and we re also joined by cnn political analyst and white house correspondent and washington bureau chief for the grio appleril ryan. stacey abrams, the presumptive democratic nominee in the race in georgia, was saying that georgia is not the best place to live, for a number of factors including maternal mortality, the maternal mortality rate and other measures. perdue responded with this comment. hey, she ain t from here.