and his future in the senate after the minority leader froze mid press conference for the second time. what is next for one of the most powerful republicans in washington? idalia s wrath. the storm lashes the carolinas after carving a path through florida and georgia. survivors now face the work of rebuilding, after some of them lost nearly everything they own. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. former president trump has officially pleaded not guilty to a stack of racketeering and corruption charges in fulton county, georgia. it s trump s fourth time entering a not guilty plea in a criminal case, twice in federal court, twice in state courts, new york and here in georgia. trump is the latest of several defendants in this specific election subversion case to enter a not guilty plea, and that means he s skipping next week s in-person arraignpment. i want to bring in zachary cohen and former prosecu
also, a major sentencing today in washington. two members of the proud boys convicted of the seditious conspiracy roles, and we will find out if they spend decades in prison. and now, more than 70 people killed and others injured after a building goes up in flames in johannesburg. i m boris sanchez with rahel solomon in for john, kate and sara. you are watching cnn news central. this morning, two of donald trump s co-defendants in the georgia election subversion case want separate trials. sidney powell and kenneth chesebro are asking a fulton county judge to sever their cases. both have denied any wrongdoing, and they have invoked their rights to a speedy trial. for chesebro, the judge has set a trial date for october 23rd, and no date for powell. the trump team have opposing the time line, and they say that trump wants to sever his case as well, though no motion has been filed. we go to katelyn polantz with the details. why the argument for separate trials? well, bot
now. actions and consequences. a hefty prison sentence today for a riser in the january 6th attack as donald trump himself continues to stay out of jail. plus on the run with nothing to lose the manhunt right now for a convicted killer and the search expanding near a major east coast city. and the supreme court justice, clarence thomas, finally disclosing fancy trips and jet rides paid for by a republican mega donor. welcome to the lead, we start with our law and justice lead, and a not guilty plea from donald trump in the sprawling election cases in georgia, the former president forced paces more than dozen charges including racketeering, for his alleged efforts to steal george s electoral votes. despite joe biden winning the state, over and over. it s unclear when trump will go on trial in this case. the district attorney has asked a judge to schedule a trial for all 19 defendants including donald trump for october 23rd of this year. today trump formally asked to separa
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cut off by 8 to 12 feet of storm surge. later this hour we expect an update on storm preparations from governor ron desantis. we ll bring that to you live. until then our cnn teams are across florida covering the storm from every angle. we re going to start with cnn chief meteorologist chad myers. tell us the latest on idalia and its path. reporter: yeah, the 5:00 advisory just in. 100 mile per hour storm, a category 2 with 120 mile per hour gusts. the hurricane hunter that i said was leaving biloxi did make it to the storm, so they did get the update ot100 moving north at 16 miles per hour. that means this storm isn t going to be in the water for hours. we don t want this thing in the water for 35 more hours getting more and more strength to it. that is one of the good pieces. another thing that happened in the 5:00 advisory is the track has been shifted about 20 miles to the west away from cedar key but a little bit closer to st. marks where our brian todd is, and even a