former president from briana. will ripley. thank you. thank you so much for joining us. the situation room starts now happening. now, american journalist evan gershkovich is marking one full year imprisonment in russia. the us condemning is wrongful detention while offering hope for his release. this our to of gershkovich s closest friends since join us to share new details on how he is enduring. and their own rahm motions right now also tonight, breaking news donald trump just appeal the judge s ruling. allowing district attorney fani willis to remain on the georgia election subversion case. his lawyers are not arguing that willis s entire office should be disqualified, plus an in-depth look at the unfolding crisis at the busiest migrant crossing at the southern border where families, including children are living in makeshift camps and facing get often dire and dangerous conditions. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer
election case and fighting his gag order in the hush money trial. plus evan dershowitz has now spent one full year in a prison. what the biden administration is doing to bring him home. then, rebuilding baltimore s key bridge. the cleanup is just beginning and so was the fight over federal funding is the 11th hour gets underway this friday night.rs b good friday evening to you. we are now 221 days away from the election, and it has been another busy week for republican presidential candidate donald trump, but not on the campaign trail. he is managing four upcoming criminal trials plus dealing with massivem mp financial penalties and multiple civil suits. today, his attorneys continue their flood of pretrial motions and challenges to delay the process. in georgia, trump is appealing the judges decision to let the a fani willis stay on the case now that the prosecutor she had a relationship with has stepped down and in new york,e his lawyers are challenging the partial gag or
model than democrats are used to, for sure. tim miller, thank you very much, that is all in for this week, alex wagner tonight starts right now. thank you, have a very good holiday weekend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. we start tonight with big news in the pillow world out of shakopee, minnesota. pillow is now evicted from its warehouse in shakopee, a judge made that ruling today after the landlord said the company owes more than $200,000 in rent. be mac that is right, my pillow, the company owned by the far right election denier mike lindell has been evicted from its warehouse in minnesota for not paying rent. mr. lindell is currently trying to spin this like it s no big deal. he says that the company wasn t using the warehouse because my pillow is direct to consumer these days. but, the reason my pillow is direct to consumer is because my pillow was dropped by all the biggest retailers in the country. the reason for that is because of mr. lindel
trying to make his way here into the studio. he s got an hour to get here, apparently they are in a lockdown at the moment but he will eventually, we believe, get here. don t put him at the top. i was going to say, i can be your guest, if you need. if you need me to tap dance. we were hoping to get him earlier but he s going to get over here and tell us what went on in there. spilled the tea mike, i want to know. the name of this episode is, waiting for mike. a new play by lawrence o donnell. carry on. thank you. a presidential campaign came to new york city tonight in fact, it s across the street from here. the single biggest fundraiser of a presidential campaign took place tonight with three presidents on stage. biden, obama and clinton. the event shows the unity of the democratic party, not just the democratic party today but the democratic party of the last 30 years, as it was led by president bill clinton and then president barack obama and now president jo
hearing has also going to focus on one of trump s fake electors party chairman will ask to have the case smith as well. and you know, it s worth noting, this is actually the first hearings since the presiding judge rejected the defense efforts to disqualify the woman you see on the screen right now, the district attorney of fulton county, fani willis, i ve got a panel of experts here at the table to help analyze all of this. elie honig is also joining us from new york, but first let s go to cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz, who is live outside the courthouse in atlanta. caitlin, tell us more about what we are expected to hear in court this morning. well today in court is the first time that fani willis is office will be back before all of those hearings over her ethics debacle, something that the judge has warned her not to step into any issues, any more talking about the case outside of court. nathan wade, the lead prosecutor, resign all back today, an