Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. U. S. Officials now believe russia has assembled about 70 of the military force it needs to launch a fullscale invasion of ukraine. The latest Satellite Images show Russian Forces gathering strength in belarus. Some are positioned less than 50 kilometers from ukraines northern border. In neighboring poland, senior u. S. Military members arrived on saturday, as nato looks to reinforce its eastern flank. This as the head of nato is due to meet with the polish president. French president Emmanuel Macron heads to moscow on monday in part to try to revive negotiations between kyiv and prorussian separatists in eastern ukraine. Russias Chief Negotiator recently offered this dismal assessment. Translator we hope to be more constructive there and will have something to tell you, because today, we have nothing to brag about. As much as we want to move forward, the progress that we have equals almost zero. Cnns Melissa Bell
Martha is next with the story. Martha nice bag pipes there. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is the story. Were waiting response this hour from d. A. Fani willis. We could hear from here any moment after judge mcafee left it up to her if she wants to continue with the trump Election Interference case. He says she will have to do it without her former boyfriend and colleague, nathan wade, who you see to the right of her in that picture. The judge said although she showed a tremendous lapse in judgment in hiring wade, he could not conclude that that had had a Material Conflict in the trump case. In the decision, he did go after her for her unprofessional manner when she stormed in to the atlanta courtroom in february after wade testified. This combative testimony. Watch. As you know, mr. Wade is a southern gentleman. Me not so much. Your honor no, no, no. This is the truth. I object to you getting records. Youve been intrusive in to peoples personal lives. You
Saying that he will talk about the criminal charges he faces just as the judge in the January 6th Case sets a new date for his lawyers and the Special Counsel to appear in court. Plus, a big win in ohio. Voters overwhelmingly reject efforts to make it harder to change the states constitution. What this now means for the upcoming November Ballot measure on abortion. And a major Leadership Shakeup in the president ial campaign of Florida Governor ron desantis. Well tell you who he just replaced as he tries to reboot his struggling 2024 bid. Good morning. Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And weve got a busy show of news. Lets get right to it. Donald trumps lawyers have been called to appear in court later this week after a judge rejected their apparent attempt to delay what is normally a routine procedure in the 2020 elections case against their client. After days of back and forth regarding a protective orde
Cupp. Thank you. Thank you. All of that thank you for watching news night. Laura coates live starts right now more than meet the eye and Donald Trumps Classified Documents Trial will tell you whats really going on tonight on Laura Coates Live all right. Wake up. Dont sleep on the maralago trial. Sure. The Supreme Courts been getting all the attention. What with arguments on trumps claims of president ial immunity said to come before them. The week of april 22. But there is some big news tonight out of florida. Looks like jack smith wants to get the Classified Documents k is moving as soon as possible, and hes asking for a new trial date. This time the month of july. So while youre on summer vacation, dont trump could actually be in court. So saying in Court Filings tonight that he believes trump and his two codefendants body man, walt nauta and maralago property manager, carlos de olivera, should go to trial on july 8, if not coincidentally, or maybe not coincidentally, one week before
I almost wanted to encourage him to take a few minutes out of 9 00 to tell the people. Preached the gospel. Its good stuff. Theres a lot in there. Its wild. It really is. Its true and sort of were programmatic policies and people sense of who actually gets them or who was on their side and how they interact. Is pretty interesting. Its like in hindsight obamas total acquiescence to the Label Obamacare seems quite wise as a political strategy. All right, my friend, have a good weekend. You are done now. Thanks to you athome for joining me tonight. Donald trump is facing 91 criminal counts in four different criminal cases. Right now prosecutors in all four of those cases are fighting to get to trial before election day. So far only one of those trials is on track to actually make it. Then handed it attorney alvin bragg is preparing to go to trial this month in the case over the hush money payments to adult film actress. While that case moves forward, the others not so much. The federal el