intensify into a major hurricane. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern. i m lindsey reiser in new york in for ana cabrera. it s going to be a busy hour with not just one, but two court hearings getting under way in legal cases against former president trump. in atlanta we re watching the first major hearing in the elections interference case brought by d.a. fani willis. mark meadows, one of the co-defendants, is trying to get his case moved to federal court. willis has called on multiple witnesses to testify in this morning s hearing including georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who we know was on the line for that infamous phone call in which former president donald trump wanted to find around 11,000 votes. in washington lawyers have arrived for the federal case into trump s election interference case. prosecutors want to get started in january. trump s team wants it to begin in april, april of 2026. joining us right now is nbc s justice correspondent ken dilanian, blayne a
around the world. three people are dead in jacksonville after what police say is a racially motivated shooting. the fbi is investigating it as a hate crime. we will go live to madrid for he a report after the women s world cup. we will speak with a doctor about what you need to know to stay safe against covid-19. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a deadly mass shooting in jacksonville that authorities are calling racially motivated. three people are dead, two men and a woman were black. a white man in his 20s took his own life after the shooting. he was armed with a ar 15 style rifle which he decorated with swastikas. writings were found indicating that the suspect quote, hated black people. i read part of it. there was one written to the fbi, went to his parents and one to the news media. frankly they are the words of a madman. i am a believer in transparency and a big believer of people seeing. as soon as we finish with it, we w
world. i m rosemary church. ahead on cnn newsroom, drama unfolds on two fronts as the cases against donald trump and his allies enter a new phase. we re tracking a tropical storm headed towards florida. and expect it to strengthen into a hurricane before it makes landfall this week. plus an emotional vigil in jackson florida after a mass shooting motivated by hate took the lives of three people. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. a hurricane watch is in effect for portions of florida s gulf coast where tropical storm idalia is expected to make landfall as a hurricane later this week. some counties announced school closures and voluntary evacuation, latest updates the storm is strengthening quickly. it s expected to bring hurricane force winds to forewestern cuba monday and make a put bee line for the western side of florida s panhandle. cara mcguinness is monitoring the storm for us, karen what s the the latest on this
he was resting, came in as a sub at the hour mark and then did what messi does. put new york s defense in a blender, on the give and go from ben cremaschi in just nine games for miami, 11 goals. that leads the team in scoring and, of course, he won the first ever trophy last week with the league s cup title. check out the reaction in times square in manhattan. simply awesome. messi and miami win 2-0. when he comes to atlanta in a couple of weeks, the tickets in the nosebleeds normally $19, are going for $160. of course they are. i was talking about this. when he coming? i want to be in the same stadium as lionel messi. thank you. good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, august 27th. i m rahel solomon in for victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. top of the hour. 7:01. thank you for joining us. several developing stories this morning. at least three marines are dead after several others and several others hurt after their helicopter crashed du
we begin with new information about the racially motivated attack in jacksonville, florida. three people were shot dead inside a dollar general store yesterday by a gunman who police say acted on a disgusting ideology of hate. the jacksonville sheriff held a press conference just moments ago. listen in. good afternoon. i m here to provide the public with an update of the currently available information regarding yesterday s tragic shooting. homicide detectives have been working around the clock to gather information and evidence. there s still a great deal of work to do before the investigation is completed. this briefing is only a recitation of verified information. i want to begin by honoring the three precious lives lost yesterday, angela michelle carr, 52 years old, a.j. le gary, jr., 19 years old and gerald deshaun ghalioun, 29 years old. yesterday homicide detectives completed the next of kin notifications. we continue to pray for the loved ones and those who were los