the trump campaign tried to explain it this way, saying quote, that picture on the back of the pickup truck was traveling down the highway. democrats and crazy lunatics have not only called for despicable violelence against president trump and his family, they are actually weaponizing the justice system against him cnn s priscilla alvarez joins us now from the white house, priscilla has president biden responded to this? well, the biden campaign is slamming this image and citing it as another example of how his republican rival donald trump is inciting political violence saying this in a statement by the biden campaign spokesman, this image from donald trump is the type of crop you post when you re calling for a bloodbath or when you tell the proud boys to quote, stand back and standby hi trump has regularly inciting political violence and it s time people take him seriously just ask the capitol police officers who were attacked protecting our democrac
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
donald trump s lawyers are trying to get that case tossed this morning. we will tell you how sentencing for the largest white-collar criminals in us history and three presidents and a queen. if you include queen latifah, i made that joke once already, but it was so good. i had to do it again the record setting fundraiser there for the biden campaign. here in new york tonight. i m john berman. was sara sidner, fredricka whitfield is in for k. this is cnn news central this our courthouse house cameras getting ready to turn back on in georgia district attorney fani willis says the trial train is coming enough thing. we ll do real her case against donald trump and his co-defendants. this will be her first time back in the fulton county courtroom on the case since the effort to disqualify her failed at 10:00 a.m. eastern, a pretrial hearing will begin and the da will try to fend off trump s latest attempts to get his election subversion charges dropped. trump s team will argue
bank accounts frozen, property seized by the end of today, this could be a reality for donald trump. in this doesn t even cover the case. it could land him in jail. we have special coverage. yes, it unfolds and a republican revolt on two fronts. senator lisa murkowski says she s done with donald trump and could leave the gop entirely. and in the house. where does marjorie taylor? for greens plan to oust speaker mike johnson stand today? also for men in custody and charged with terrorism. after russia s worst terror attack decades, more than 130 people are dead. and this morning, we re learning new details about the plot kate bolduan is out today. i m sarah side or john berman this is cnn news central this morning it is about to get very real for donald trump. and perhaps very expensive two cases, et key pivot points one case could land him in jail, the other could cost him chunks of his business empire starting at any point today, very shortly, trump is expect
well. glad felt well enough to be here tonight. continue that road to recovery. thank you. thank you. thanks to all of you. for joining us. ac30 60 starts right now tonight are 36012 jurors, six alternates. now, just three days away from making history as the first american to ever to decide the guilt or innocence of a former president united states. also, we re following breaking news about explosions reportedly five at a base used by pro iranian fighters in iraq. this is new video just in all just a night after israel s response to missile and drone attack. and later how house speaker mike johnson s active by partisanship with democrats to pass aid to israel, ukraine, and more is being treated as betrayal by some radical republicans. good evening. thanks for joining us at the end of the historic, but also harrowing day in and around new york city courtroom or opening statements in the first trump criminal trial are now set for monday historic for what are by now famil