Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. And im rosemary church. Just ahead, Donald Trumps legal battles picking up steam. As his lawyers push back on a request to limit what the former u. S. President can say about the election interference case against him. Severe storms roll across the eastern u. S. , tearing down trees and toppling power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark. And police in montgomery, alabama, are promising to make arrests after a massive brawl broke out along the citys riverfront. Good to have you with us. The drug in dumps election subversion case is moving quickly. She wants to have a hearing on how to handle evidence and what trump can say about the case. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys are facing a 3 00 p. M. Eastern deadline today to come up with options. The Justice Department wants restrictions on trump, fearing he could disclose Sensitive Information or intimid
time or look at them in the future. will prosecutors respond to them, as well. all of this is not happening in a vacuum. it s happening when the justice department is continuing to investigation the 2020 election, specifically to rudy giuliani, one of the people named as a consp conspirator, not charged with crimes, but a conspirators in the conspiracy case against donald trump. they continue that investigation because paula reed and others were able to break the news on monday night that bernie carrick, a close associate of rudy giuliani had gone to speak to the special counsel as part of the investigation for an inte interview. at the end of the interview, his attorney asked if rudy giuliani would be charged by the special counsel, no, not a chance. it does signal some investigative activity.