politics. i m dana bash in washington. a federal judge just set the country on a road towards a legal and political collision. march 4th, 2024, is when donald trump s federal trial will now start. march 5th is super tuesday, when mr. trump s name may be on the ballot in at least 15 states. evan perez is outside the alfred e. pettyman courthouse where this went down. what a morning. reporter: what a morning, dana. this got really heated very, very quickly. the prosecution, as you know, was asking for a trial in january, which the judge immediately said was too soon, but they laid out that they had provided about 12.8 million pages as part of the discovery and said only 47,000 pages were really key documents that the defense would need to prepare for trial, and, of course, that prompted a very impassioned response from john lauro, the lawyer for the former president. they said this was an absurd and ridiculous plan by the prosecution and says this is a request for a show tri
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start today with some breaking news. a shelter in place warning at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. authorities say there is a, quote, armed and dangerous person on or near the campus. the governor roy cooper now pledging all resources to capture the person he is characterizing at the shooter. moments ago a law enforcement source told cnn that federal law enforcement has responded to the scene but at this point, there was no information, at least not yet, about anyone being shot. right now we re getting information in about a situation where somebody is armed and dangerous. but we do not yet know if anybody on the campus in chapel hill, north carolina, has been wounded or shot in any way. we re going to go now to former boston police commissioner ed davis. ed, right now this is an unusual situation. moments ago local schools around the unc campus at chapel hill were clear to
which is good, because we ve got a lot of news. it is. and we like news. and we ll start with district attorney fannie willis who is set to lay out the details of her case against president trump. it s part of his former chief of staff mark meadows ed by to get his own case move to federal court. at the same time, trump s legal team will appear in washington, d.c. as part of his federal election interference case. the judge could set a trial date for that case as soon as today. well, that as the justice department is now investigating a deadly shooting in jacksonville, florida, over the weekend, as a hate crime. the sheriff there says a white gunman targeted and killed three black people at a store after first going to a predominantly black university and being turned away. that sheriff will join us live just ahead. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we are just two hours away from two crucial court hearings, involving two of the four cases against
good morning, everyone. poppy is off. sara sidner is here. let s get started with five things to know. this morning, a high-stakes hearing in georgia, fani willis is set to lay out details of her case against former president donald trump, part of his former chief of staff mark meadows bid to get it moved to federal court. trump s legal team will appear in court in washington, d.c. as part of his other federal election interference indication, watching to see if the judge sets a trial date for that case, which could happen as early as today. in florida, the justice department is now investigating whether the deadly shooting in jacksonville was, indeed, a hate crime. the twisted writings of the suspect make clear he did hate black people and when he opened fire at a dollar general, that is exactly who he targeted and killed. people in florida s gulf coast are bracing for a possible hurricane. forecasters are warning idalia is picking up strength and could hit the pa
preserve all company equipment within the area of origin, carefully documenting and photographing such materials. it had been cordoned off by government officials in the days immediately after the fire adding hawaiian electric took steps to ensure evidence was preserved. so based on what you just spelled out, it is a requirement of electric companies. what s your response to hawaiian electric s response? well, that s after the fact. just to know that there was a wire that was down or a pole that fell on the ground and caused a fire. that spark starts when the power is on. and all you had to do was if you know that high winds are coming, you ve known for a decade that we ve been in periods of severe drought throughout the country in various areas, you operate a utility with an aging infrastructure, you have a pro active plan in effect that allows you to do a power safety shutoff by warning residents at least 72 hours in advance, they know when the high winds are coming, they