we begin our second hour with several major developments in the georgia election interference case. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. trump s lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. in total, 12 defendants have done this so far. the ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trump s lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. at least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. like trump, they ve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. as trump and his codefendants push for their preferen
increase in co2 concentrations in the atmosphere. the link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year global temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. that explains why february was 1.77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1.55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. it means we have temporarily at least breached the 1.5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit temperature rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. february 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13.54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. while this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the warmest previous february, which was 2016, it s not really surprising, because this has been the el nino year, where temperatur
smith is now putting pressure on a worker inside the trump organization. meanwhile trump s top challenger is digging up. we ll look into that which is not lagging due to ron desantis s numbers. and far right spending social issues that has almost no chance of passing the sentence. we lle take a look at the looming showdown funding the military. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, july 17th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. a key hearing against former president donald trump is set to take place tomorrow. the hearing was originally scheduled for last friday and will focus on the classified procedures act. the claim is to how to handle classified evidence. at the same time it s been reported jack smith is taking new steps to look at possible efforts to push the probe. there are charges against a trump organization employee who s suspected of lying investigators. those sources say he sent a letter to the target in the last week. he might
the rate at which uk prices are rising has slowed for a second month, but the cost of living is still close to a ao year high. ambulance workers in the uk willjoin nurses in taking strike action next month, piling huge pressure on hospital bosses. let s start in ukraine, where a helicopter crash has killed the country s interior minister, denys monastyrsky. he s the highest profile ukrainian casualty since the war began. the crash happened east of the capital kyiv in the town of brovary. at least 1a people have died. first, let s hearfrom the ukrainian president. a tragedy happened near kyiv. a helicopter crash claimed the life of the minister of the internal affairs of ukraine, his colleagues and helicopter cruel or found near a can or garden. 1a ukrainian families lost their loved ones today and many more families are losing daily because of the war near a kindergarten. so let s take you through what we know. nine people were on board the plane three from the interio
we begin our second hour with several major developments in the georgia election interference case. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. trump s lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. in total, 12 defendants have done this so far. the ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trump s lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. at least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. like trump, they ve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. as trump and his codefendants push for their preferen