for weeks now ukrainian, u.s. and nato officials have war on the russians preparing for a renewed military offensive in the east. it seems the battle for the donbas region is under way. according to ukraine top security official a 300 mile long front came under attack by russian forces monday. and for the most part that defensive line held. for civilians who remain trapped in the conflict zone, hope of a escape is starting to fade. ukrainian prime minister announced no evacuation corridors will be open today. pentagon believes 76 russian tactical groups have been deployed in the south and east. eleven added in the last few days alone. each consists of 800 troops. tens of thousands of russian soldiers committed to the offensive. and despite the out numbered and out gunned, ukraine president says his country will not give up without a fight. meantime we re receiving new images from mariupol. weeks of heavy fighting have decimated the port city. and russians are near total contr
the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom, drummer unfolds on two cases as the case against president trump and his allies enter a new phase. plus an emotional vigil in jacksonville florida after a hate motivated mass shooting that took the lives of three people. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rose marie church. thanks for joining us. in just a few hours from now the first courtroom hearing on the charges against donald trump and 18 others will get under way. a federal judge will hear arguments from mark meadows a codefendant and trump s former white house f of staff. he s pushing to get s case moved to federal court or everyone thrown out. willis is expected to lay out the legal arguments in his racketeering case against trump. meadows and 17 other codefendants. georgia s secretary of state who trump pressured to find enough votes to win the state has been subpoenaed to testify. separately we ll also likely learn the trial date for the federal election int
states, canada and around the world on cn next newsroom. this is not like the other storms that we experienced. it is a huge footprint. it goes from the desert out to the ocean. much of south california is under a tram warning. we ll tell you how residents and city officials are preparing for the historic storm and the governor of hawaii vows to rebuild the historic town of lahaina as the search for missing continues. we ll tell you when and where donald trump is expected to surrender to georgia police and the legal negotiations going on behind the scenes. we begin this hour in the southwestern united states where people are bracing for possibly catastrophic flooding. hurricane hillary could dump more than a year s worth of rain in arizona, california and nevada in a couple of days. it is moving fast and could arrive in california as tropical storm, the first storm to do so in decades. it has been 84 years since one came ashore. so it is a once-in-a-lifetime evt that
barbie and the bomb. will the box office turn pink, or will oppenheimer blow past the competition? barbinheimer is here. it s 10:00 eastern. so much to get to today. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. let s go break to our breaking news, judge aileen cannon has now set a start date for the classified documents trial against president trump for may 20th of next year. so this is well past the december start date. special counsel jack smith s team had wanted and smack in the middle of the 2024 presidential campaign. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent ryan reilly, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. so ryan, what do we know about how the judge came to this date? yeah, a little bit past the time that the special counsel s office had requested, obviously, here, but you know, the former president s team did not want a schedule set at all. not really a w
reinforce his standing on the world stage, after we saw the military go up against his regime and putin s government. the standoff between prigozhin did not last long, accepting a deal and receiving amnesty. putin is in power and stayed in power is he s seen as ruthless dictator, someone who everyone is afraid of. rag-tag group of mercenaries, 8000 strong can take over one of the biggest cities in russia. big sign of disrespect. we heard antony blinken who said the u.s. has forecast idea of an uprising for quite sometime. the rising storm inside of russia by prigozhin is something people have seen for months now. challenge to leadership. now questioning the premise of the war. the chaos in russia may raise concern about the state of nuclear arsenal a study found russians maintain large nuclear warhead inventory. over the weekend, president biden spoke with zelenskyy, zelenskyy saying it was positive and inspiring conversation. president biden has one public event on s