arraignment. trump s lawyers also asked the court to officially separate his trial from several of his codefendants in that case, who had requested his trials beast beta. the trump legal team offered a familiar argument about not having enough time to prepare for a trial in the near future. today, we also got our first look at the full transcript of the former trump chief of staff, mark meadows. after he took the stand for nearly [interpreter] four hours earlier this week. that transcript included meadows explanation for one of the most curious and overtly political incidents in the whole georgia saga. after the 2020 election, meadows made a surprise trip to a civic center in cobb county, georgia, where the states ballot auditing process was taking place. now, no one has really been able to explain what meadows was doing there that day. but during his cross examination on the stand mark meadows told the court that he showed up to that ballot counting facility uninvited. he sa
9:30 a. m., pleading not guilty to the 13 criminal charges against him for trying to steal the 2020 presidential election in georgia. the document he signed acknowledges, quote, i fully understand the nature of the offenses charged. today, jenna ellis, one of the lawyers spreading election lies on donald trump s behalf, also pleaded not guilty and waved her right to appear at her arraignment. donald trump is also now trying to sever his case from the two co defendants who have requested a speedy trial. ken chesebro, one of the architects of the fake electors scheme, as a trial date scheduled for october 23rd. sydney powell powell also requested a speedy trial, but that date has not been set. this comes after fani willis asked the judge to advise those defendants demanding a speedy trial of the limitations on the discovery process writing, quote, by filing a statutory speedy trial demand, the defendants elected to proceed to trial without the benefit of the type of prior notic
interrogations. we couldn t find anything wrong with this guy. he was that charming. and surprising details from the other woman who helped uncover the truth. it still affect me emotionally. it scott peterson killed his wife? i mean, really. who else could have done it. i m glad you have as that quest. hardly anyone knew her name. can i help you. my son-in-law she would never know, of course, how famous that name of hers was about to become. we have no indication, no significant leads at this point. and would never know they re curious sympathetic puzzled nation had cast ni her way. laci peterson. she was 27 years old. and on the night before christmas she was gone. laci, if you are out there and can hear and see us, we love you. and we are searching. we are looking. it hit something, something in the air. that name. that smile. that mystery. impossible to put down. whoever has her, please, please, please let her go and bring her back to us. we love her
united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max foster is off today. just ahead it is a tragedy beyond any expectation. but we are buoyed by the fact that the world has tried to lift us up and help us through this. mark meadows was not just setting up meetings. he was not arranging telephone calls. that is done by secretaries, staffers, white house operators. he is in the thick of this. i think the u.s. government probably has pretty good idea of what the kremlin wants and it is a question of whether they can make that concession. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, august 17, 10:00 p.m. in maui where at least 111 people are confirmed dead a little more than a week after devastating wildfires swept through the island and the hawaiian governor says some of the victims are children. not yet clear how many or if they have been identified. but we re told more than 1,000 people could still be missing an
state of the union, hitting reset on his reelection campaign, and taking his message on the road to voters in battle around states. plus as the president touts his record, the new february jobs report beating expectations, we break down the numbers and what they mean for you. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central this hour, president biden will arrive in the critical 2024 battleground of pennsylvania. this is part of a new campaign, push to amplify the message we first heard in a confrontational and somewhat unconventional state of the union address last night at times, it sounded more like a stump speech. to be fair, he was contending with some heckling republicans no surprise, things were politically charged because of that looming election rematch with former president donald trump let s get you out to the campaign trail with cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, who s in pennsylvania for us. m