We are back live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We are tracking hurricane hilary. The system just weakened to a category 2 storm with winds of 110 miles per hour. The historic and potentially catastrophic storm is barrelling toward the southwestern United States, triggering the first ever Tropical Storm warning for millions of people in Southern California. The San Bernardino county Sheriffs Department just issued an Evacuation Warning for some areas in that part of Southern California. Thats just east of los angeles in the mountain and foothill areas. Hilary could bring a years worth of rain in a single day to parts of california, arizona, and nevada. Lets go straight to the cnn weather center, Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has been following the hurricanes path. I suppose its good news that the hurricane is weakening at some point, but that doesnt necessarily mean that people in that part of the country can let down their guards or folks in mexico as well. We should
Trial on the trail. Donald trump lashes out after a third indictment. Those indictments arent worth the paper theyre written on. How will he defend himself and will he go to trial before the election . Trumps attorney john lauro joins me in moments. Too honest. A central figure in the new case, the former Vice President ramps up his criticism of his old boss. The president ultimately continued to demand they choose him over the constitution. What does he make of the case . Gop president ial candidate mike pence is next. Plus, on message. With just over two weeks until the gop debate, other candidates struggle to break through. Mr. President on. Is there a new opportunity to edge out the frontrunner . Gop president ial candidate Chris Christie joins me ahead. Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching Court Filings pile up. Donald trump is kicking off a new week juggling an ever more crowded legal calendar after his third indictment over alleged attempts
For the third time this year the president of the United States of interest on felony charges this time for alleged crimes against democracy itself. Good evening in new york im Anderson Cooper along with jake tapper in washington. Anderson unlike the first tournament in new york and florida, this one was held within view of the crime scene. The u. S. Capital. Federal courthouse, where dozens of members of the violent mob have been cited, that he incited a hundreds convicted at the president. The actual proceedings that relied by the Magistrate Judge pled not guilty to four counts of the election he lost his next Court Date Set for the 28 in front of a trial judge, antonio chutkan, who is expected to set a trial date. A short time later at the sentencing at the tarmac at the Reagan National airport, holding an umbrella by his body man and documents gay codefendant walt nauta, mr. Trump made the following remarks, starting with a slur about the nations capital. This is a very sad day for
president s legal strategy becomes clear, delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make the case in the judge and documents case, we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville, last night on cnn, he said white nationalist, to me, is an american. now, he s doing damage control will still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decades is still far from over. good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, we know what has long been suspected, the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case. and it s not just us saying it, he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co defendant walt nauta asked judge aileen cannon not only to set aside her august trial date, but also to, quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so
server room at trump s mar-a-lago, the same servers storing the security surveillance video from trump s resort. this as mr. trump s lawyers meet with justice department officials today. then, come on in, the water s fine. the 2024 race set to grow by three more candidates as governor nikki haley lands her sharpest blow yet on the republican front runners. plus military fighter jets going super sonic when a private plane doesn t respond while flying near the nation s capitol. investigators are trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper, apologies for my voice. we start today with the law and justice lead and serious questions as to whether donald trump could face his first federal indictment ever. today, lawyers for the former president met with justice department officials here in washington for 90 minutes, a possible sign that special counsel jack smith s investigation into how trump handled classified documents and whet