you cnn breaking news thanks for joining us on cnn news central this afternoon, we begin with breaking news, a judges upheld the criminal indictment against former president donald trump in georgia. the judge, they re rejecting the argument that trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the first amendment cnn s zachary cohen is part of a team that broke this story zach, walk us through this decision by judge scott mcafee yeah boards. you ll remember that we heard we watched a hearing in fulton county, georgia just about a week ago, and trump s lawyers argued strenuously. that s entire case should be thrown out because in his argument that the political speech and that the claims about voter fraud that trump was pushing after the 2020 election are protected by the first amendment. now, the judge today roundly rejecting that argument as we ve seen him do multiple other times in this case for other defendants in georgia saying, look, quote, the de
he always loved simply the best and all of his campaigns use simply just completed, but i don t think we ever this all right, guys. thank you very much for being with me this morning. thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt, cnn new central starts right now a phone call, that could shape the future of the war in gaza. new reporting this morning on how president biden plans to vent his anger that israeli leaders cancer cases potentially skyrocketing the newer for just out finding these illnesses worldwide could jump 77% in the next 25 years. and breaking overnight, police in la are investigating one of the biggest heist in the city s history, more than 30 million as stolen. i m sure slider with pay baldwin and john berman. this is cnn new stuff this morning, a crucial phone call at a crucial moment in israel s war against hamas. and the us support for that war that could be on shakier ground than it was just a few days ago. this will be the first call betwe