the fulton county election case has just resigned. will trump face a criminal trial before the election? plus could a button on the back of a boeing seven at seven cockpit chair lead to a jet plunging in mid-air, causing bodies to go flying into the roof will outbound has obtained the pilot s manual with revealing details about that very chair. and we will speak to a pilot. was flown that plane hundreds of times. and she s south dakota governor on trump s list of possible running mates. so why is she selling up shoe inserts and dental work? let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett out front tonight. the breaking news, the trump trials in complete chaos at this hour, a new york judge just ruling that the start of donald trump s criminal hush money trial is now delayed. as the lead attorney on trump s georgia election interference case has resigned tonight. so on the hush money case, let s start there. the trial had been set to start this month, ten days from now
for the prosecution shows and tells how donald trump operates like a mob boss. that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip in new york and tonight, cnn puts a voice and a face to the key facts that you could read on paper in that case against donald trump. meet brian butler. he s also known as employee number five in the criminal indictment from special counsel jack smith. butler is not a random person who trump can suddenly claim. he doesn t know he knows trump and it has known him for 21 years since he took a job as a seasonal valet at mar-a-lago. he has years of pictures and messages with everyone important in the trump orbit. he worked for he worked hundreds of p.stance feet away from carlos de oliviera, the other mar-a-lago employee? he was indicted alongside trump, and they took lightly walks together. they were friends, but their paths now look very different. they oliviera is alleged to have lied to investigators. meanwhile, butler has cooperated and
a fatal mistake, sinking part of the case in georgia against donald trump. the lead starts right now six charges dismissed and the election subversion case in fulton county, georgia, a judge saying a lack of detail led to his decision. what does this mean for the the rest of fani willis s case, a georgia legal expert and a close associate of district attorney willis, join us to break it all down. plus tik tok taped down a bill forcing the social media giant to cut ties with china or face a ban in the us passes the house with huge bipartisan support. but we ll go anywhere in the senate and should the us government be in the business? of banning private companies. i ll ask a member of the house select committee on china and a question so many people are asking today, do you feel safe flying on a boat? boeing plane, major new revelations about the airline manufacturers work on that door plug that blew off during an alaskan airlines flight the ntsb today saying its investigatio
a consequential when the former president just touting the supreme court s unanimous ruling saying that states cannot kick him off the 2024 primary ballot really capitol riot. how the justices explained their decision and how it might impact states heading into super tuesday plus vice president kamala harris, turning up the pressure sure. on israel calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. new talks happening today at the white house. as the us begins air-dropping food into the enclave and it is one of aviation s biggest mysteries. now, nearly ten years after malaysia airlines flight 370 disappeared, there s a renewed push to find the missing plane why the malaysian government says it may reopen the case we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central thanks so much for joining us this this afternoon on cnn news central, boris sanchez alongside brianna keilar in washington, dc. the big headline this afternoon, do