tonight, straight from the source, not so fast, special counsel jack smith denied as donald trump gets something he very much wanted from the supreme court. will his federal elections subversion trial be delayed? breaking point, at the border, an unprecedented surge in government overwhelmed and the private militias now taking it upon themselves to patrol the border. as america pushes to bring hostages home from gaza, russia, iran and venezuela, i will talk to a wife who is pleading for her husband s safe return from afghanistan. he s one of three americans being held by the taliban. kaitlan is off tonight. i m on a keeler and this is the source. a win for former president trump, at least for now, with the supreme court denying special counsel jack smith urgent request to put the issue of trump s claim of presidential immunity on the fast track. a one sentence order, denied, no explanation, no notation, of whether any justices dissented. and here s what this means, the ni
more than 150,000 migrants waiting to cross into the united states. we are also standing by for a sentencing decision in texas. the man convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester and the governor pushing to pardon him. this is cnn news central. right now, george santos, the republican congressman who told numerous lies about his job and personal life is in custody and facing a 13-count indictment. those charges include wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making fails statements to the house of representatives. he used the money for personal expenses such as designer clothing and credit card payments. for more on what the indictment includes i want to get to correspondent brynn gingras. she s been outside of the courthouse this morning where santos has been taken. what else does this indictment which is 20 pages long say? yeah. it s very detailed, sara. 13 pages, as you said. it is anything from fraud it money laundering. it is the cu
issuing a warrant for vladimir putin for alleged war crimes, putin ice response to that and what the odds are that he actually gets arrested. plus a $30 billion lifeline, how big banks are stepping in to save a smaller one from financial ruin and helping to stabilize the u.s. economy. it s thick in the summertime and builds up and smells terrible. it s heading to the u.s. what we know about the 5,000-mile-long mass of seaweed making its way to the coast and what it will do to the tourism industry. for the second time ever plus another stunning upset in the ncaa tournament. a huge undered to do, 16 seed knocking out a number 1 in the first round of the tournament. our andy scholes is standing by with the highlights. the international court has issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the country s children s rights commissioner in an alleged scheme to deport ukrainian children, thousands of them, to russia. of course, moscow rejected those allegations. a spok
day s news. the weird weather on the west coast and the spring-like cbs on the east coast. let s get started with what we re watching on cnn this morning. you don t think he needs f-16s? no. number one, president biden ruling out sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. and this morning, russia continuing to hammer targets in ukraine. we ll take you there live. gripping testimony in alex murdaugh s murder trial. are you a family annihilator? a family annihilator? you mean, like did i shoot my wife and my son? yes. no. cnn is inside the courtroom as murdaugh takes the stand for hours. the reason he says he lied to police, but maintains he had nothing to do with his wife and son s murder. number three, we alluded to it, a whiteout winter in california, rare blizzard warnings across parts of the state for the first time in decades. your weekend forecast, just moments away. so this morning, ukraine enters its second year of war with russia with a defiant messag
unleashes fresh attacks on gaza. the idf warning civilians in the southern part of the strip they are in a war zone. we re following the latest on the ground and the state of negotiations for hostages. donald trump s defense attorneys are facing a fulton county judge for the first time fighting to have the georgia election subversion case thrown out on first amendment grounds. but does this have any chance of working? and george santos joining a not so elite club. he becomes just the sixth member of the house of representatives ever to be voted out of congress. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. israeli combat operations are back underway after a week-long pause in fighting. the idf unleashing on gaza in its mission to leliminate hamas. critical aid has stopped flow ing into the enclave and the idf is urging civilians to evacuate the southern city dropping leaflets, calling the area, a quote, fighting z