a senior u.s. confederacy official. the united states believes it was two ukrainian neptune missiles that sank russia s flagship in the black sea. a colossal ground breaking victory for the ukrainians. and it is one they practically predicted for weeks now. just ask nbc news colleague molly hunter. reporter: in the strategic port city of odesa two weeks ago the highest ranking naval officer on shore predicted about the russian warships. we will sink them and the fish will grow fat. in the 24 hours since we experienced the sinking of that flagship on this program, the russians confirmed it was sunk, new signs of russian fury. perhaps revenge. a white house official today confirmed earlier the washington post reporting that said that russia sent what amounts to a cease and desist letter to the biden administration over weapons shipments. a warning is to one way to describe the letter. a written threat might be another. the kremlin saying the weapons deliveries could resul
chesebro being tried for now in october under george is a speedy trial provision. also today, fani willis got a reprieve from the states republican governor, brian kemp, who squelched a special legislative selection aimed at removing her. governor kemp said he hasn t seen any evidence warranting it adding he would follow the constitution, quote, regardless of who it helps politically. as for codefendant mark meadows, we learn today that a ruling on moving the case to federal court could come at anytime. now that all briefs from both sides have been filed. and whichever way that goes the fulton county judge who has the case, said today that all proceedings in his courtroom, all of them, will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised. as for this guy, one of the thousands of americans who turned the former presidents words into action on january 6th, he received one of the longest prison sentences yet. 17 years for joe biggs, a top member of the so-called proud boys. another
a distance. several months and one blockbuster investigative report later, supreme court justices thomas and alito officially come clean on the goodies they get from wealthy friends. and the latest on a manhunt under way right now for this escaped inmate doing life in this country for one murder and wanted overseas for another. john berman here in for anderson. and tonight we know who s name will not be called next wednesday in atlanta s fulton county courthouse. the former president today waived arraignment, pleading not guilty to 13 counts, including a rico charge connected to his effort to overturn his defeat in that state. his attorneys also filed a motion to sever the case from kenneth chesebro and others being tried, at least for now in october under georgia s speedy trial provision. also today fani willis got a reprieve from the state s republican governor brian kemp who squelched a special legislative session aimed at removing her. governor kemp said he has not seen a
this is extreme high, you can see all the boats out here. look at this. this is crazy. john: you ll eyes on florida and now georgia after hurricane idalia comes ashore as a category 3 hurricane, blasting destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge. the hurricane weakening to a category 1 but officials warn florida and georgia not out of the woods just yet. hello, john roberts, good wednesday afternoon to you. good to see you. it is a very rough day for pretty much all the south, i m aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. idalia, making its historic landfall this morning along florida s big bend area, it is the strongest storm to hit that big bend region in 125 years. powerful winds pushing water ashore creating the potential for storm surge as high as 16 feet in some parts of that state. john: heavy rainfall covering roads and raising the threat of flash flooding across florida. more than 300,000 people are without power in two states as the storm hits georgia now
continue to count the votes. all right, john, we re heading into a major round of poll closings with 237 delegates at stake. all voting is about to nnp, three contests including one of the delegate jackpots of the night, texas. we have more projections to make. right now. let s take a look. donald trump is the projected winner of the republican primary. in the state of texas, 161 delegates at stake. dr. cnn is projecting donald trump will win. taxes in the state of maine $20 to stick cnn projecting donald trump will win the republican primary in the state of maine and in the state of arkansas, 40 delegates at stake cnn objecting to donald trump will be the winner of the republican primary in the state of arkansas. we have a couple of projections on the democratic side as well. cnn can project jack. the joe biden will win the texas democratic primary 244 delegates at stake. incumbent president joe biden will be the winner of the texas democratic primary in arkansas cnn can p