Going to make a return. Is it certain shes going to compete . Yes. She is slated to compete. A lot of people will be watching. Andy, thank you. The next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. 7 a. M. It went by quickly. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amarer walker. Im victor blackwell. The fight between the Special Prosecutor and donald trump heating up now after the former president posted this threat jerng, they say, message on his social media. Now the special counsel is calling on the judge in the january 6th case to take action. Authorities have identified another victim in the gilgo beach murders. It comes just a week after Rex Heuermann was identified. Could the killing be tied to the same suspect. Chaos in new york city. Thousands of people flood the streets after a social Media Influencer posts online about a give away. Shes back. Gymnast simone biles makes the return for the First Time Since the Tokyo Olympics. Well have the latest on tonights com
The family of travis king is speaking out. The american soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea and still being detained there. His family is pushing back on statements that he defected to the north korean army. This is cnn news central. Keep your eyes on this courthouse in washington d. C. Today. It now becomes the center of the legal and political universe really in some sense hours from now, donald trump will come here and once he steps inside, he will again be under arrest. Under arrest for the third time in four months as he faces a new round of criminal charges. At this courthouse, donald trump is expected to be fingerprinted. Not expected to have a mug shot taken, he is to face a Magistrate Judge and all indications hell plead not guilty to all four counts. New details on how his lawyers plan to defend him coming in, planning to argue the lies about the 2020 election are protected speech under the First Amendment and theyre trying to prove that trump new the claims. But
The Supreme Court says that itll decide the biggest question of all about donald trump and the presidency thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby philip in new york, april 22. Thats a date that you should circle on your calendar. It may go down as a defining day in the history of the republic. Its the de, that the Supreme Court says that it will hear oral arguments on the question hanging over the 2024 election, like a guillotine is donald trump immune from prosecution on charges that he interfered with the 2020 election . Is he immune from anything related to that violent january 6 insurrection that he encouraged . The high court revealed its plan and to dry paragraphs, the justices set out a clear timeline. There one that collides directly with his other trials and with the election that is very much underway. March 19, for example, is the due date for briefs. March 19 is also the day when voters in arizona in florida, in illinois, and kansas, and ohio all head to the polls.
Fascinating interview. Weve all been leaning into see what bill barr had to say. A lot of us, waiting to figure out what he would think about all this. Im laura coates. Everyone. And thank you all for joining me right here in washington, d. C. Its the capitol on high alert tonight. Why . Because the nation is bracing for the arrest and arraignment of a former president. Shall i say, again . The third time in, what, three months . He will appear in court tomorrow, as expected. In now his third indictment on charges of trying to overturn an election. And weve learned at cnn that the Secret Service is already done a walk through of the courthouse and Law Enforcement is now monitoring even potential threats. Meantime, everyone, we are getting an early look at what his potential Defense Strategy might be. Including whats called, this is not my term, but the delusion defense, that he actually believed his own lies. Plus, suggestions that hes about to throw his legal advisors under the bus. I
The jury that convicted Robert Bowers of killing 11 people has now decided whether he should be put to death. Erielle reshef on their decision. Tonight, the fbi saying the woman escaped a cinder block room, the door opening from the outside. The incredible story of survival here. This evening, Authorities Say she escaped a serial rapist who lived in ten states, and now, they want to know if there are more victims. And the moment the suspect was found with his children in the car with him. Matt gutman reporting. Tonight, the hourslong deadly standoff on an ohio highway. Suspects in a Gun Battle With Officers. Authorities say a man and a woman took a truck driver hostage. How this ended, and tonight, the new police video just released. In New York City, the migrant crisis. Officials sounding the alarm tonight. Shelters at capacity. Hundreds of people sleeping on the sidewalk. Outside a migrant facility. And Stephanie Ramos reporting. The nypd investigating the fatal stabbing of a profess