claims illegals plus 25 olympic files and 200 pages of records include then vice president biden talking about hunter biden s business deals. stone walled on getting those records he told maria what is potentially in those files. we learned that when he was receiving e-mails pertaining to ukraine his son hunter was copied on them which we ve always heard that white house said hunter biden wasn t a employee or any part of the government. meantime president biden laughs off a reporters question about congress s request for his bank records on thursday. talk to me about do you want [laughter] let s talk about why i m here. meantime house speaker kevin mccarthy has to get the vote on spending bills or face a government shutdown in 27 days mccarthy told maria he wants a stop gap funding bill or else everything including the biden investigations will be halted. i would actually like to have a short-term cr only to make our arguments stronger. because maria, if we shut
and his future in the senate after the minority leader froze mid press conference for the second time. what is next for one of the most powerful republicans in washington? idalia s wrath. the storm lashes the carolinas after carving a path through florida and georgia. survivors now face the work of rebuilding, after some of them lost nearly everything they own. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. former president trump has officially pleaded not guilty to a stack of racketeering and corruption charges in fulton county, georgia. it s trump s fourth time entering a not guilty plea in a criminal case, twice in federal court, twice in state courts, new york and here in georgia. trump is the latest of several defendants in this specific election subversion case to enter a not guilty plea, and that means he s skipping next week s in-person arraignpment. i want to bring in zachary cohen and former prosecu
thousands of people joined the march on washington for jobs, justice, and freedom. today people gathered on the national mall to say this is not a commemoration, but a continuation of that very fight. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. and i have something to say. this week, the world laid eyes on something we ve never seen before. the mugshot of a former american president. former president donald j trump turned himself into fulton county jail on thursday. s relating to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. in addition to having his mugshot taken, his fingerprinted, he was issued an identification number. and he was released on a 200,000 dollar bond. within hours, the image was broadcast across television, across social media, it was in blazed into t-shirts and even coffee mugs. it was splashed across the front pages of the world s leading newspapers. and that s because the image on your screen right now, this isn t just a picture.
opposition leader. hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington and you re in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. it could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. the judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. in may or be delayed. trump s lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. that s three months before election day here in the united states. cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court? yes. well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, we re learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. it s so far the special counsel and trump s lawyers, they have been discussing this larger question of timing such a consequential issue in this case, because we know
i almost wanted to encourage him to take a few minutes out of 9:00 to tell the people. preached the gospel. it s good stuff. there s a lot in there. it s wild. it really is. it s true and sort of we re programmatic policies and people sense of who actually gets them or who was on their side and how they interact. is pretty interesting. it s like in hindsight obama s total acquiescence to the label obamacare seems quite wise as a political strategy. all right, my friend, have a good weekend. you are done now. thanks to you at-home for joining me tonight. donald trump is facing 91 criminal counts in four different criminal cases. right now prosecutors in all four of those cases are fighting to get to trial before election day. so far only one of those trials is on track to actually make it. then handed it attorney alvin bragg is preparing to go to trial this month in the case over the hush money payments to adult film actress. while that case moves forward, the others not