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up to what we already knew. he lived like the rich and famous and on the dime of actual billionaires, who had business before the court. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia. donald trump formally entered a plea of not guilty. that happened minutes ago. he did it in a new court filing. it means we won t see him inside an actual courtroom next week on september 6th, when some of trump s co-defendants are expected to be arraigned. let s go to zach ko hadn t. what exactly did the former president file? reporter: donald trump pleading not guilty in this case. it takes some perspective. this is the fourth time donald trump has entered a not guilty plea in response to criminal charges since he s left office a couple years ago. that s pretty remarkable. he s charged with trying to overturn the presidential election. it remains to be seen how this might impact a trial. there s stil ....
donald trump pleads not guilty and elects to skip a hearing next week in the georgia election interference case, while his attorneys also look to sever his case from those of his co-defendants. details on that and the looming decision on whether his former chief of staff s case gets bumped to federal court. on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is telling allies and donors that he can still do his job. some colleagues are questioning whether that is the case after he appeared to freeze at a news conference for the second time this summer. we re following those developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. it has been a jam-packed day for donald trump s defense team. first the former president entered a not guilty plea to 13 charges in the georgia election subversion case. this was an expected plea from trump. he has already pleaded not guilty in three other cases in recent months, and he and his lawyers have been very clea ....
which will get him in serious trouble in court if he tries the same thing on the witness stand. and we will bring you the rest of the major legal developments of the day, including federal judges officially finding that rudolph giuliani did lie about two election workers in georgia, an innocent mother and daughter, who were attacked by not just giuliani but the then president of the united states, donald trump. and there is more we have to get to tonight, because it happened again. in tennessee. you would think that the republican legislature learned their lesson when they suffered worldwide condemnation for expelling representative justin jones and representative justin pearson, who were then immediately reappointed to their positions by local officials, and then went on to win their reelection s to the legislature. but this week, the tennessee speaker of the house, formally ordered the silencing of representative justin jones. and once again, the republicans in the te ....
publicly. so what does this mean for the minority leader s future? and idalia s destruction. we re going to take you to some of the hardest hit areas in florida as we check in with a woman who told us on tuesday she was not going to evacuate. so what happened? let s go out front. good evening, thanks for joining us. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. out front tonight, not guilty. former president trump entering that plea in georgia today for all 13 counts he s facing there and opting not to appear in court for his arraignment. this marks a shift for trump. for almost five months now he has seized on previous court appearances and last week s arist in atlanta to galvanize supporters and of course raise money. tonight we re learning the judge in georgia will allow all arraignments next week to be shown live on camera. and that s a big deal because keep in mind trump s federal cases in florida and d.c., they don t allow cameras. so could that have been a factor in hi ....
poppy is off this week. sara sidner is with us after a brief tour in florida to cover the hurricane yesterday. we are going to be covering that again today. neighborhoods have been changed forever by hurricane idalia. it is now a tropical storm off the carolina shores. but officials are already assessing the damage in florida and georgia. we will be talking with fema administrator about the latest on the ground in a moment. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell freezes up in front of reporters again. it is the second time in disturbing scene played out this summer. new reporting now about what mcconnell s been doing behind the scenes. and the department of health and human services is recommending that the d.e.a. significantly ease restrictions on marijuana. it is currently a schedule 1 drug the same as lsd and heroin. it wouldn t legalize marijuana federally, could it be a step in that direction? we will explore. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. ....