Indictment. Special counsel jack smith requested a protective order after trump posted on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team in terms of what they can publicly discuss about that sensitive evidence in the election interference case. Former Vice President mike pence, who is now challenging his former boss for the republican president ial nomination, testified in the special counsel investigation of the case, and he may again get called as a witness if trump goes to trial. I have no plans to testify, but, look, well always well always comply with the law. But, look, i want to tell you i i dont know what the path of this indictment will be. The president s entitled to a presumption of innocence. Hes entitled to make his defense in court. There actually are profound issues around this pertaining to the first amendment, Freedom Of Speech, and the rest. Im confident he and his lawyers will litigate all of thos
World. Im rosemary church. Just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump faces a deadline in the hours ahead, in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Hear what one of his lawyers told cnn about it. A deadline in niger. And a steady stream of migrants in Record Temperatures leaves the city asking for help. Thanks for joining us. The clock is ticking for Donald Trumps lawyers to respond to a legal filing in the case over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 u. S. President ial election. Special counsel jack smith had requested limitations on evidence provided to trumps team. Specifically, they are asking the former president not to receive his own copties of sensitive material, fearing he could use it to threaten witnesses. The deadline to respond is just hours away. Smith responded to trumps posts on social media, including this one if youre coming after me, im coming after you. One of trumps attorneys says he will fight the protective address. He also says th
and more than 30 wounded. bill: the headlines right there. the white house blaming iranian proxies for the killing of american troops overseas. it has happened. the pentagon vowing to respond. what is that response? will it be a tipping point? the world s on edge for good reason on this monday morning. hope you enjoyed the weekend. to have a big start today. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the attack happened yesterday in jordan. base tower 22 near the syrian border. these militias has been firing on u.s. for months. all of thieves attacks on american forces in the middle east be it houthis, hezbollah, anybody else. they re iranian-backed. the administration can t pull its punches anymore. they need to strike back. dana: let s get jennifer s update. a senior u.s. defense official told me this weekend we haven t been this close to regional war in the middle east since 1973. defense secretary lloyd austin s first day back in
the breaking details. the american terrorist known as the unabomber died by an apparent suicide at a north carolina prison hospital on saturday. at the time of his death, kaczynski was serving four life sentences for his crimes. norah: dangerous weather targets the south. we have a watch for thunderstorms, the kind that can bring some big hail, and really strong winds possibly in texas. i am in the back of a fully autonomous ride hailing service called waymo. there is no driver up front. we will take a look at what goes into running a ride hailing service without drivers. norah: a record 23rd grand slam for novak djokovic after he wins the french open. there is a new grand master in men s tennis. welcome to the 76th annual tony awards! to anyone that thinks they can t do it, you can do anything you put your mind to. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. and it is