Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Were breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. Also tonight, were learning more about Donald Trumps plans to skip next weeks republican president ial debate. Sources saying an interview with former fox news host Tucker Carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. And a categoryfour Hurricane Lashing Mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to Southern California. The region is under its first Tropical Storm watch ever, and potentially facing a years worth of rain in a matter of hours. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers off today. Im alex marquardt, and youre in the situation room. The Camp David Summit is our top story this hour. President joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. Cnns Arlette Saenz is at camp da david. And will ripley is standing by. H
Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend
Neville. Next i am r rich edson in for ec shawn. Los Angeles Police say between 20 and 30 people were about this with the scenic getaway cars before officers arrived. Still on the loose but Senior Correspondent alicia acuna with more. That Chemical Spray police say was used on two Security Guards was reportedly bare sprite which can inflame the eyes and respiratory system. Lets get back to the video here. You can see the chaos at the scene at the nordstrom at the westfield mall. The mob included dozens of suspects targeting luxury brand accessories and handbags one dragging the display Shelf Withinwithinput Investigators Se group got away with up to 100,000 with the product not to mention the damage to the store. In a statement Los Angeles Mayor karen bass saying what happened today at the nordstrom in the mall is absently unacceptable for those who committed these acts and acts like a neighboring areas, it must be held accountable. Los Angeles Police department will continue to work t
Investigation. For me this is a story that is important for republicans to hear, americans to hear. Lets hear the whole truth and nothing but the truth about Donald Trumps actions ask the surrounding cast of characters around him. . Cnns Marshal Cohen is joining me in the studio with more details on this. Weve all had our eye. Youve definitely had your eye very trained on georgia, Fulton County. Whats going on down there . Does this mean things are about to start happening . Yes. Finally. After three years of investigations, 70 witnesses to the grand jury, a grand jury report, lawsuits, Security Feting beefed up, so much speculation. Its happening. According to, as you just played, Lieutenant Governor, former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan. Really making clear that this is sort of the opening shot of the very final stage of this investigation. These witnesses are being told that its time to come in and get ready to testify. So as weve previously reported, the prosecutors down there le