this is cnn breaking news. this is a live look outside of the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. grand jurors have been hearing evidence today in the special counsel s january 6th probe. they were just seen leaving for the day and we are standing by to find out if they voted on whether to hand up an indictment for donald trump. sources telling cnn that the former president and his advisers are right now preparing for a potential indictment. cnn s paula reid is joining us now on that. paula, what are you hearing? reporter: so, we know that the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the special counsel s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, they have been seen leaving the building, but one important person stayed behind and that is the grand juror foreperson. that is significant, because that is the only member of the grand jury that is needed to return an indictment. now, at this point it s unclear if they have voted to indict the former pres
supply is at risk. we ll have more on that just ahead. and the world is saying good-bye to a music legend. tony bennett has died at the age of 96. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a trial date has been set, and former president donald trump s classified documents case, right in the middle of the gop primary calendar. now trump s lawyers are telling cnn they think they ll be able to delay the trial even beyond the presidential election. today a federal judge ordering the trial start in may of next year. a pretrial hearing is scheduled for may 14th, and then the expected trial date is later in the month. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now live. it seems like judge aileen cannon didn t give the special counsel nor trump s legal team exactly what they wanted. reporter: no, she did what she thinks she needs to do to make sure this is a fair trial and that it remains on track so they can work on the
he says his battle for the soul of the nation isn t over. setting the stage for potential rematch against donald trump. but that s not trump s only challenge, today, a civil battery and defamation trial kicks off. e. jean carroll accusing trump of forcibly raping her. and one of many legal problems facing him as he once again runs for the white house. and a huge biological risk. sudanese military occupy a public health lab in that nation s capital. one with samples of polio, measles and cholera. the latest conflict in sudan. we re following the major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central . right now, president biden is giving his first live remarks since he revealed the worst kept secret in washington. that he s running for re-election. following the loss, the president noticeably choosing a union event for his public announcement. it came at 6:00 a.m. eastern time today. here s a clip. let s finish this job. i know you care. bec
social media platform and is being held in boston ahead of his next court appearance on wednesday. lucas tomlinson s life at the white house with more, lucas wicks jon, president biden spoke about the leak before leaving ireland. he did not appear to concerned. i have instructed the department to make sure they get to the root of why he had access in the first place, number one. number two, to focus extensively on the extent to which all occurred. biden secretary of state spoke in vietnam. i have not heard anything that would affect our cooperation with allies and partners. now more of the classified information have been discovered washington post reporting taiwan is unlikely to stop a chinese invasion not only because of beijing missile superiority but china s use of civilian transport ships to hide a pending investigation to be too many for appearing american something to sink u.s. intelligence agencies were aware of up to four additional chinese spy balloons i
scheduled to meet with the justice department next week including delaware u.s. attorney david weiss who left the probe into hunter biden since 2018. the lawyers insists this meeting is nothing to do with fresh disclosures for an irs whistleblower who said the investigation to the president son is being mishandled. california public and congressman darrell issa on the right of your screen is standing by with reaction. first was going to look at thomason with the latest. jon, we could have a situation where hunter biden s lawyers are meeting with the justice department at the same time as his father president biden is announcing he s running for reelection next week. the white house is known to talk about any of this. are not going to talk about 2024 is going to look like you re not going to talk about that from here. an ap poll says 73% of americans do not want the oldest president in u.s. history to run again and the majority of democrats. biden would be 82 at the begi