Denying the allegations and Joel Greenbergs attorney has declined to comment. Were going to bring you all of the details in a moment. There is also this. Former trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has spoken out for the First Time Since federal agents raided his manhattan home and office. He says he did nothing wrong. This as the Washington Post in another story has learned that fbi directly warned giuliani he was the target of a Russian Disinformation Campaign. Did he not take that warning. Were all covering all the angles of both these stories with our reporters, correspondents and analysts. I want to begin on capitol hill. Were following development surrounding matt gaetz. Walk us through what we know about the letter and the context of the letter. The letter sent, was the not, for his social Joel Greenberg trying to get a pardon from the outgoing president . Thats right, Joel Greenberg admitted he and gaetz paid for sex with multiple women including a minor who was 17 years old at the tim
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta welcome to all you watching here in the United States, canada and Around The World. Were following breaking news. Spacex crew one has just splashed down off the coast of florida in the gulf of mexico. Returning astronauts spent five months in the orbiting laboratory. Thats the longest time spent in space by a crew launched aboard an american built spacecraft. It consists of three americans and one japanese astronaut. A flotilla of ships is positioned and once the crew is safely aboard theyll be headed back to nasas space center in houston. For more on all this lets bring in a man with more than a little experience. Leroy chow a retired astronaut. He joins us from houston, texas. Youve been through reentry. I imagine thats the scariest part, falling at speeds 25 times the speed of sound, braving temperatures. One of the astronauts on the endeavor said it felt like they were inside an animal. Describe what it was like for you. Sure. Coming down
Now, the coronavirus situation here in the u. S. Is looking the best its been in months. Deaths and cases hitting new lows. Thats in large part of course due to vaccination efforts. More than 243 million doses have now been given in the u. S. This weekend bringing even more signs of life, returning to normal across the country, from Disneyland Reopening to Delta Airlines resuming sales of middle seats. Natasha chen now with more on where things stand. Reporter even as global Daily Coronavirus cases reach a new peak, pushed by the crisis in india and south america, the United States curve is flattening. The improvement in numbers is helped in part by the more than 100 Million People in the u. S. , close to 1 3 of the population, who are now fully vaccinated. Im seeing a shift i think towards that underserved population. The ones that are maybe on the fence and thinking about it that we have to do a little more effort to get the knowledge them and to help them make the correct decision t
right now, millions are waking up to face a new severe weather threat in big parts of california. it s the rain, and it s also the winds it a are forcing tom flee for safety. a verdict in the precedent-setting trial in the mother of the oxford school shooter, it could come down at any moment. the jury is behind closed doors deliberating. and the united states striking back, launching attacks on iran-backed fighters after three american service members were killed in a drone strike this jordan. the u.s. military hitting 84 sites across syria, iraq and yemen. i m sara sidner with kate balduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. all schools in malibu are closed. nearly 40 million people across california are under flood advisories as a huge storm is just dumping record rainfall right now in the state. we re seeing many flooded streets. reports of landslides already bringing the landslides, of course, also bring a very different kind of threat to so many. southern ca
newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the