Morning. What more are we learning about this . Jose, what were learning this morning is that former President Trumps lawyers are asking Judge Juan Merchan to move the date of his sentencing, which is currently scheduled for September 18th to some date after the election. Now, Judge Merchan has a pending motion before him to vacate the verdict. That motion is supposed to be decided by September 18th. By September 16th, a couple of days before. The conventional wisdom is hes going to deny it and move on to sentencing. Theyre telling him, you should hold the sentencing if at all until after the election and one of most interesting features they say is if you deny our motion to set aside the verdict, by postponing the sentencing, you will allow us to pursue appellate options. Thats a signal that former President Trump is not going to take a decision from Judge Merchan lying down, but is thinking about going to either state and or federal Appeals Courts to try and fight the verdict before
deadly u.s. wildfire in a century. new questions are emerging about the emergency response there. a chaotic smash-and-grab caught on camera but was anybody caught by police? i m john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner, we are the anchors of cnn cnn news central which starts now. welcome to unchartered territory once again. right now a grand jury is meeting in georgia. and moments ago, we have now learned that former georgia state senator is inside the courthouse right now to offer her grand jury testimony. things are happening right now. tomorrow, willis is expected to call two more witnesses to testify as she s laying out her case to charge a dozen people. overnight reporting into cnn, willis has text messages and emails directly linking trump s inner circle to the breach of the voting system in georgia which is part of this overall investigation right now. paula reid is outside of the courthouse. what is the latest we re learning about the state senator who is
sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. you referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. they submitted that in strict accordance with international law. that comes a matter of hours after ukrainian drones have targeted two key vessels. just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a ukrainian drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. there are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. this is a building number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. a dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. it may be a bid to show some element of military success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. it certainly must make the kremlin utterly
engaging in sexual activity without consent and one count of engaging in penetrative activity without consent. he has now been found not guilty of all of those charges, rahel. this will, of course, be welcomed by kevin spacey and his lawyers. he has said throughout this trial that he welcomes his day in court. he welcomes the in 2000 and 2010, a period in which kevin spacey was the artistic director of the old vick theater here in london. the prosecutor, of course, bringing forward these accusations of the young men who at the time were in their 20s and 30s described spacey as a sexual bully saying he delighted in making others feel powerless. of course, kevin spacey hit back in court, yes, i was a big flirt and a promiscuous person and went on to describe the encounters as fun, flirtatious and denying that, and found innocent of all 12 of those charges and this is huge for kevin spacey and said he hopes to be found innocent and hopes to get his career back. salma, this w
to support policies they once championed. the elephant in the room encouraging a no-vote, donald trump. and any minute now, a michigan jury could decide if a mother is guilty for a mass shooting committed by her son. deliberation on manslaughter charges happening now. and remembering a country music superstar, toby keith, dead after a battle with stomach cancer. kit is away. i m john berman with sara sidner. this is cnn news central. this morning, the senate s bipartisan border bill is on the brink of falling apart before it even makes it to a floor vote. in a closed-door meeting last night, senate gop leader mitch mcconnell told senators they should feel free to vote against moving the bill forward. it is a huge reversal from the minority leader, who just hours earlier gave a speech from the senate floor calling on senators to take action on immigration and foreign aid. mcconnell s messaging coupled with stiff opposition from donald trump and house republicans, paint