worst in decades as local officials warn people that the time to leave is now. the hurricane could make landfall as a strong category 3 storm. of course we re tracking all the latest. and a funeral today for the man who led a failed revolt against vladimir putin. mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin buried in a st. petersburg cemetery. but this won t lay to rest the questions surrounding his death. and stronger than fentanyl. a potent new opioid potentially even more deadly. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central . florida s west coast is now bracing for impact. right now hurricane idalia is quickly gaining strength over the gulf of mexico. expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous category 3 storm before hitting florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning. you can see here the first signs of impact in the u.s. on the coast. taking pictures. idalia s gusty winds whipping up waves at th
election subversion trial should start a day before the biggest election day of the republican primary. stunning admissions from mark meadows in his effort to get his trial moved to a federal court. also tonight, a sad note on the anniversary of doctor king s march on washington, new details including video in the racist shooting that took three lives in jacksonville this weekend. also, idalia now expected to become a major hurricane and on track to hit florida. good evening, everyone. john berman here, in for anderson. whoever said there is a time and place for everything could not have imagined a day like today, the first of many, it appears, over the battle of when to try donald trump and company and where. today in washington, federal district judge tanya chutkan put the former president s election subversion trial on a fast track on a court calendar packed with other trump trials. and in atlanta, former courthouse chief of staff took the stand trying to get his f
trump and the other 17 co-defendants. in washington, d.c. the judge there set a trial date of march 4th, 2024 for the special counsel s investigation into the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election nationwide. that trial date is one day before super tuesday, the height of the 2024 presidential campaign theoretically. our reporters and legal experts are here to break down every single detail of today s developments. we ll start with more breaking news. just moments ago we got an update on idalia, the tropical storm currently building in the gulf of mexico and barreling towards florida. evacuation orders have already been issued along florida s west coast. idalia is on track to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall. let s get right to cnn s meteorologist chad myers. chad, what is in the latest forecast? a top speed of 130 miles per hour now, up from 125 at the 11:00 a.m. advisory. more time in the water, very, very warm water and an awful lot of watches and warnings
shady business dealings. known aliases include robin whether, robert l. peters and j. r. beware. i guess mclovin was already taken. so it s just mclovin? yeah. bad ass. it is bad ass. lot of people with weird names nowadays. you think that s bad. hunter biden s grip seems to be going strong. the white house is refusing to rule out the first son is still cashing in on his dad s name. we know that from hunter biden associate that he sold the appearance of access to then vice president biden. are you confidence he had stopped doing that? that is a question for hunter biden. if someone is selling that s a question for the white house. that is your, i don t know, how you are perceiving that. it s sworn testimony. i am just not peter, i m just not going to get into this. i m not. the evidence against biden is piling up. democrats are finding new ways to embarrass themselves while defending the first family. watch. one day he s sleepy joe. the next da
from the 45th president to inmate p0011305. in my whole life i didn t know anything about indictments and now i ve been indicted four times. a busy and complicated against donald trump. he could be campaigning for president and be sitting in these trials. donald trump used this photo almost as the lit light bulb went off. tomorrow america meadows will argue that his trial should be transferred state to federal court. i don t know if the goal is to get this tried before the election i have a hard time to know how we complete it. the big pieces out of the debate was this moment when they were sure if they could raise their hand or not. this is a defining moment for our country and we can t be a party of grievance that donald trump wants to lead us into. i do believe that more after last night that donald trump will not be the republican nominee. sd good evening, everybody. this is jim acosta. the election the campaign and the courtroom. the case in georgia