same lies he did and worse. then they voted to overturn the election for him and after the capitol attack, now the people who are all about the constitution are voting against following it. and they know. they know the consensus of scholars is that this is constitutional. they know. they know there are examples of officials being tried after leaving office. and most importantly, they know as originalists if the founders wanted to tailor the rule they would have and did not. so much for being about the constitution. more proof that the chance that democrats can break trump s hold on 17 senators from this fallen party is small. and if you want to know why, don t look at the pawns. look at the head, the leader. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. i told you when he said that trump provoked the insurrection it wouldn t hold and today we saw him be among the 45 saying the trial should be dismissed. there he is, him signing the oath book right before. mcconnell kicked this tria
putin has revised his strategy. russia could be relaunching a large scale offensive to conquer the donbas region in the next few days. new threats by the kremlin warning if ukrainian attacks on russian territory continue, russian armed forces will strike decision-making centers, including kyiv. also new this morning, conflicting reports on what happens when one of russia s most important navy warships, these were taken before ukraine said its missile hit this ship. hours later russia said it was an on board fire. cnn has been unable to verify the claims. in the men time the u.s. is ramping up commitments to help ukraine sending an additional $800 million and rushing ahead of time. cnn s matt rivers is here to talk about this. this ship if ukraine were to have hit it, this would be a very big development. russia saying that s not true. no matter which way you slice it, a fire on board in the black sea fleet is a very big deal. what we re getting is that there has been a fire
bracing for a large-scale russian attack on the donbas region. the kremlin making it clear that the goal is to conquer. they are expecting the offensive to begin within days. the russian military threatening to strike decision-making centers, including those in the capital. there is so much devastation and heartache in ukraine. this next video is a prime example. it is so hard to watch. a ukrainian mother near kyiv discovering the body of her missing son, dumped in a shallow well by retreating russian forces . we are told the woman was able to identify her son by his shoes. there are contradicting reports this morning about a russian warship in the black sea that had to be evacuated. we re not talking about any ship. we believe this is the flagship of the black sea fleet. it has been able to wreak havoc on ukraine. the kremlin said there was some kind of fire on the ship. ukrainians say they hit it in a missile attack, which would be a major development. russia has also rel
breaking news out of fulton county, georgia. donald trump s attorneys are set to meet with the district attorney and negotiate his surrender on rico charges tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a short time ago, john eastman, a former president trump lawyer and a primary architect, agreed to $100,000 bond and pro-trump poll watcher agreed to a $10,000 bond. eastman, obviously, one of the biggest names of the 19 defendants not including donald trump. what is the latest that you re learning about what is happening at the courthouse behind you? reporter: what we re learning now at the courthouse from our own zach cohen and kaitlan collins, donald trump s lawyers are here doing negotiations for his own bond terms. donald trump being one of the 19 defendants in this criminal case. there are several different lawyers negotiating terms just like john eastman who has that $100,000 bond set. another defendant in this case who was accused of trying to access the tabulat
reporter: new this morning, the first nbc polling numbers from iowa among the 2024 gop presidential hopefuls coming after trump s fourth indictment and before the first debate. a critical week for the former president, he and his 18 co-defendants have until friday at noon to turn themselves in on racketeering charges in georgia. we begin this hour with the historic impact of tropical storm hilary, the first to hit southern california in more than 20 years. hilary now a post-tropical cyclone is bringing record-breaking rain and flooding triggering a state of emergency for parts of the region. take a look at what it looked like for those who dared to drive through the storm on sunday in los angeles. today the l.a. unified school district closed all of its schools. according to the national weather service, virtually all daily records for rainfall have been broken with lewis ranch, california, getting more than 7 inches of rain. the heavy downpours and flooding were felt i