Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im lynda kinkade. Good to have you with us. Coming up on cnn newsroom, will they win or will they go home . The u. S. Womens soccer team playing their first match of the stage of the world cup. Were live at a new york watch party. Plus i consider it a great badge of honor, because im being indicted for you. I am being indicted for you. Despite the growing list of legal battles, donald trump is rallying his supporters with his latest indictment. Well look at what comes next for the former president. And decision time in niger as the deadline to reinstate the countrys ousted leader is set to expire today. Were live in the region with the latest. We begin this hour in melbourne, australia, where a clash of heavyweights is now underway at the womens world cup. Team usa, the twotime defending champions are taking on sweden, the thirdranked team in the world. And this is a do or die match for both countries, with
Indictment. Special counsel jack smith requested a protective order after trump posted on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team in terms of what they can publicly discuss about that sensitive evidence in the election interference case. Former Vice President mike pence, who is now challenging his former boss for the republican president ial nomination, testified in the special counsel investigation of the case, and he may again get called as a witness if trump goes to trial. I have no plans to testify, but, look, well always well always comply with the law. But, look, i want to tell you i i dont know what the path of this indictment will be. The president s entitled to a presumption of innocence. Hes entitled to make his defense in court. There actually are profound issues around this pertaining to the first amendment, Freedom Of Speech, and the rest. Im confident he and his lawyers will litigate all of thos
in the day. he said, quote, if you go after me, i m coming after you. smith wants the judge to muzzle trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive evidence. the judge has given the trump team until 5:00 p.m. monday to respond. the judge denied a request from trump s lawyers to push back monday s deadline. smith had called that an unnecessary delay. trump is taking haim at mike pence, unleashing his most blistering attack yesterday on his former vice president. on a social media post saturday, trump lashed out, in some of his sharpest language, referring to little mike pence, calling him delusional and not a very good person. well, despite all of these legal battles, the former president is slamming the special counsel everywhere he goes. most recently in the early primary state of south carolina, where trump grossly understated the seriousness of the charges
and racketeering in this case. reporter: racketeering charges are typically broader criminal schemes involving multiple individuals, and essentially, the maximum punishment for those types of charges are typically much higher than other charges that are mentioned here. reporter: testimony has also been sought in the georgia case from former trump georgia chief of staff, mark meadows, and republican senate, lindsey graham. fani willis has told local officials of threats she s received, many of them during a racist nature during the period she s been investigating this case. i ve probably been called the n-word than most people combined. throughout the georgia investigation, donald trump has vehemently denied wrongdoing, as have his allies. trump has lashed out at fani willis, calling her racist, and quote, a lunatic marxist. brian todd, cnn, washington. well, more dangerous record-breaking heat is expected in the coming days, from california to florida.
here, folks. i only need 11,000 votes. fe fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. when the governor and secretary of state refused to go along, trump urged state lawmakers to convene a special session to reverse biden s victory. this election was a sham. trump ally rudy giuliani went to the georgia house and senate with bogus voter fraud claims. rudy giuliani is considered to have a lot of exposure in georgia, because he spoke at those legislative hearings, and we know a lot of the information he shared was not true at the time. reporter: other trump allies who could face criminal charges are republican activists the trump campaign recruited to serve as fake electors. they allegedly played key roles in a failed plot to block the election from being certified acertified. about half of them have received immunity deals, which means they re working with the prosecution to tell them what they know. reporter: cnn has reported that fani willis is reporting bringing charges of