were wrong, how they got that far without anyone noticing is a mystery to me. thanks everyone for being with us this morning. i really appreciate it. i m kasie hunt, don t go anywhere. cnn news starts right now what good corrupt deranged, evil, sick, happy easter. everyone. the dark holiday messages from donald trump that might push judges to crack down just as he begins his most important legal month. yeah sensitive data for more than 73 million people stolen from at&t and posted good on the dark web what you can do to protect yourself convicted of killing his wife and son, alec murdoch to be sentenced for possibly the last time kate is out. i m john berman with sara sidner. this is cnn news central april fool s day today. and it is a critical month for donald trump ban and his numerous legal challenges. two weeks from today, his first criminal trial scheduled to start here in new york, and an angry trump lashing out using his easter message to attack prosecutors a
dilute the free text l0 vii to three-to-one, three-to-one. today hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom. and i was my church just ahead, high talks between the united states and israel could begin today in washington, as the israeli prime minister s is his country will go into rafah despite pressure from the us. all opposite eastern messages from the two men vying for the us presidency. we will look at the rhetoric coming from the biden and trump camps. and the final four is set in men s college basketball, which teams are headed to the semifinals this weekend will take a look live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie thanks for joining us and we begin here in the were officials tell cnn that high-level talks between us and israeli officials over israel s proposed ground offensive in rafah could take place in the coming hours those talks originally sch
gag order in the hush money criminal case. we re following all the fallout from trump s escalating attacks on the judge overseeing the trial and the judge s daughter also breaking more on a new ruling by the florida supreme court, clearing the way for a six-week abortion ban to take effect in the state. but the court also is greenlighting a vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights for women, and a new flashpoint in the middle east right now is around threatens building in syria blaming adly israel for the airstrike. we re getting new reaction from a key member of congress. this hour welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around e worl i m lf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news, a very busy night of breaking news. we begin this hour with the new request to expand donald trump s gag order in the hush-money criminal case. exactly two weeks before the trial is set to begin. that s going to see an as c
trump also asked the judge to sever his case from some of his 18 co-defendants who are seeking a speedy trial. more now from sara murray in washington. reporter: donald trump officially entering his plea of not guilty in the sprawling racketeering case he faces in fulton county, georgia where he and 18 other co-defendants were charged for their efforts to allegedly try to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in georgia. donald trump is now one of five again of the 19 co-defendants in that case who have entered not guilty pleas and waived their right to an arraignment. that means that we won t see donald trump showing up next week in the courthouse, we won t see him on camera there had many had expected. and now it is a question of what happens next for candidate s case. his attorney has moved to sever his case from other co-defendants saying while there are some who want to move ahead speedily with this trial and move ahead to trial in october of 2023. donald tru
russia and north korea now talking about a weapons deal? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez. idalia is still causing havoc. now a tropical storm, idalia is bringing widespread life threatening flash flooding to southeastern north carolina as it slowly heads offshore. allison chinchar is live in the cnn weather center. what is the latest from the national hurricane center at this 5:00 a.m. forecast? obviously this hurricane now trap tropical storm has changed a lot over the last 24 hours. indeed it has. yes, the latest update still has the winds at 60 miles per hour, but they are gusting up around 70 miles per hour. the forward movement still pretty quick at about 21 miles per hour. we still have quite a significant amount of people without power right now. overall the bulk of them are across georgia and florida, but even through the carolinas, if you add all of it together, you are looking at roughly 300,000 people. they