we will uphold our oath, as public servants, it is my belief that our state be met or off for it. also this, week a judge ruling trump s georgia trial can be televised. so if willis gets the start date she wants, trump s georgia legal fight will be coming to a screen near you on october 23rd. the former president already has a trial date in washington d. c.. he will face off with federal prosecutors just one day before super tuesday, in the january 6th case, more than three years after the capitol riot. this comes as the doj secures some of the longest january 6th sentences yet, including ten years for a member of the proud boys, who smashed a window at the capitol. far-right extremist, dominic pezzola, cried in front of the judge, then pumped his fist and yelled, trump won, as he left court. that moment of defiance, sounding a lot like trump himself. the former president s social media rants still showing no remorse, even when a frenzy of 3am posts suggest he might be awak
fulton county district attorney fani willis in georgia and showing the nation what accountability looks like. former president trump is facing criminal charges for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election in the peach state. he has pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal charges. and that includes racketeering and conspiracy. the eyewitness is now facing political attacks for doing her job and standing up for the rule of law. georgia state senator colton moore spurred on by former president trump has launched an effort to investigate and potentially impeach her. he sent a letter to governor brian kemp accusing gia willis of targeting political opponents. asking for a special session to review her actions. he forcefully shot that idea down on thursday. in my mind a special session of the general assembly to and and run around this law is not feasible and it may ultimately prove to be an unconstitutional. the bottom line is that in the state of georgia as long as i am governor we
doing. face a hearing this week with donald trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, or evolves along sideshow legal issue. compared to the larger problems facing the former president. he wants to move his case from state to federal court. we ll learn from his nearly four hours of questioning has locations of a change for venue for the. trial in addition to giving us the first sense of what the argument may be from a number of trump s legal coconspirators. of which there are many. the testimony was another flashing warning sign of what a second trump term could look like. let s keep defense for mark meadows. he argued that the allegations outlined in the indictment, you know, the unrelenting pursuit of baseless claims of election fraud. the pressure campaign on georgia officials to find votes. the conspiracy trump in power. he says all of that was quote, part of my role. and he doesn t think anything he did including overtly political campaign activities was o
you don t own pads like that, do you? i was a basketball guy. i couldn t take hits like those in football. it s not my game. you are still tough. i want someone to call foul if i get hit. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. we have lot to talk with. so glad you are back. it is back to work this week for lawmakers on capitol hill and with the dwindling number of days, their to-do list is quite long. can they avoid a government shutdown? a major question. also, right now tens of thousands of people are stuck in the desert at the burning man festival after a rainstorm turned the site into a mud pit. people are being told to shelter in place. amazon s ceo tells employees to get back in the office or their days may be numbered. they are not alone. we talk to an expert about whether whizzes and their employees can find some common ground. and college sports before to look a whole lot different.
such a date for trump s trial. we now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. if that does sound familiar to you, that s probably because you re familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any presidential primary season. super tuesday. on march 5th, republican voters in over a dozen states are set to cast ballots for their 2024 pick. in total, you ve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. that s more than any other day on the primary calendar. meaning the parties presumptive nominee could very well be decided right then and there, on that day. and since trump s lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced ex president could officially become his party s pick, while his lawyers are in court, fighting for his freedom. just think about that for a moment. it s quite the split screen image. and here s how the atlantic s david graham summed up the pending uncha