good morning everyone. welcome, caitlyn is off. anger fear and frustration at last night s cnn town hall. a railroad ceo coming face-to-face with residents after a toxic train wreck released a toxic chemicals in their town. and a tv journalist shot and killed at a murder scene when learn about the shooting spree that left three day including a child. and the grand jury investigating donald trump is going deeper into his circle. but we begin with the train disaster in east palestine, ohio. and pete buttigieg is going to the scene. just hours from now federal investigators are expected to release their preliminary report as to why the train derailed and burst into an inferno. cnn analysts the video of the train leading up to the wreck. sparks flying from the wheels indicate they may have been overheating and the train slowed down dramatically but kept going for 20 miles before going off the rails. it raises the question, did the engineer realize something was wrong? and in
Prison, scaling walls, dodging razor wire, making it to the roof and for now, to freedom. Plus oil prices at a near year high. Mortgage levels higher than in de decades. Is inflation roaring back . Good evening. Outfront tonight, denied. A judge ruling against two of Donald Trumps codefendants in the Georgia Election interference case and in an historic, televised hearing. It was live on television. Something trump said today he didnt mind. Its all right. Okay. I dont mind that. If it happens, but were going for motions to dismiss. Well, today, the judge of course didnt dismiss anything other than motions from two of trumps codefendants and the judge denying Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell to try their cases separate from each other. The judge aquestioned the d. A. plan to start the trial on october 23rd. Seems a bit unrealistic that we can handle all 19 in 30 manager days. Now, part of the reason it may seem unrealistic is that prosecutors said today they plan to call 150 witnesses
Legal fees to an extent. We know there are limits on his generosity there, but he definitely learned lessons from Michael Cohen, and im sure he is not pleased that mr. Tavares is cooperating and he is not in the same league as Boris Epistein or Michael Cohen at one time and this is not good news for him. Everyone, stand by. We have more news we are follow following right now. Back to our special live coverage of the first televised hearing in the trump election sub version case in the state of georgia. Im Katelyn Collins in new york alongside wolf blitzer in washington, and this afternoon we witnessed history in real time and on camera, as you can see inside the courtroom, the argument and the key rulings from the judge overseeing this case. The key issue is whether donald trump and 18 of his codefendants will be ultimately tried together in a sweeping rico indictment or if the case will splinter off into several trials . We now know at least two defendants will stand trial together ne
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we ve been watching some pictures of multiple explosions lighting up the night sky around gaza city. nic robertson in sderot, israel, witnessed some big secondary explosions and a huge fire in gaza. you re looking at the images there. that s what his crew witnessed. they witnessed eight rockets as well, being fired from gaza into israel. the idf says six of the eight rockets were intercepted by that country s iron dome defense system and israeli police say there are no reports of casualties just yet. the night is young. on the diplomatic front, secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting in jordan, with the request to implement pauses. in tel aviv, the family of hamas hostages held a rally in front of israel s military headquarters. organizers say it was not an antigovernment protest but rather a call for israel to do more to secure the hostages released. and cnn was part of the first group of foreign press g
Step down. Pappen day yew narrowly avoided a vote of confidence. And how the greek confidence could impact your wallet. 19 occupy protesters were arrested near a park in Downtown Atlanta Saturday Night. According to police, protesters were given verbal warning to be out of the park by 11 00 p. M. Or face arrests, leading some to pour into the streets, disrupting traffic. One protester was charged with aggravated assault and obstruction for assaulting a motorcycle officer. In central oklahoma, they are cleaning up from the strongest earthquake on record there. The 5. 6 Magnitude Quake Hit right before midnight eastern time. No one was seriously hurt, but some homes and businesses were damaged. And at least three sections of a u. S. Highway buckled there. People from texas to iowa felt the quake which has triggered at least 30 aftershocks. Coming up in about ten minutes, well give you a closer look at the damage from this recordbreaking quake. Entertainer Andy Williams has Bladder Cancer