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cnn is on the scene of cleanup and recovery efforts as president joe biden is now set to visit the disaster zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin with new legal maneuvers by donald trump s defense as his criminal prosecution in georgia is now moving forward. let s get straight to cnn s sarah murry. so sarah, walk us through what happened today including trump s request to separate his case. let s start with donald trump entering his not guilty plea officially, saying he is going to waive his arraignment. he now joins about a handful of folks in this sprawling 19 defendant case who have entered their pleas on paper, not guilty pleas those include sidney powell, attorney ray smith and attorney el. he s not going to have to show up in this courtroom i will february 6th. attorneys say they want a speedy trial. donald trump s team is making ....
record-breaking storm surge of 12 to 16 feet in the landfill zone. florida officials warning the surge could impact areas up to 200 miles south into the tampa area and may leave areas uninhabitable for an extended period of time. several areas expected to be higher even than hurricane ian s last year which devastated the fort myers area and killed 149 people. in addition, hurricane-force winds will extend 25 miles outward from wherever the storm makes landfill. the tallahassee national weather service says wind likely will cause significant damage there too. as idalia tracks inland, officials are warning of major coastal flooding between savannah, georgia, up into charleston, south carolina, due to a tide already expected to be higher than normal due to the occurrence of a rare blue supermoon. let s go right to bill karins for the latest on what is shaping up, bill, to be a very, very serious storm. yeah, good morning, willy. idalia has intensified for the last 24 hou ....
from tampa to tallahassee. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we are standing by for an urgent update from the governor of florida, ron desantis, on the hurricane disaster all along the state s gulf coast. this as hurricane idalia was just weakened into a tropical storm. but it is still packing a punch as it takes aim at georgia and south carolina. cnn correspondents are on the scene covering idalia s devastation in florida and the storm s assault on georgia happening right now. but first, let s go to john bierman in the city of perry. john, you just got there. what have you seen so far? reporter: yeah, alex, the storm made landfall on keaton beach. 18 miles due that way and then passed directly overhead here in perry. you can see some of the damage it did. i m at roady s truck stop. you can see the wind just completely blew the awning over. it ripped up the brick th ....
the events leading up to january 6th are complex and require years of preparation, and they were saying that about one federal coup case . trump faces two related coup cases in these jurisdictions of course, and two other additional cases. two other trials. now, this is a fact that also came up in court. so many pending criminal trials that these judges are not independently discussing scheduling a cascade of trials. so, this was in that federal courtroom as special counsel smith looked on, the federal judge said she already had conferred with the new york judge saying, quote, i realize that mr. trump s criminal case in new york is scheduled for trial on march 25th. i did speak briefly with judge merchan, the new york judge that is, to let him know i was considering a date that would overlap with his trial. the judge said march 4th, before the new york trial. you can see what s coming down with the trials, the primary calendar. there are many, many things facing this c ....
proceedings to begin on march 4th, 2024, on the eve of the critical super tuesday presidential contest. breaking news, new video of the jacksonville gunman entering the store where he unleashed his deadly racist rampage. we re also learning more about his past before he opened fire with a swastika emblazoned assault rifle. welcome to our viewers here in the united states in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. we begin with a very significant day in two of the criminal cases against donald trump. first, in georgia where former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows took the stand today. the hearing amounting to a sort of mini trial of the election interference trial against trump and his 18 co-defendants. cnn s sara murray has all the details. reporter: that s right. we got a look at fani willis case and how she may question witnesses. former white house chief of staff ....