this hour a federal grand jury is meeting behind closed doors in washington. will they be handing up a criminal indictment against donald trump for fighting to stay in power after he lost the election? as a potential indictment looms, the former president quietly beefed up the legal team, and nshgscnn is trying to out what witnesses and counsel the former president has. and now, the eyewitnesses who saw the soldier run across the border, and now officials trying to figure out why he ran. this is cnn news central. right now, all eyes and at least one trump legal team is keeping watch on a federal courthouse in washington, and that is where the grand jury is decision they could make is handing up another criminal indictment against the former president, and this would be the third time he has been hit with indictments over the 2020 federal election results. and while it is the last day for trump to respond to the target letter, before that same jury, and though unlikely
that they would retaliate, and now there is an overnight drone strike from moscow that has done less damage than the last few days, and we are inside of the cathedral, and we are asked to put on the helmets from the debris falling from the roof. i wanted to show you the corner of the roof, and this is the most destruction, and where we are told that the missile or the rocket came plunging from the roof two stories and the daylight coming from the roof and brightening up the dark cathedral and over here is the altar and the pillars are off to the side, and the altar is leaning over, and really standing upright, because it is up against the wall, and farther up is the beautiful dome of this cathedral and all of the windows have been blown out. below the frescos have been knocked down, and we have seen large sections of the roof also coming down as the workers seek to clear it. they say it is going to be several weeks or months or years before this cathedral is fully repaired. t
as we await a third possible indictment of president trump we now know when the jury selection is going to begin this documents case and how the time line is going to coincide with the presidential run. murdered at the killer s home while the family was out of town is what the investigators are looking into with the evidence taken from the residence of the suspected gilgo beach serial killer. the world is mourning the legendary crooner tony bennett who died this morning at age 96. we will look his iconic career. how will i go from rags to riches my fate is up to you a trial date for the classified documents case against donald trump now on the books. the judge says that may 24th, 2024 will be the date which essentially split the difference of the time lines that both sides wanted, and special counsel jack smith wanted it a lot sooner, and trump won it a lot later after the election, and cnn legal affairs paul reed l affairs correspondent paula reid joins us no
me a master musician with an unparalleled career spanning more than 70 years and music fans everywhere mourning the loss of tony bennett this morning. we look back at his music and legacy. that and more stories coming in right now into cnn news central. cnn legal affairs correspondent paula reid joining with us the latest on the trial date of donald trump. this is not the trial date that the special counsel was hoping for, and what more can you tell us? well, at least it is a trial date, because the defense attorneys argued it is too soon to put a date on the calendar. the central tension in the case, the central conflict of the defense attorneys and the prosecutors is over the timing. prosecutors including jack smith have said they want a quote speedy trial, which is why they wanted to take the trial before a jury in december, but the defense attorneys argued in court before this same judge it would be quote unfair to put the former president on trial at any time b
2020. a third straight night of intense russian strikes on ukraine s southern port of odesa, this as ukraine prepares to receive another billion dollar aid package from the u.s. more questions swirling around the mysterious case of an alabama woman who went missing and reappeared two days later. why people are talking about her internet searches she did just before she disappeared. this is cnn news central. as soon as today, a federal grand jury in d.c. could hand down another indictment against former president donald trump. any moment now that grand jury is expected to meet once again. and all of this is surrounding his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election result. today is also something of a deadline day for trump and his legal team. after getting the target letter from the special counsel he has the chance to make his case before the grand jury but that s seen as highly unlikely to happen. someone who is expected before the grand jury today. two sources t