investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election wrapping up a meeting with the former president s legal team. trump posting new details about this meeting just minutes ago. plus wagner mercenary group founder, who recently led that short-lived revolt against putin, is spotted in st. petersburg. that s putin territory. what was he doing there? and what recession? a key indicator of economic strength came in better than expected. there are some warning signs to keep an eye on. we re following these major stories, and many more, all coming in here to cnn news central. earlier today, lawyers for donald trump sat down face to face with special counsel jack smith. the man who brought an indictment for the mishandling of classified documents. and the man who could be prepping a second indictment tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the grand jury in that probe is meeting as we speak. sources tell us that trump s attorneys hope today s meet would
takeover offer by a consortium headed up by its former chairman colin graves is causing controversy welcome to the programme. the cup football is continuing around europe and in england, chelsea have suffered a blow in the league cup. the premier league side were been beaten 1 0 by championship side middlesbrough in the first leg of their semifinal at the riverside stadium. mauricio pochettino s side missed a host of chances, with hayden hackney giving middlesbrough the advantage heading into the second leg. our senior football reporter ian dennis was there. a riverside roar greeted the final whistle as middlesbrough achieved a crucial first leg advantage, both sides depleted by injury. but the championship side were dealt with a double setback as late latham bangoura were forced off. undeterred, middlesbrough took the lead with a highly rated hayden hackney, staring in a 37th minute goal from close range. chelsea should have scored in the first half. morawiecki was causing p
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a country in mourning. heart broken and searching for answers after a halloween celebration in south korea turned deadly. the crowd tusurging in a nightcb district, killing at least 153 people. at least two americans were among those killed. authorities are trying to determine what triggered the crush. witnesses say people were trapped and panicked. world leaders are offering their contdolence condolences. joe biden saying he grieves with the south korean people. reporting now from the scene, cnn s correspondent will ripley. reporter: halloween horror and heartbreak. in seoul s popular night life district, nightmare scenes. the narrow alleys lined with lifeless bodies, many in costume. first responders trying to save them. this is a row of stretchers that we initially thought were waiting for potential survivors of this incident at halloween party where thousands of people we
aides in the trump administration including former chief of staff mark meadows. a spokesman for trump did not immediately respond to request for comment. attorney general garland sat down for a rare and exclusive interview with nbc s lester holt and defended the justice department against criticism it is working slower than the house select committee s investigation into january 6th. look, the justice department has been doing the most wide-ranging investigation in its history, and the committee is doing an enormously wide-ranging investigation as well. it is inevitable that there will be things that they found before we have found them, and it s inevitable that there will be things we find that they haven t found. the justice department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period and to bring to justice everybody who is criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. you said in no uncertain terms t
plan had not yet come to fruition. our first report is from our political correspondent, hannah miller. applause. labour won mayors, councils, and police and crime commissioners. rishi sunak left clinging on to just one mayor in the tees valley. even his majority diminished. this morning, the former home secretary, and one of the prime minister s biggest critics, warned of a total wipe out for the conservatives. i despair at these terrible results. there s no spinning these results, there s no disguising the fact that these have been terrible election results for the conservatives and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government. her prescription for the pm. he needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking round the edges. if he is serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on illegal migration, he needs to take us out of the european convention on human rights. in defeat, the now former conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy