happening now, colorado s top election official joins us live just hours before donald trump is expected to appeal decisions banning him from the ballot in that state and also in maine. also this hour, breaking news out of japan, multiple deaths now confirmed after a powerful 7.5 earthquake. dramatic pictures from the disaster zone are coming in to cnn. in the midst of war, a potentially divisive ruling by israel s high court, striking down a key part of the netanyahu government s controversial judicial overhaul plan. what will it mean for israel as it s already em broimed in conflict and crisis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is offer today. i m brianna keilar. this is a situation room special report. we begin this hour with former president trump s unprecedented legal fight against his removal from primary ballots in colorado and maine. the formal appeals expected tomorrow. let s go right to cnn s senior justice departmen
let me start with the breaking news international criminal court that issued arrest warrants for putin and one of his commissioners for war crimes both accused of unlawfully deporting ukrainian children to russia joining me from london, nbc foreign correspondent megan fitzgerald explain the charges against putt yun putin and what it might mean this has been a month s long investigation that started in september. and the lead prosecutor for the icc saying that they were able togather enough evidence to bring about these arrest warrants he went on to say, want to read the statement, he said the pretrial judge as sesed there were reasonable grounds to believe that each suspect bears responsibility the statement went on to say that they found evidence that suggests these children were taken from orphanages and along with children in care homes and taken to russia. we know there was a u.n. report released yesterday that detailed a list of alleged war crimes by russia one of them
good afternoon. i m yamiche alcindor. back for another hour. and it s not been a good day for donald trump. after fighting it for years, his tax returns are out, and there s a lot to unpack. from the former president s federal tax payments, to the foreign bank accounts held, while he, that he held while in office, the lack of mandatory irs audits, our expert panel is here to comb through it all. and the january 6th committee just dropped another batch of witness transcripts, like yesterday, they contain a lot of familiar trump world names, we ve got the biggest take-aways. and following major breaking news in idaho and the murder case there, a person has been arrested in connection to the killings of four college students. law enforcement officials tell nbc news the 28-year-old was apprehended in pennsylvania. we ve got the details and new year, new covid variants. medical experts are warning of a new infectious strain going through the north east right now. what you ca
Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the president himself signed off on the plan to hide the expenses. Todd blanche started this way, these are literally the first words out of the his mouth. You and i have never spoken or met, have we . To which cohen replied, we have not. Todd blanche, but you know who i am . Cohen answers, i do blanche asking, on april 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a, quote, Crying Little cohen supplies that might be something i would say. Blanche went on to defend mr. Co
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im frederica whitfield. Right now lawmakers are on capitol hill with just hours left until the Government Shutdown, and today House Speaker Kevin Mccarthys plan is to pass bills to minimize the impacts of a shutdown, not stop one from actually happening. Gop hard liners blocked his last attempt at passing a shortterm funding bill. And if mccarthy turns to democrats for help, today he could lose his job. Over on the senate side, lawmakers are moving ahead with their own funding bill, but it would not pass in time to keep the government open. The stakes could not be higher. When the clock strikes midnight millions of federal workers will be off the job. Employees considered essential like active duty military and Border Agents will be forced to work without pay. And you could even see airport delays, museum and National Park closures, and Food Assistance programs put on hold. Now that a shutdown seems all but inevitable, the questions on