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happening right now in mariupol, a dire humanitarian crisis as officials say hundreds of civilians are trapped inside a steel plant alongside ukrainian troops surrounded by russian forces. after vladimir putin declared victory over the city and said there is no need to storm the plant. local officials say it is still under assault. outside mariupol, new satellite images from the company maxar revealed of new graves, occier could burn anywhere from thousands. the washington post detailed the shock and trauma among the survivors who were able to escape the conflict. quote, when the first bus opened its doors, many of the families just sat, waited as if struggling to grasp what they were finally safe, some children sat painfully still and stared in silence of the ukrainian police and volunteers who were registering their arrival. other families cried over each other as reporters asked over the conditions they had escaped. there were no light, there were no water and sh ....
donald trump is the twice impeached, four times indicted, former president who tried to illegally stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. some republicans are still running cover for him. just hours before trump was booked at the fulton county jail, house republicans had already opened an investigation into d, eight fani willis. a move that even georgia s republican governor, brian kemp, opposed in his own state. it is a good sign that kemp is not caving to mega pressure, he is standing a loan. and one of the most brazen attempts to seek retribution for trump, house republicans are reportedly planning an impeachment inquiry against president joe biden. speaker, kevin mccarthy, has signaled that the process could start by the end of this month. the potential inquiry is related to the hunter biden probe where republicans have alleged that the biden family receives special treatment from the justice department and accepted payments from foreign compani ....
tonight. cnn primetime starts right now. thank you so much. have a good night. good evening everyone. tonight i will speak with a former proud boy who knew the two extremists who were just sentenced more than a decade behind bars today for sedition on january 6th. don t miss this conversation but first we have another extraordinary example of the guard rails holding up in a vulnerable democracy. we ve seen examples in recent years. the military refusing to use force after the election, the courts refusing to accept bogus arguments without evidence, the election workers who quietly and heroically ensured the integrity of those ballots, and the voters who showed up in massive numbers to speak their voices. finally, the states, where many in both parties did reject efforts to undo the will of those very voters. that includes the state of georgia where republicans fought off attempts to undermine democracy. today it happened again. republican governor brian kemp rejec ....
the proceedings will be live-streamed and televised according to a court order. but trump today is also moving to sever his case from those defendants seeking a speedy trial, insisting their actions would violate his right to a fair trial. more on the merits of his request in a minute. first, developments in another case. one that actually predates the case brought by fani willis and the ones brought by jack smith and alvin bragg. we re talking going the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit brought by new york attorney general letisha james. a fight that is expected to xlens in october. you will recall, there is the one into the disgraced expresident, his adult sons and their business for the shady dishonest attempts to have favorable loan agreements. in a 100-page document newly filed in the state supreme court, prosecutors in the case are asking for one particular favorable ruling ahead of time. specifically, they want the court to acknowledge that donald trump and some o ....
rapidly intensifying storm now a category 1. taking aim at florida s gulf coast and with life threatening storm surge and extreme winds, impact could be devastating. plus a calculated risk. president trump s former chief of staff mark meadows taking the stand. but will his testimony convince a jury to move his trial to federal court. and classes are canceled today at unc chapel hill after a faculty member was shot and killed. what we re learning about the suspect in custody. those major stories and more all coming in right now on cnn news central. right now, idalia pounding parts of western cuba as a hurricane while florida prepares for impact. idalia is expected to make lawful in florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning potentially as a category 3. it is forecast to bring a life threatening storm surge that could cause water to swell up to 12 feet in some areas of florida and up and down the state s western coast, floridians are preparing. we re tyi ....