hello. i m back. good morning. i just wanted to say hello to you first. good morning. hello. i said hello to you and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, june 4th. i m rahel solomon. i m victor blackwell. she enjoyed it so much, she stayed for a second day. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. there are new details on that train crash in india that killed close to 300 people. we have more on what we re learning about what this train was carrying and why officials believe that the number of people killed was so high? the eyes of the political world on iowa this weekend as gop hopefuls storm the hawkeye state. their message to voters as they try to set themselves apart in a field that s grown crowded. a school bus full of children burst into flames in milwaukee. the quick thinking by the driver that has a lot of people calling her a hero. and a climber found cling ng to a rope in mount everest s death zone. we will talk to a climb
it is sunday, june 4th. i m rahel solomon in for amara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is good of you to be with us. thank you for spending just another hour with us here this morning. and thank you for coming down to atlanta. i didn t know if that was going to come my way. thank you for coming! here s what we re watching for you this morning. of course, the focus for republican presidential hopefuls on iowa. their message that these candidates and soon-to-be candidates are given to voters as they try to set themselves apart in a growing field. and there are new details on that train crash in india that killed nearly 300 people. our team is at the crash site with more on what we are learning about the cause of the crash, and also the recovery efforts. a federal judge in tennessee says stthat the state s law limiting public drag shows sun constitutional. his reason for striking down the law and what happens next. and a school bus bursts into flames in milwaukee. c
it s sunday june 4th. i m ali velshi. after we can revelations regarding the special counsel jack smith classified documents investigation we got more news this morning about the future of that case. and we see news has exclusively learned that the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in that case will reconvene this week after a recent lol in proceeding. the purpose of the grand jury s upcoming meeting is unclear. it s not necessarily an indication that smith and his team are prepared to seek an indictment just yet. the justice department would not comment on the investigations status but previous reporting from out what s like the wall street journal has indicated that smith is wrapping up that part of his investigation that quote in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at donald trump s florida home. from top political aides to maintain staff. as the head of a large organization that s been one of the
he is the reason that the oath keepers were in washington, d.c. on january 6th. that was what the judge found today. and he also believes that stewart rhodes poses an ongoing threat to democracy. rhodes made no attempt to try and dissuade the judge of believing that. and the judge certainly did say that explicitly after stewart rhodes expressed no remorse in court today and continued to be very far right in what he said to the judge and not saying that he believed that he had done anything wrong at all. now, the other thing, with kelly meggs, that was the second defendant sentenced today, kelly meggs was much more remorseful. and judge mehta looked at him and reminded him how serious of an offense this is, seditious conspiracy. and then spoke about how he found it so astonishing that american citizens who had been upstanding average americans before january 6th then became criminals. and i want to read for you one of the last things that judge mehta said after this marathon d
simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re