Good morning, everyone. Its friday. Were glad youre with us. Its been quite a week for this country. Quite a week. Its framing what is going to be ab intense consequential months ahead. Lets get started with five things to know for this friday, august 4th. Sour, defiant, we have new reporting this morning about Donald Trumps State Of Mind after he was indicted for the third time in four months. The former president proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Also new overnight, democratic lawmakers want to watch the trial. They want a judge to allow cameras in a federal courtroom. The July Jobs Report will come out. A key number for the fed. Also this morning a reenactment of the Parkland High School shooting. As part of a lawsuit against the officer who failed to enter the build whg a gunman killed 17 people. Two sailors under arrest and have been indicted for allegedly sending sensitive Military Information to chinese Intelligence Of
it s the harshest sentence handed down for involvement in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the leader of the oath keepers just told he ll serve 18 years in prison, and the judge didn t mince words. there is one week to go until the nation potentially defaults on its debt, and still no deal. lawmakers are huddling in the capitol, trying to hammer out a last-minute agreement. no, that s not what is happening. most of them are headed home for a long holiday weekend. and not before adding some last-minute demands that could complicate the entire process. we ll break down what they are. and this story, more than a decade after being paralyzed, he can now stand, walk, even climb stairs. we ll tell you about the implant that has now reconnected his brain to his spine. could this technology become accessible to anyone? we are following these major developing stories, all coming in to cnn news central. longest sentence yet for a january 6th defendant. the leader and foun
The pentagon. thank you so much. breonna? on top of this, the u.s. navy says early this morning iran-backed houthi rebels launched an unmanned surface drone against a shipping lane in the red sea. we talk more about this with retired air force colonel cedric leighton. today, of course, the united states killing the leader of a pro iranian militia in baghdad, cedric. what is the importance of this particular story? reporter: rihanna, this is very important because this pro arena proxy group was one of the major iranian groups that was actually fighting i.s.i.s., but also is postured to go after the u.s.. they are also controlling a large element of the iraqi government where they are hoping to hold it for political and military means. so these militias exercise a great deal of control over iraq, and this was a message for the u.s. not to attack u.s. forces in the country.
We have brand new video showing a damaged russian warship being towed in the black sea. ukraine says 100 russian servicemen were aboard as it carried out a sea drone attack on a major naval base. russia clims the attack was repelled. they say it received serious damage and not able to fulfill its duties. nick paton walsh is live for us. what more do we know about what actually happened here? sdplr a startling claim here. born out by video evidence showing this to be this surface drone approaching what looks like the ship. now they say that 100 russian personnel were on board when, indeed, just short a half a metric ton of tnt struck that ship. that s an absolutely devastating
Naval drones. here s the report. reporter: at a secret military base, one of the newest in the arsenal is lowered into the water. under the control of this pilot who asked we don t show his face. this is ukraine s latest surface drone designed to attack russia and the black sea. it s almost 700 pounds of explosives and can hit a target 800 kilometers 500 miles away. they are easy to control. and they have severely limited the russian navy s movements. ukraine sends drones out