A Special Election that could also signal which way the swing state might go next year. Also the brutal fight for ukraine and a tough Reality Check on the losses ukraine has suffered in their counteroffensive. And later tonight, how the u. S. Coast guard hid a damning investigation on Sexual Assault from public view. The Newest Development in a story cnn was first to bring you. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Late today, judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the former president s attorneys attempts to delay a hearing about evidence should be handled in the january 6th case. She set 10 00 friday morning for both sides to make their arguments. A short time earlier, the former president was in New Hampshire, cursing in front of a crowd, continuing to lie about the 2020 election, and seemingly suggested hell likely do it again in 2024. They rigged the president ial election in 2020, and were not going to allow them to rig the president ial election in 2024. Were not going to allow it
More charges could be on the way, but for now, three white men have been charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly attacking a black boat cocaptain in a fight that quickly morphed into an Ugly Riverside Brawl in alabama this weekend. Videos of the incident went viral. And it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. But last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. Heres cnns ryan young who was at the Press Conference where we just learned a whole lot. And, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. Youve been speaking to witnesses. What are they telling you . Reporter yeah, absolutely. After talking to mayor reed, its pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. This is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. The video has obviously shocked the nation as its gone viral. We do believe the suspects theyre looking for are in
Welcome to the lead, aim jake tapper. And we start with breaking news, violent and explosive wildfires in hawaii. Fueled by strong winds from a hurricane, 800 miles away. It is a situation so sudden and so catastrophic on maui, local Officials Say a dozen people ran into the ocean to try to escape the flames. And they went out so far they then had to be rescued. Hawaiis governor said hundreds of families have been displaced and some loss of life is expected, unquote. Cell towers and 911 are out of service on the the hardhit west side compounding the difficulty for many. Were expecting a Press Conference and well bring you that when it starts but Derek Van Damme looked at where this erratic disaster may be headed next. Reporter hellish scenes of wildfires engulfing normally picturesque maui. Powerful winds, associated with Hurricane Dora helping fuel the flames. Fact that we have wildfire in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented. Reporter Lieutenant
Up against the clock. Donald trumps legal team has two hours left to respond to a doj request to keep some evidence quiet. Is comes as officials in georgia are preparing for another potential indictment power the former president. The street around the federal courthouse in Fulton County, close. Barricades coming out. Up with Assassination Attempt on ukraines president get ahead, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. Were following major developing stories and many more, coming in right here to cnn news central. Defense attorneys for former President Trump have left now than two hours left to respond to my proposed evidence rules in the Election Interference Case. The Special Counsel wants to place restrictions on how much trump, if at all, tend can discuss sensitive evidence revealed in discovery. Trumps Defense Attorneys say the limits would violate his First Amendment rights and were also following the development and trump other fede
counteroffensive were quite high going back just a few weeks ago. but in recent weeks, as ukrainian forces have encountered really intense russian defenses in the east and the south, three lines of defensive lines, defensive belts as they re known, with trenches as you re seeing there. tens of thousands of mines. ukrainian forces have not proven able to break through those lines. they ve encountered staggering losses, i m told, both in terms of killed in action and wounded in action. and ukrainian commanders in response to that understandably have pulled back some of those units to save some of those casualties. and while even a few weeks ago, the hope was that over time, they d be able to break through, more recently, the assessments both on this side of the atlantic but also in europe have been that they don t quite see the opportunity. so that hope has faded, not