indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. even the former president himself believes the indictment is coming. the question is when it will be trump s third criminal indictment and a potential gamechanger for the battle of the gop presidential nomination, and some of trump s republican challengers are in the january 6th insurrection. among those questioned in the case, former vice president mike pence. here he is being whisked to safety that day as rioters chanted hang mike pence after believing that pence could overturn the election results. here s what pence said earlier today on cnn. the president s words were reckless that day. i had no right to overturn the election, but while his words were reckless, based on what i know, i m not yet convinced that they were criminal. president trump was wrong on that day and he s still wrong in asserting that i had the right to overturn the election and what his intensions were and as you know, criminal charge
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, july 22nd, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us this mor morning. you have been all around the world. yes. you know you love your job and you had a fulfilling vacation and look forward to coming back especially when i m sitting next to you. that s nice. thank you. we ve got a lot going on this morning. usa, usa, blah, blah, blah, blah. that pretty much sums it up. all right. team usa. fans are celebrating after the women s soccer team scored an easy victory over vietnam as they chased their third world cup in a row. donald trump is expected to stand trial in the classified documents case right in the middle of the 2024 presidential race. the reason the judge bucked the lawyers requests. dozens of more heat records fall as other cities continue to bake in triple-digit heat. chad myers is with your forecast. i left my heart in san francisco love that song. tri
classified documents trial to begin mid may, smack dab in the middle of the 2024 election season. how both prosecutors and trump s defense are preparing. plus, no emotion whatsoever. that s how one official is describing the suspect in the gilgo beach killings. plus, new details on where investigators believe most of the crimes happened. and okay, you ve heard us talk about barbie a lot, but what about barbenheimer ? it is the battle of the blockblo blockbusterers or hottest double feature of the summer. we re following these stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. we are following some new developments in the two special counsel investigations that are facing former president trump. first, a trial date now set in trump s classified documents case. today a federal judge ordering the trial to start in may of next year, right in the middle of the gop primary calendar. and as a potential trump indictment looms in the other federal investigation into 20
jesse: that is it. there have been a lot of controversial things on tv. janet jackson s super bowl nip slip. sinead o connor tearing up a picture of the pope on snl. will smith and chris rock at the oscars. that s real controversy. today there were controversies back in headlines because of this jason aldean song. listen. sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk, carjacking on a lady at a red light pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store you think it s cool cuss out a cop, spit in his face stomp on the flag and light it up yeah, you think you re tough try that in the small town jesse: that s it. all he said is you can t jack an old lady, spit on a cop, or slugged a stranger where he s from. it doesn t fly. they are not going to let it slide in their hometown. it s a song about values that are in every small town in america, huge part of the country relates to that on every level. but it got yanked off the airwaves. country music tv caved and c
the one for donald trump to respond to the doj s target letter just a short time from now. we re all waiting to see if he in fact will respond today, according to the deadline. we re also learning one of his advisers abruptly left grand jury testimony today when he was asked about their interactions while trump was still in office. all that is ahead. but first, the politics and gnarlization of misinformation. that s a mouthful. it was also on full display in congress as republicans gave a platform to a noted conspiracy theorist as he s being called now. robert f. kennedy jr. he s also a democratic presidential hopeful and candidate. he testified during a hearing that was focused on the federal government and censorship. but then after going under oath, well, the train, it fell off the tracks promptly. cnn s fact checker senior reporter daniel is here. kennedy said today that he has never voiced opposition over using vaccines. listen to this moment. i have never been antivax