country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
scott are expected next week, and our panel is going to tell us what to look out for on the political horizon. and with the migrant crisis straining cities, we re going to tell you about a big story in the headlines this week that one of the men involved now calls a scam. the head of the veterans organization accused of rounding up homeless men and telling them to claim that they were veterans being displaced from their hotel lodgings to make room for migrants. she denies it. tonight we have the facts. and the new york mayor is calling for an investigation. and ai feels like a run away train headed our way. tonight we re going to talk to a former google executive who worked in ai and tech for decades. his warnings ahead. but first, a segment we call on the lookout. the storys that we see on the horizon. first, the 2024 gop primary is heating up. south carolina senator tim scott filing papers today with the ftc to run for president. he s expected to make a formal annou
you burned me. with people in east palestine, ohio, angry and afraid after the toxic train derailment, donald trump offers them trump brand water and cultural grievance. pete buttigieg called on the former president to reverse the safety regulations put in place by his administration. secretary buttigieg will join me in a moment. also, new evidence the right knew it was all a lie. as arizona s former attorney general buried a record refuting election fraud claims. and garrison hayes is here. you know him from his tiblth series, forgotten black history. tonight, he is bringing us some kick ass black history. we begin the reidout tonight with east palestine, ohio, where we heard directly from federal officials today about what caused the toxic train derailment there three weeks ago. the chair of the national transportation safety board did not hold back. but i can tell you this much. this was 100% preventable. we call things accidents. there is no accident. the ntsb
the football field last weekend. we ll be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. we ll have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up watching the drama unfold? about 8:00 p.m. that was the latest for me. how about you? 9:45. you got a little more in. it was quite dramatic as well as being historic and chaotic. kevin mccarthy finally won the race for speaker of the house after 15, 15 rounds of voting, which ended earlier this morningening. the next speaker of the united states for the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers ] [ applause ] mccarthy engaged in some intense negotiations and made some major
they did heroic things yesterday and they are always very humble that they are truly humble heros. yesterday we lost two teachers these two teamers i would say are the cornerstone of that campus to some great degree. they are two beautiful souls, they taught for years, ne have kids in our district and they poured their heart and soul into educating our kids. 19 precious students who came to school yesterday to enjoy the day, to enjoy the awards assembly. and as i look at their pictures, you can just tell by their and angelic smile that they loved coming to school and there precious individuals. this is a difficult time for everybody. we are hurting. we have been cut deep here in our community. it will move forward. it going to take some time moving forward. our faith has been shaken. we ask you to continue to pray for these families, these kids and our community and our teachers. i am a product of uvalde. i worked for this district for 30 years. please pray for our teachers,