the defense, in one way or another in this federal case, and the other today, saying not so fast. today, the special counsel, asked for a january 2nd trial date in the election subversion case, which had said partake as little as four weeks. the former president, who is expected to challenge that, took the first step tonight in his social network. quoting now, but leaving out some of the personal tax on smith and president biden. quote, only an out of touch lunatic would ask for such a date. one day, into the new year, and maximum election interference with iowa. now whatever you make of that, in particular the, the proposed date is yet another entry on what is already a very crowded calendar. take a look. surrounding that date are the trump organization s civil fraud trial this october, the e. jean carroll defamation trial january 15th. that is the same day of the iowa caucuses. super tuesday, march 5th, is just ten days before march 15th, manhattan hush money trial. in the
everybody has been asking me about it we may have the answer later in the show. while i was away in the beautiful state of mearch sur rowmpedded by liberal family members i couldn t stop thinking about the mar-a-lago raid. i know. why did they do it? what did they take? they leaked that trump was hoarding nuclear secrets. they charged him under the espionage act. they must think he is trying to sell our secrets to the enemy. we had the team here at primetime do digging. i kept thinking about how sloppy bill clinton was. and then we came across this old doocy. president bill clinton actually lost the nuclear football. general hugh shelton says in the year 2,000 the clinton white house lost the presidential codes needed to launch nuclear weapons. newly released memoir general shelton writes the codes were actually missing for months. this is a big deal. a gargantuan deal and we dodged a silver bullet. jesse: we couldn t launch nukes for months because slick wily fumbled t
the dismissal of oleksii reznikov signals a strategy shift. mr reznikov led the ministry since before the start of russia s full scale invasion in february of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraine s army. but as ukraine s government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainian generals claim that they have breached russia s formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskyi told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying that ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine s slow progress o
joe biden calls for two state as the call for a cease-fire. we will look at his op-ed in the washington post. and the most powerful rocket ever built explodes minutes after blasting off. some are calling the test flights success. queerphobia reports of a large explosion at a.u. and run school in gaza and used as a shelter. one called the courage or spying. the video is graphic. the source of the blast has not been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are yet available. the israeli aware of the explosion but have no further comments. we will have more on this in just a moment. meanwhile, the world health organization sends a team to gaza s largest hospital on saturday. he described it as a death zone. filled with terrifying people. they said a mass grave with anybody s was right outside the entrance. inside, the choking dust and smoke, the team counted 291 patients including 32 infants, extremely critical condition. officials say patients and staff have been orde
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. a team from the world health organization goes inside the al shifa hospital in gaza and describes the scene as a death zone. what they saw, just ahead. plus, the most powerful rocket ever built explodes just after liftoff. why some are still calling the launch a big success. and later, max verstappen rolls the dice and wins big on the vegas strip. we ll break down the f1 grand prix that ended just a few hours ago. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in gaza, where a large explosion ripped through a u.n.-run school being used as a shelter. one u.n. official called the carnage horrifying. i have to warn you, the video is graphic. now, the source of the blast hasn t been determined and no confirmed casualty figures are available yet. the israeli mil