Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
and this just in sam bankman freed, has been ordered back into custody after violating the conditions of his bail. kara, one of the allegations is that he was tampering with witnesses. yeah, alex, that s right. and the judge finding today that there was probable cause to believe that bankman freed attempted to tamper with witnesses twice. that visual you see on the screen is bankman freed arriving to the courtroom today. that is the last time he ll be walking as a free man. he s expected to go to trial october 2nd, but the judge revoking bail and prosecutors asking for this because the tipping point seemed to be bankman freed spoke to the new york times about a person in this case. this is a top executive at ftx
an open investigation criminally in the manhattan d. a s office as well. that case, the civil part of that cases going to trial october 2nd. he s going to be very busy, not just in the criminal cases, but i think also in the civil matters that he has to be involved in. he is literally minutes away now from the office of the manhattan district attorney it s interesting when we talk about history where he s going, this is the most vaunted, highly regarded local district attorney s office, perhaps in the nation. it is the place that where thomas dewey served as the d a before he went on to become governor as a mob busting prosecutor before he ran for president. it is the place where one of his proteges hogan, for which hogan place the street that donald trump is being brought to was named. was district attorney for 32 years, bringing mob cases. corruption