Opposition leader. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. It could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. The judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. In may or be delayed. Trumps lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. Thats three months before election day here in the united states. Cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. Paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court . Yes. Well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, were learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. Its so far the Special Counsel and trumps lawyers, they have been discussing this larger question of timing such a consequential issue in this case, because we know the Special Counsel
so what happens to the $146 million he was ordered to pay in the defamation case against georgia election workers. we ll dig deeper coming up. plus, the supreme court face ing a nearly unprecedented test of its integrity and reputation. the political and legal challenges posed by the colorado case and others now piling up on the justices doorstep. can the court and the country emerge unscathed? and the terrifying images out of prague where a mass shooting has left 15 people dead, two dozen hurt. students climbing out onto a fourth story ledge of a university building as they try to escape the gunman. a lot going on just in the last couple of hours. we begin with that breaking news. rudy giuliani filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in new york. he s listing debts up to $500 million, assets up to 10 million. this comes one day after a federal judge ruled giuliani has to immediately pay that $148 million that he owes to two former georgia election workers. nbc s ken dilanian i
all the fixes we put in for spain, the meetings brussel as couple weeks ago have not fixed problems this veto a problem that will spread with a crisis regarding the economy and which is going to spread. neil: when i talk to these fellows and murdoch was looking at the end environment in europe and even england, not a member of the european union but affected by the contagion, and this is not a promising environment, not a growth environment. for how long do you think? guest: well, it could be a few quarters. one thing that is good about the economy, now, versus say, 2007, we are not exactly overflighted. one of the bright sides of the employment rate being so high the companies are not overstuffed with employees so they are actually keeping a lot more cash and not building up inventories like they were. so, the from tracted recession is not going to be that, but, a couple quarters of correction is not out of the question. neil: thank you very much. good to see you.
a trade treaty committee and decide vital issues that are really about peace. guest: well, yes, and this is supposed to be defining how arms trade will proceed. iran, which has been dealing in illicit weapons, kill are our soldiers in afghanistan . neil: this happens a lot with this group. why? guest: because this is how the u.n. is engineered to work. there is no penalty for players at the u.n. for this kind of thing. this is what the u.n. does. and anyone who imagines that it is still the utopian organization that the charter says, units charter, iran would not actually qualify to be a member, at all. but the u.n. has long ago taken to ignoring its own charter, and, it . neil: but isn t the seriouses supposed to be, the
own life. two americas, two john edwards. that s what you had. there seem to be, dominique strauss khan has had similar allegations against him for improprieties and he is also a sort of champion of the people and there s some parallels there that are interesting. you have someone also living very lavish lifestyle as well and then being a champion of the poor. it is a hard thing to reconcile. stay with us. and you stay with us. we ll have much more ahead. [ male announcer ] hey, isn t that the girl who tore out your sill-beating heart? ah, being a vegan is really working out for her. [ bowling pins ] ok, how s this gonna play? mi amore. [ chicken clucking ] [ male announcer ] ah common g., try manly, girls dig that! [ screams ] [ male announcer ] no, no, no, think smooth, but animal. like a werewolf in finance. diversify [ elephant trumpeting ] [ male announcer ] ok don t sweat it. just do your thing, do your thing. hey!