removal from the republican primary ballot in maine. the secretary of state who made the decision to ban trump joins us with her reaction this hour. also breaking, another federal indictment of senator bob menendez, accusing the democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. stand by for details on the new charges tied to an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say lasted for years. plus there s new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the fiery crash at a tokyo airport. what the recording reveals as the investigation gets under way. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. donald trump formally challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bellows,
i m pamela brown in situation room, i ll be back here tomorrow. erin burnett outfront starts right now. up next, fed up. families of hostages asking about their loved ones. not answer. the father of two girls being held right now by hamas will tell a story and the israeli government official responds here tonight. as trump s gag order is about to reinstate? plus the biggest name in artificial intelligence fired by his company and then hired by a rival. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight. demanding answers. the families of hostages are demanding answers from prime minister netanyahu. we re told more than 100 family members met with the prime minister today with hours. they went in saying this. translator: i demand their commitment that everyone is returning home. all the hostages. we must get answers. translator: we have big concrete questions that we expect them to answer. the prime minister came out of that meeting said returning hostages was a sac
challenging the to remove him from the primary pal lot in maine based on the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. we ll speak live with maine s secretary of state, shen that bellows, in just a few moments. first are cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. what is trump s team arguing, and what happens next? reporter: now it s up to the main maine courts. the trump team is asking the court to overturn the decision by maine s secretary of state of c maine, shenthat bellows. she opted to remove trump from the ballot. if you don t like what the secretary of state says about your ballot eligibility, you can appeal that to the court system, which is what they ve done here, asking them to overturn her decision. trump s team arguing, the secretary was a biased decisionmaker who should have recused herself and had no local
happier going into the season. i know you were in a briefing today with howard webb, simon. what did you learn from it? you learn from it? well, there s a lot of information you learn from it? well, there s a lot of information coming - you learn from it? well, there s a lot of information coming out - you learn from it? well, there s a l lot of information coming out about what the season lies ahead. 0ne what the season lies ahead. one thing that fans will notice is that the talks in the stadium will be allowed to go on before the 45 minutes we re used to seeing. we ll get an understanding of the injury time and how that s playing out. as a lot of little things going on in the premier league, and there is clearly an issue over injury time itself given the amount of injury time that was played in the community shield. and also in the first weekend of the nfl. fl. i think this will ease over time. players will be encouraged to get on with the game more, so that is the
where people are trying to use this escape route as others close. it s so bad, you know, so bad. and a lot of innocent people there dying every day. he s my mum s first cousin and he s the first one of my family that has left khartoum in this. and, you know. what a relief. what a relief to see him and his kids safe and sound. for many, this was the end of a very long journey. port sudan is 500 miles from the capital, khartoum, and the airstrip used by the british government over the last four days to fly people home. those flights are ending now, so some of those aiming to leave sudan are going to the port, including several nhs doctors. the issue with the port sudan evacuation is it s quite unclear. there s a little sort of presence of the uk evacuation.