Russia with a new push to the white house to try to get paul whelan home. And nasa is set to speak about at the new report about ufos and how the government will study sightings in the future. Im sara sidner with john berman. Kate bolduan is on assignment. This is cnn news central. All right. Breaking news out of Fulton County, georgia. And by the way, you are looking at live pictures from inside of the courtroom before judge George Mcafee and the subversion court case. And now, two of the defendants are about to appear before the judge. You are seeing the live pictures there before our eyes, but donald trump and the rest of the codefendants will be tried separately and later. We will get to zach cohen, and the details of what we are learning so far, zach. Yeah, john, the top line is that donald trump will not be starting his trial in georgia in five weeks alongside at least two of the codefendants Sidney Powell and ken chesebro and trump and two others who said they dont want a speedy
Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Washington post columnist David Ignatius got the ball rolling. President bide app should not run in 2024. A New York Times piece calling the 2024 piece a field of nightmares. An oped in the new York Magazine titled the case for biden to drop Kamala Harris, even from this former House Speaker nancy pelosi. Is Vice President Kamala Harris the best running mate for this president . He thinks so. Thats what matters. Do you think she is the best running mate, though . She is the Vice President of the United States. People say to me why isnt she doing ththat. Because he is the Vice President. Thats the job description. You dont do that much. Harris wow. That didnt sound like full throated support. What was that . Took them several times to get her to answer the question. Former White House Deputy chief of staff karl rove with this plain truth. Time is not his friend. He is going to turn 81 later this year. Nearly 82 by the time of the 202
Unlawfully using illegal substances. This is the same gun case for which prosecutors elected not to charge hunter biden as part of a now defunct plea deal several weeks ago. Bidens attorney still contends that agreement is binding. We have complete coverage tonight. We begin, though, with Correspondent David Spunt at the Justice Department with the latest. Good evening, david. Bret, good evening to you. After week intense pressure. Special counsel david weiss gave the green light to go ahead on charges and ultimately a grand jury approved charges against the son of the sitting president of the United States. Tonight, hunter biden facing two false statement counts, which are felonies, also a third count of possessing and owning a gun, another felony. According to the special counsels office, back in 2018, hunter biden lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in delaware when he said that he was not addicted to any Stimulant Narcotic Drug and any other controlled substance when, in fact,
Greenlighting an investigation into biden without any evidence of wrongdoing. And in moments, ill speak with the throne and mccarthys side, that is republican Congressman Matt Gaetz who is threatening to oust the speaker, in part over this issue. But first, some context. Republicans want to know if President Biden benefited from his sons business dealings. And that is a legitimate question. But the doj did spend here is investigating hunter biden, and so far there has been no evidence that his father did benefit. Meantime, House Republicans and their investigations have presented zero direct evidence to contradict that. Also, mccarthy is to invest now unilaterally without even a vote, even though Kevin Mccarthy himself from 11 days ago disagreed with that method. Quote, if we move forward with an Impeachment Inquiry, it would occur for a vote on the floor of the peoples, house not for a declaration by one person. And just four years ago, mccarthy attacked democrats for doing the same.
They called her unconstitutional action. The aclu even weighed in against the democrat and, today, a federal judge agreed. National correspondent William La Jeunesse has the latest tonight from los angeles. Good evening, william. Well, bret, for now that order prohibiting lawabiding citizens from carrying guns is on hold with the judge, a biden appointee, ruling the governors act likely violates the constitution. So legally and politically, Lujan Grishams order backfired as she attempted to find a way around recent Supreme Court rulings regarding the Second Amendment by declaring Gun Ownership Part of a Public Health emergency. Minutes ago federal judge david you race said the governors order violates the rights of citizens to protect themselves saying, quote, individuals have a right to carry a handgun for selfdefense outside the home supports the contention that plaintiffs have met this factor for justifying a Restraining Order at this stage of the litigation. Grisham had claimed tha