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CNNW CNN July 3, 2024

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Tropical storm lee barreling through the atlantic as the National Hurricane center warns it could reach Hurricane Strength today. Where is it headed and do i need my jacket . Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central. An important first in the criminal cases facing donald trump is about to play out. Cameras in the courtroom in georgia, a live broadcast of the proceedings, everyone able to listen in and see the action in court for themselves. 1 00 p. M. Eastern, thats when its happening. The judge overseeing the 2020 election case in fulton county, georgia, is going to be Hearing Arguments over requests to separate the cases of the 19 codefendants, consider the timing of timing requests for trial to begin and also consider the scope, if you will, the evidence that the District Attorney says she has against the former president and others. D. A. Fani willis, she wants all 19 codefendants who as of yesterday have all now pleaded not guilty to the charges that they face. She wants them to face trial together. She wants that trial to kick off in just over six weeks from now, october 23rd, but as we all know, Donald Trumps legal team is asking for a later date, a much later date for him to face his 13 criminal charges alone. Cnns sarah murry leads us off this hour. What is everyone going to be able to see this afternoon when the cameras turn on . Well, well get our first look at the judge who will be overseeing whoever goes to trial in state court, how he runs things and maybe some insight into his thoughts about whether these folks should go to trial as a group, when he believes would be a reasonable trial date. The heart of this hearing is supposed to be about two of trumps codefendants, Kenneth Chesebro and powell who worked on Donald Trumps postelection efforts and both of them want a speedy trial. They do not want to go to trial together. They do not want to go to trial with the other defendants in this case including the former president , so we will get a sense of how the judge is wrangling all of this. One thing we will learn today because the judge has made it clear in his order is the District Attorneys office sense of their evidence and sense of how long these trials should take. The judge made clear the d. A. s team should come with a good faith estimate was how he put it for how long it would take for all 19 defendants to go to trial together, how long it would take if these defendants were split up into sub groups and the number of witnesses she might call at a trial and the number of exhibits she might put forward. We all should get some insight into the District Attorneys case, but again, this is interesting because we will see a lot of this on camera, and it could be a precursor if were to see donald trump in the courtroom, kate. Good to see you, sara, thank you. John . Sara . Joining us is former prosecutor jeremy salan, thank you for being here. Well start here. How strong is the case for a speedy trial . A defendant can ask for this. This is the normal course of things. Its not a strong case or not, they have the right to ask for a speedy trial. At the same time the court can impose a speedy trial to protect the accused and not to force a trial within a certain period of time. Keep in mind, under georgia law, if a person does not get the speedy trial that could mean that the case is dismissed. We will see this for the first time against donald trump. This is the first time that well see any of it play out in a courtroom. I know its about logistics and scheduling which might seem pretty mundane, but are there any signs that we can glean of this . Anything we should look for as we see it for the first time . To a certain extent it will be a teaser to the feature film and not everything that you will expect, but yes, you will hear some of the arguments and see the evidence and not necessarily testimony, obviously, but theyll have to set forth, hey, i have a certain timeline, and this is why i think i can have it. Here are my exhibits and here are my witnesses and not going through each and every one and not know the General Number and this is why i think i can do this in this period of time and i think youll have color and insight and not necessarily what theyll see. Doesnt it change things a bit . You will see that people will play to cameras and stipes the jury is sitting there and they worry. There have been people threatened already and we want to watch it and the public wants to watch it and there are difficulties here. There are difficulties and its one thing for us to sit here and pontificate and say what we think should happen, but when you see people in the courtroom and you hear that evidence directly from the person who was a witness to whatever occurred or seeing a particular document it is so powerful. It is an incredible tool not just to craft Public Opinion and to make sure that the jury and the judge sees what actually happened. Its not wabout what anyone is saying on the out and its you and the public are going to see and wait a second, its playing out right in front of me real time. 19 codefendants in georgia. Whats the likelihood and the incentive for any of these people to flip . I think that someone is going to flip, and youre already sort of seeing that and you look at some of the fake electors like shafer and the three that came together on that front. They have a reason to say i may be in the pyramid of the rico conspiracy, but im one of the foundation, smaller people at the bottom. Why am i going to take a fall and have my hands in something, i didnt show up at this meetings and i didnt do these things and i was working at the discretion of the former president and his people and i would not be shocked especially if one trial has happened before and there was a conviction that others flop. You have donald trump saying i dont know some of these people and he doesnt actually have communication with, but were taking orders. Thank you very much, Jeremy Saland and great analysis there. Cnn, by the way, will carry the hearing live and special coverage will be here at 1 00. Cnn news central south will be carrying that and i will be glued to the television. A major show of support for ukraine this morning. Secretary of state tony blinken is in kyiv. He arrived overnight for this unannounced visit and soon he will be meeting with president zelenskyy and he will soon be taking questions from the press. Blinken is the first Cabinet Secretary to visit since the counteroffensive began. Cnns kylie atwood is at the State Department for us. Whats the goal of the visit from the secretary . Is it to visit or send a message . I think its both, kate. First of all, it is to send a message at this critical moment and this isnt a new message, kate. Its one that we have heard from the Administration Time and time again. The Secretary Of State obviously felt that this was a critical moment, a strategic moment to make the case once again that the Biden Administration that the u. S. Is fully committed to ukraine. He has said that in his morning remarks as he made this unannounced visit to kyiv today, and hes going to say it throughout the day that the Biden Administration is with ukraine both in supporting them militarily and also in supporting them twhen it comes o building their democracy and making sure they have an economy to make sure they come out of this war standing. He is also meeting today with u. S. Diplomats. That meeting just wrapped and he expresses gratitude from the State Department and the whole of the u. S. Government for what the diplomats have done and how challenging its been on the ground for them and also for the local staff, ukrainians who have been at the embassy working with u. S. Officials there while many of their loved ones are on the front lines. Many of their communities have been destroyed, kate . Kylie, thanks for being there. Well keep watching this very closely today. Sara . . 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I understand you just had a conversation with a key republican senator. Yeah. Ive spoken to several of them on the way into this republican this Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting and still the question that is still percolating here in the halls is exactly whether or not Senator Mcconnell can continue to do his job, how long he can continue to do his job and what exactly caused this situation where he saw two freezeups and causing a lot of alarm among republicans and democrats alike and speaking to one of them just now, senator Lindsay Graham and someone who has been an ally of Mitch Mcconnell for some time and he indicated he is concerned about Senator Mcconnells health and he supported him and continued to stay on the job as long as he was able to do so. Listen. Wait, any concern about mcconnells recent freezeups . I saw him on the floor. Yes, im concerned about itch in. Hes my friend, and hes my colleague and hes my leader and i will continue to support him. The medical report from the house physician was positive, so i am behind Senator Mcconnell continuing to do his job and well see where hopefully medically this gets fixed. Do you think he should be more transparent . I dont know what more he can do . He had the doctor released. He never explained why he froze up. Well, he went to the doctor. I dont know what i do. So there are still questions here in capitol hill among even some of the gop senators who will be listening to Senator Mcconnell and what exactly what happened there and we did see that the doctors note that came out yesterday that said what it was not according to the doctor, no stroke, no Seizure Disorder or parkinsons disease among some other major issues, but exactly why this keeps occurring, will it happen again . That is one question that some of the senators have raised to me as i have spoken to them and they want to hear Senator Mcconnell detail that and provide more transparence toe the whole situation, and we do expect Senator Mcconnell to talk about that Behind Closed Doors and this is the first time he has met with them over the last five weeks when the senate has been in recess. A lot of questions and the question will be whether republican senators are satisfied how long Senator Mcconnell will stay in his Leadership Position and we expect to hear from Senator Mcconnell when he talks to reporters after the closeddoor meeting. If i know you, manu, you will get a detailed playbyplay of what Mitch Mcconnell says Behind Closed Doors. Manu raju on capitol hill, thank you very much. Kate . Joining us is a former democratic senator from alabama, doug jones. Thank you so much for coming in, you, like anyone who serves in the capitol. You know how bizzyusy this perif time is, and the sprint to the finish and all of the work that has to get done and the priorities in front of everyone in september and then you have this concern over Senator Mcconnell and these freezing episodes. What did you think when you saw those episodes of him freezing . I was concerned, too. I got to know mitch, and i got to know him, and like a lot of people i was concerned and the president of the United States called him and expressed those concerns, too. I just dont think that he is in real jeopardy of losing his spot as majority leader at this point. Dr. Monahan from the house has incredible respect among the senators. He travels with senators and they know him so i think his word goes a long way in e laying fears of folks because it will be a busy fall. In the midst of this we have a president ial primary, and candidates speaking out. You probably heard nikki haley said just last week about the republican leader and these freezing episodes. What i will say is right now the senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country. Mitch mcconnell has done some great things and he deserves credit, but you have to know when to leave. As you said, you dont see eye to eye with mcconnell politically, theres no question and theres no question that he has long been a very effective leader for the republicans in the senate and what if he would decide in this period that were in right now to step aside from Leadership Duties or is forced to . I think it would be unfortunately, it would be a win for the maga extremes of the Republican Party. Theyre the loudest right now calling him for step aside. Theyre the only ones calling for him to step aside, and mitch has really become an institution and i think as minority leader he can stay the course right now. Try to keep the Republican Party on a path that is i littl

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