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erin burnett out front starts right now. reporter: out front next, a ruling from a colorado judge on whether to disqualify trump from running in the state. breaking, powerful explosions rocking northern gaza. israel now warning it will strike anywhere hamas is found as hamas release as new hostage video. new video of house speaker mike johnson making anti-gay comments weeks before he was elected speaker, more as we learn from his wife s ultra conservative views. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. a judge seconds ago just ruling on whether former president trump should be kicked off the ballot in the state of colorado. the judge deciding trump is eligible to run for president even after his role in the january 6 insurrection. a group of voters filed a lawsuit, and this was based on the 14th amendment, arguing that amendment would bartrum from federal office. a judge, though, ruling the other way. a team of reporters ....
unprovoked war of aggression in ukraine ambassador julie smith, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we do appreciate your time. we are getting fresh reporting from the fire lines, fast-moving wildfires out of california, a new our of cnn news central starts right now intense whipping when threatened to fuel a dangerous wildfire raging this morning in california, hundreds forced to evacuate and 15,000 acres already burned also, a weekend of deadly shootings across the united states in michigan s families ran for their luck hi is i after gunfire erupted at a community splash pad nine people injured. there. the gunman s motive under investigation this morning and the us surgeon general says he wants to see warnings on social media like the ones you see on cigarettes adding to the pressure on lawmakers to protect children on social media apps. kate bolduan out today, i m sarah saga, john berman, and this is cnn news central a felony conviction in the c ....
Get a jump on the day s news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. we will watch the situation very closely. paula, thank you for the report. jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former trump campaign paul manafort for alleged financial crimes. the first test for special counsel robert mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. we have more from evan perez from washington. reporter: dave and laura, paul manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in virginia on federal tax and bank fraud charges. this is the first trial to come from robert mueller s investigation. don t expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or president trump. prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the government s accusations that manafort used secret foreign bank accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the ukrainian government and fail ....
post is they are quoting officials with information on this matter. one or two icbms are currently being built. the liquid fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles which means they take longer to set up because the liquid fuel is not easily stored inside the missile. what it does mean, according to the u.s. official, it gives the united states a head s up when one is being mantled. a u.s. official telling cnn that this report from the washington post is consistent with what they believe. the u.s. and intel community and around the world has been saying that kim jong-un is continuing his proper duduction activity. he did not fully agree to denuclearization. he said he would work toward denuclearization. those were the words in the singapore summit. this is not much of a surprise. the big challenge for the united states at this point is to try the president s press team is not coordinating with rudy giuliani concerning his comments on behalf of mr. trump s legal team. that wa ....
floo flighting if it does turn out to are accurate. we ve seen evidence of the ship to ship transfers. the u.s. has given evidence to the panel. and we also understand from this report that they say that the north koreans are, quote, increasingly sophisticated evasion techniques, this is what they are using, they are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to try to hide the fact that these are north korean tankers and ships at sea doing this kind of transfer. is so certainly this will be of concern to the security council sanctions committee. right. and what about south korea? they were the ones who first made this renewed connection with north korea and that ended up leading to a summit with the u.s. president. do you expect them to respond? reporter: well, we ve had no response from south korea at this point or from any of the players in the region. certainly this report was only handed to the committee on friday night. so there will be a lot of questions being ask ....