from august 2015 to december 2017 the defendant, i m quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. the defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendant s electoral prospects. now according to the statement of facts, which accompanies this actual indictment, which they go through through here, $130,000 were paid to adult film star stormy daniels $30,000 to a doorman and $150,000 to another woman, which it is clear from the statement of facts is karen macdougal. it is an unprecedented chapter in american history. and good afternoon to all. i m erin burnett here in new york, and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. the lead up to trump s arrest was truly a remarkable sight to see the former president of the united states, leaving trump tower early this afternoon. his 11 car motorcade arriving at the manhattan
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare. done well, this is cnn. the world s news network. mm hmm. we are watching history in the making soon. donald trump leaves florida for new york, where he will become the first ever former president to be booked on criminal charges. we have all the unprecedented details. a suspect is in custody , accused in the bombing that killed a well known pro war military brogger at a cafe in st petersburg, russia. what police are now revealing about the woman they say handed him the bomb scenes of utter devastation and now the threat for more tornadoes today, the new forecast just in with the areas under the greatest risk. those stories and more here. that s cnn news, central. tomorrow for the first time in our nation s 247 year history. a former u. s president will be arraigned in court two hours from now former president trump he s going to leave mar-a-lago and fly to new york as he gets ready to face. a judge can show you right now. a live look at t
to use campaign ads. clearly they re already using it to try to fundraise. but also they plan to use it going forward, knowing that it is going to be essentially everywhere. they talked about what his body language look like. they talked about his facial expression. so they are choreographing that part of it before this short appearance tomorrow. i dig. the president isn t playing golf mar-a-lago this weekend he was having dinner for normal. he had dinner with the first lady on thursday night when word of this indictment came down, but i think it s also important to note as we look at this in the broader context, part of why trump ran for reelection was driven by the investigations into him when he announced so early that was a big factor into that. it s certainly a significant one at the time that people around him discussed when you announced this so early, so when you hear his legal team when you hear us political advisors say that this is a politically motivated investiga
you understand what it s actually worth. then they auction it to their network of professional buyers get more for your jewelry with worthy .com. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news this morning. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the catastrophic destruction and rising death toll from the most recent outbreak of tornadoes here in the u. s. more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in the south of midwest. beginning yesterday afternoon. this afternoon, the death toll more than doubled. 21 people are now confirmed killed by these storms. this is do video we re receiving from when arkansas, one of the many devastated communities. take a look at this video. it s just heartbreaking. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in that state. the national guard in arkansas, also rolling in to help and in northern illinois. one of the storm related deaths came during a crowded concert last night