alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
york, the u. s secret service is playing an active role in planning for thompson. trump s court appearance. this as trump is holed up right now in mar-a-lago and florida rally. his supporters and lashing out at the prosecutor. and we re following breaking news on the tornado danger right now in the midwest and parts of the south as twisters are spotted in arkansas and illinois, millions are under a rare high risk storm alert right now, 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 and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let s check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the
congress is back in session. but rather than being in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy is taking his battle to wall street , the list of demands he now has for democrats as the high stakes fight heats up new reporting coming in from the mass shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama, at least four people killed 28. others, many of them teenagers injured. police are now saying about this investigation. moments from now the most powerful rocket ever built is expected to launch into space. the mission eventually take people to mars. these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. we begin with the rocket launch and just about 20 minutes, the spacex starship is set to take off the rocket is nearly 400 ft . tall and has 33 engines and this launch will mark spacex s first attempt to launch the fully assembled starship vehicle . after years of testing. it s the first step in elon musk s vision to send humans back to the moon and mars. it s also somethin
that s 184494200. wellcare medicare done well, melanie s nana in washington and this is cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me in new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with the formal expulsion of two black state democrats from tennessee s house of representatives. the expulsions coming a week after they let a gun reform protests from the house floor in response to a school shooting that killed six, including three children in nashville, justin jones and justin pearson. we re also joined in that protest by their colleague, representative gloria johnson. you see them all there. holding hands, raising their fists. vice president harris met privately with the so called tennessee three on friday, she was in nashville to advocate for stricter gun reform. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me now with more on this, isabel. what are we learning about the expulsions and what s next? good afternoon to you, fred? yeah we re hearing from t
legislators. michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in this short does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior o