world. i m bianca nobilo, max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. no matter who you are , we cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. they can t beat us at the ballot box, so they try and beat us. through the law extraordinarily distressed by this document. i think this is even weaker than i feared it would be. no power. oh, my god. that s right for severe weather will continue on into our wednesday over the great lakes and the ohio valley. i ll have the threats and the timing. knife from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s wednesday, april 5th nine am here in london, four am in new york and at mar-a-lago, with donald trump and his legal team are gearing up for a legal battle after he became the first current or former u. s president to be criminally charged. arrested and arrange. trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in a historic and unprecedented cou
a weather emergency right now. millions are under threat. multiple tornadoes touching down in the last few hours, carving huge paths of destruction. police in missouri are now reporting multiple injuries and multiple fatalities. preview of how nasty the legal battle could get. the former president unleashes on the judge the charges democrats even republicans against him. as he now faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records. there s a new mayor in chi-town promises chicago s progressive 46 year old merrill it is making for america s third largest city . those major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. so did he just create new legal problems for himself? donald trump pleads not guilty in court out of court. he lashes out at the prosecution and the judge hours after he was warned not to trump s next court appearance for allegedly falsifying business records is december 4th . which of course, is the cost of the 2024 primary season. prosecutors
medicare. done. well this is cnn. the world s news network. top of the hour on this monday morning. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. good to have you, jessica. i m jim sciutto. today a new york grand jury is reconvening as it continues to weigh potential charges against former president trump. might be seen indictment today. cnn is outside the courthouse. plus this happening right now. massive protests in israel not just protests, crippling union strikes, store and restaurant closures, even hunger strikes by several israeli mayors. all of this over prime minister benjamin netanyahu s planned overhaul of the judicial system , his firing of the country s defense minister for opposing him in that plan. is the u. s s closest ally in the region, moving further away from democratic principles. israelis fear so we re going to the latest from jerusalem. also today, another round of severe weather is expected to strike the southeast after devastating tornadoes ripped through the region
king is off today. israel shuts down schools, shops, the airport embassies even mcdonald s all closed as demonstrators swarmed the streets to protest a dramatic government overhaul. it s called checks and balances . there is no checks and balances, but the only will actually it s the only check and balance in israel to the government is not plus all about him. donald trump makes his 2024 message all about his legal troubles while warning of dark forces trying to stop him. and 2024 is the final battle that s going to be the big one, either. the deep state destroys america or we destroy the deep state. they re not coming after me. they re coming after you and i m just standing in their way. and twisters terrorized the south, steamrolling through towns, leaving nothing but piles of bricks and heartbreak. you say you lived right here? what s this? like to look at all of this? never seen anything like it, man. ba could be. i wish it was all a dream. right now. we begin with word o
mississippi picking up the pieces after devastating storms over the weekend left over two dozen people dead and prince harry, elton john, and others take their fight against the british tabloids to a london courtroom. this is what we re watching at this hour. and thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in israel, which is paralyzed right now by protests over benjamin netanyahu s plan to overhaul the country s judicial system. take a look at this video right now of protesters blocking a highway in television. police tried to disperse them by blasting them with water cannons. and while israelis take to the streets in protest, a historic general strike is also bringing the country. to a standstill all flights at israel s main airport were grounded for several hours , but they have now resumed now this is all happening just hours after netanyahu fired his own defense minister who had called for a pause in the government s judicial reform effort