good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we continue our live coverage of the historical day of a former president being arrested and arraigned this afternoon, donald trump faced 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. hours later, and aggrieved donald trump appeared in front of a very friendly mega outfitted proud at mar-a-lago. i never thought anything like this. could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from there, he went on to spout his usual litany of lies and grievances. but that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would so now
reelection bid as soon as next week. for the latest details, we turn to cnn s phil mattingly, who joins us now from the white house. so what s the latest phil? you know, pamela four months the president s top advisers have been very clear behind the scenes that the president was going to launch a reelection campaign. what they weren t clear on was when that would actually happen, and it seems like now we have some sense of a timeline that to some degree has taken a lot longer than people expected. the president is planning and may go forward with the decision to launch his reelection campaign as soon as tuesday of next week. now that date is important because it was. it will be the four year anniversary of the day he launched his 2020 campaign, a campaign that he framed as the battle of the soul of that for the soul of the nation and campaign where he eventually defeated then president donald trump somebody who may be his general election opponent again in 2024. now advisors
of news and good conversation. thank you so much for joining us. cnn tonight with alison camerata starts right now. i alison. pam, we ll keep that going. thank you very much. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight . sources tell cnn that joe biden will formally announce that he s running for a second term next week team. biden will reportedly put out a video on tuesday. which happens to be the four year anniversary of his 2020 campaign launch. his announcement will come a week after a spate of young people getting shot for innocent mistakes. today it s a basketball rolling into the wrong yard. they got a six year old and her parents shot in north carolina in the past week, there s been a 16 year old shot for ringing the wrong doorbell. a 20 year old shot and killed for pulling into the wrong driveway and two cheerleaders shot for opening the wrong car door. is this uncontrolled anger or widespread fear, author and presidential candidate marianne w
exclusive sit down one on one with kentucky governor andy bashir in his first interview since the mass shooting in louisville. it s okay to not be okay. i m not okay right now opening up about his personal connection to the attack. this person murdered my friend. probably one of my five closest friends, plus taking action. we have an active shooter, peas and employee of old national bank get here now. +911 audio released shows the horror of the attack. has anybody been shot him in a closet hiding? reeves will the governor push for new gun restrictions at least take a step so that we can intervene when we know somebody s about to go out and murder a whole bunch of people. end real life succession. fox news accused of hiding evidence on the eve of their defamation trial. i think they re headed for a full blown journalistic and legal disaster . details fit for a tv show emerge about the drama at the heart of the network. cnn prime time starts now. good evening. i m caitlin colli
probably 15 rounds in a minute. we ll also play you the anguished call from the shooter s own mother. his family says he had mental health challenges that they were actively addressing as a family . so what a red flag law have worked. we ll show you what s happening in the states that have them. plus micro is here with us tonight to describe the future of work. is it remote? is it a i based will also get his take on one of the dirtiest jobs out there. the newly appointed new york city rats are also, baseball games are shorter this season, which means you ve got less time to buy beer. harry engine will be here to tell us all of the unintended consequences of that rule. he s also crunching the numbers on the optimum beer drinking inning . so stay tuned for that. but let s start with what we ve learned about the louisville shooting we have here tonight. vanity fair s molly jong fast the one and only micro is here. pollster frank luntz is here and our favorite player on and off t