politicsnation tonight s lead, and territory. right now, america is bracin for what could be historically unprecedented event. the possible crimina indictment of a former president. earlier today, former presiden donald trump put out a serie post on his truth social media platform, referencing report that he could soon fac criminal indictment in new yor as early as next week. trump claims that leak indicate he will be arrested o tuesday. but he did not say whether h has actually been informed o any charges or what thos charges would be a spokesman for the manhatta da s office has declined t comment. trump also called for protest, and d.c. news reported frida line forsman agencies includin the nypd, fbi and the secret service. they are already this costin security plans, should charges come down. we will be talking about all o it ahead with our guest, including former trump attorney, michael cohen who testifie before the grand jury this ver week and later, the attorney genera
welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with an emotional anniversary of a pivotal moment in american history. on a busy weekend when the race for the white house was taking shape. president joe biden was in selma, alabama, today for the anniversary of bloody sunday, and a speech before some of the country s most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech, as former president donald trump spoke to the conservative political action conference, vowing retribution in his words. and earlier today in california, the politician who could be trump s biggest rival for the gop nomination in 2024, florida governor ron desantis, speaking at the ronald reagan library. but we begin in selma, alabama, with arlette saenz. arlette, what can you tell us? jim, president biden used the anniversary of bloody sunday as an historic moment in civil rights history,
collapsed on the street with several security guards running toward him on the video. he can be seen bleeding and holding his chest, according to kyodo news. he sustained a bullet wound on the right side of his neck. a chief cabinet secretary says police arrested a male suspect at the scene of the shooting in nara. it s not clear yet what might have motivated the shooting done. violence is extremely rare in japan. in 2018, japan only reported nine deaths from firearms. shinzo abe was japan s longest serving prime minister until he resigned in 2020 speaking from indonesia. us secretary of state anthony blinken expressed deep concern following the shooting within hours of a series of and former president trump reacted to the news of the shooting, saying, quote, this is a tremendous blow to the wonderful people of japan who loved and admired him so much. we are all praying for shinzo and his beautiful family. the current prime minister suspended his campaign following the shooti
cause that a crime occurred, but this is a much more fulsome presentation. that makes sense to you the idea that if you re going to have that rendezvous with history we talked about the other day and put criminal charges against a former president for the first time in american history that you treat the grand jury essentially as a mini trial, you know it s a good way to get your evidence out there. try it out in front of people who are hearing it and work through some of the problems in the case. you know, like like she d said there, you know, the grand jury exists to build charges and investigative to over prosecutors, but they have to know and going in and coming out that they that their case. is prosecutable, and it may be what they may be doing is rolling out what could be somewhat of a challenging case, so there is some merit to that. but again by law, like you, said, john by law, what happens in the grand jury s secrets? not just, you know, it s not just an honor system you can
where a judge orders his lawyer to answer more questions about classified documents. but in new york the d a. is at a crossroads as the grand jury returns to work, but not to hear evidence today in the trump us money case , and aronda santis redo the florida governor gives a very different answer in a new interview about the war in ukraine, up first for us, though tiktok ceo goes under oath and says his company is not a glaring risk. the u. s national security lawmakers, though in both parties clearly not convinced, piercing questions today, up on capitol hill, the hearing in the house energy and commerce committee, kicking off with a reminder and misleading congress is a federal crime. tiktok s chief, very, very careful in his answers, he says the app can keep data from millions of american users off limits from the chinese government. but lawmakers counter. they say simply, they don t believe it. they see tiktok as a weapon for the chinese regime. your platform should be ba