good evening to all. i m erin burnett in new york. and wolf blitzer is joining me from washington, d.c. this is a special edition of outfront. and tonight the breaking news, the former president s defiance. that is how one of donald trump s attorneys describes the former president s mood tonight after pleading not guilty to 37 felony counts in miami. we are awaiting trump s first public comment since he was formally arrested today. he is expected to head to newark airport, then to his new jersey golf club where he will address most of his loyal supporters and hold a fundraiser. he stopped at a cuban restaurant in miami before leaving. he wanted that photo op. he was greeted by cheers there, a crowd even singing happy birthday to the former president on the eve of his 77th birthday. trump s codefendant and close aide walt nauta was by his side the entire time. this just moments after the judge told them they may not communicate directly about the case going forward. t
does this guy need? maybe these vacations aren t really about catching rays and hanging out with hunter. this is how biden hides from the press much easier to dodge questions on the beach than the south lawn especially when you are on the bicycle. mr. president. mr. president will you come talk to us? no. got to go get bathing suits. sean: no better time to run from reporters after your doj raided the house of your political opponent. the white house s stance on the raid has been clear. no comment it would not be appropriate to comment on any ongoing investigation. again, we are not going to comment on any ongoing investigations from here. again, we defer any oncoming on this particular incident yesterday to the department of justice. again, i m just not going to comment on any reaction to what happened yesterday. we are going to refer any incoming to the department of justice. sean: and she hasn t held a press briefing since. it seems that the white house doesn t e
tropical storm system closing in on florida. it s bringing heavy rain. there s already some flooding, as you can see, from these pictures we re getting in. there are 10 million people under tropical storm warnings right now. the timing and potential impact coming up. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations that are under way today. we are so grateful you re starting your weekend with us. it s saturday, january 4th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about the two former trump administration officials. they will not face charges for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. now the department of justice says it won t indictment former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former jeopardy chief of staff dan scavino. it could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of
fair? that s the fundamental question of this entire case. to answer your first question how do you prepare if you don t know who the witnesses are? that s a basic premise of anything whether it s a case or anything else. the gag order we talked about a lot. it continues to trouble me because it is only applied against donald trump. the judge needs to be the required to be concerned about fairness. that he has not slapped it against michael cohen is troubling. the judges weren t only concerned about getting the decisions of right but the appearance of fairness. speaking to that point more so i have been reflecting more on the fact this judge donated to president biden s campaign in 2020 and also to a group called stop republicans. only 15 and ten. a lot of people have glossed over that. it is not how much. it is that he did it at all. there are many, many judges who
of trump telling the court quote, i don t like his persona, how he presents himself in public. i don t like some of my co-workers but i don t try to sabotage their work. it prompted laughter in the jury box but trump s attorneys weren t laughing. they tried to keep that woman off jury but they ran out of challenges. she is on. another juror is more positive saying she likes the fact that in her words trump speaks his mind. a man follows the former president on truth social but also follows michael cohen on x. speaking of cohen, the expected star witness, the president continues to attack him on social media and alvin bragg has demanded trump be found in contempt of court and cited ten examples that could cost the former president $10,000 in fines if the judge finds that he did violate the gag order. that charge also carries a 30-day jail term but nobody here believes that the former president basically would be