good evening, everyone, i m abby philip in washington. and i m kaitlan collins in miami. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. there is really in a way to overstate the importance of this day in american history. it is the very first time that a former president of the united states has been arrested and arraigned. this time, 37 federal counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents. but in typical fashion, donald trump is downplaying the severity of those charges that have been mentioned against, and calling them fabricated and quote, an evil and heinous abuse of power. returning tonight to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where we should note that there was an audio recording of him talking about classified documents while he was there two years ago. tonight, holding a campaign fund-raiser and addressed his cheering supporters with a litany of lies. we begin the coverage with evan perez, senior justice corresp
arraignment, we ll have more what they heard from the maga plus, president biden sticks by the plan to avoid the indictment of as he kicks off his campaign. i ll talk to jennifer mcclelland a member of the presidents campaign advisor board about that strategy to keep an eye on the severe weather impacting millions of people on this father s day. a live reporter in just a couple of minutes as well. we want to begin the with the latest fallout from the indictment of donald trump. although special counsel jack smith s call for a speedy trial has been met with skepticism. some action on the case has already begun. this week smith filed a restaurant to the public. meanwhile judge aileen cannon disrupted lawyers will not taught to obtain clearance to view the highly classified documents at the center of this case. i want to bring in now to talk more about this national security bradley moss. bradley, thank you for joining us on this. one of the reasons for jackson did not w
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon. you may remember her as the t
official comments from the judge overseeing the donald trump classified documents case. the lead starts right now. new today judge aileen cannon setting a new deadline for federal prosecutors and for trump s lawyers. why? these decisions could have a real impact on the timing of the case against donald trump. we are going to talk to former republican u.s. attorney general. then another republican candidate jumping into the presidential race. miami mayor francis suarez running for the gop nomination and his ad literally running. with an already crowded 2024 field, is he really running for vice president? plus, agencies of the u.s. government, victims of a global cyberattack. why this means your banking info, personal info, medical records and more may have been exposed. we start with law and justice. our lead as we hear for the first time from judge candl judge / aileen cannon. today judge cannon gave attorneys five days to notify her on the status on the necessary se
of sight since trump s charges were filed, but that ends today. an event set to begin any minute now is focused on violent crime, but the real question is will he talk about trump or special counsel jack smith? and a group of kids suing the state of montana over their right to a healthy, livable climate. is it meant to make a political point or is it a real case based in the law? but we start with brand new nbc reporting from inside trump world that the former president is bracing now for even more indictments. a source in contact with donald trump also says he knows that means a long and uncertain period of legal battles, even as he s telling allies he can t believe the florida case has gotten this far. but while trump seems to know that the level of legal peril is shifting, he s sticking to a tried and true political strategy, attacking his enemies while insisting he did nothing wrong. today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our c