bathroom. president trump is accused of showing people without security clearances an attack plan prepared for him by the defense department and a map related to the military operation. now, trump calls the charges against him the box hoax, and a continuation of the witch hunt against him. he also told fox news digital that he believes the timing is meant to the distract from the reporting that president joe biden allegedly received $5 million there a ukrainian gas company from a ukrainian gas plane executive. here s a breakdown of the charges, willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. here s special counsel jack smith. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to to everyone. the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable do you want in a court of law. in a court of law. reporter: and trump criticized s
reporter: hi, good morning. yeah, we will likely hear from the former president today as prosecutors allege that he went beyond keeping the documents in his home, going so far as to show them to people and had the bulk of them spread out in random storage spaces throughout the estate and at that residence. trump is the first former president to face federal charges. he s accused of violating 7 broken down into 37 counts including 31 counts of willful retension of national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. some of these individual penalties max out at 20 years per count. special counsel jack smith said yesterday e that his office will seek a speed eauty trial. speedy trial. we have one set of laws in this country, and they aloo to everyone. very important to note that the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. re
story tonight, charles watson is live with the latest. charles. good evening. the man who the fbi infamously branded as the unit bomber has died in federal custody in north carolina according to a spokesperson for the federal bureau. he was 81 years old and was found inside his cell at the federal medical center in north carolina where he was housed. the federal bureau prison cell fox news and a statement responding staff immediately initiated lifesaving measures, staff requested emergency medical services and lifesaving efforts continue. he was transported by ems to a local hospital and pronounced deceased by hospital personnel. up until 2021 he was held in the super max prison for his role in a 17 year terror campaign targeting scientists at colleges and universities across the country including northwestern university and illinois where his first device exploded. he later admitted to committing 16 bombings and it would eventually kill at least three people and injured do
this after the u.s. justice department informed the former president he s a target, a target of the probe. also tonight, washington, d.c. monuments are shrouded in haze as wildfire smoke from canada drifts to the nation s capital. we re tracking this air quality emergency as it moves into the mid atlantic and threatens the health of tens of millions of americans. and the flood disaster in ukraine grows even more dangerous as the region is rocked by shelling and the kyiv government accuses russia of shooting at rescue workers. i ll acquit white house official john kirby about that devastating dam collapse and the broader state of the war right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump apparently in imminent legal peril. once again, the u.s. justice department moving toward a final decision on indicting trump in the classified documents probe after alerting the for
forecasters say will increase before it gets better. air quality reaching hazardous levels in new jersey, washington, d.c. new yorkers were faced with the worst air quality in the city s history, yesterday. the smog, the smell. i feel i am getting a headache. feel it in my eyes. my must is more compromised than i am. asthma. when i got back from school my head was hurting. i was having bad headaches and my nose started bleeding. gillian: look at the time lapse that shows how bad things really got in the big apple yesterday. over the course of just a few hours, you can see the world trade center disappearing into an orange haze. winds are pushing that toxic cloud that was over new york further south where it will smother even more states. all that smoke is affecting major league sports. the yankees and phillies postponed their games last night. wnba scrapped the liberty s indoor game because of poor air quality. the new york post cover with the old joke today bla