manhattan courthouse. that s where a grand jury could soon decide to charge trump for his alleged role in hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. trump over the weekend saying he expects to be arrested tomorrow and calling on his supporters to protest and, quote, take our nation back. his personal attorney telling cnn if trump is arrested to expect, quote, mayhem. if they choose to do so for a misdemeanor which frankly he didn t even do, it is going to cause mayhem, paula. i mean it s just a very scary time in our country. if this is what we re doing in this country you better secure the premises because it s dangerous. people will get upset. one of several legal problems he s facing. a second trump investigation, the one in fulton county, georgia, a source telling cnn that prosecutors are thinking about bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges over his effort to overturn the 2020 election in that state. we have move on that in a moment. first let s sta
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m abby phillip in today for john king in washington. detained right now in american reporter for the wall street journal, is in russian custody after vladimir putin s government accuses him of spying. plus two army black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky nine service members, all of them killed as military training operation goes sideways. they re lost. today is our loss, and we re gonna stand with both those that are here today and again. we re gonna make sure that these families know that they are loved that they are not alone. and gridlock on guns. tempers flare lawmakers literally shouting at one another over on capitol hill over the nashville shooting. you know what i m saying? dying? but first today s major news an american journalist arrested in russia, evan gorski vich is being accused of espionage after russian security services detained him about 1100 miles from moscow. the fsb, says gertjan, which was trying to obtain state
roadways and the country. big portions of the country at least. this is in utah where stranded cars line the interstate, crews working to clear the snow this morning, and in the air severe weather has forced airlines to cancel nearly 1500 flights so far today. let s bring in cnn s adrienne broaddus live outside minneapolis. the last time we saw you, the wind was at your back. it looks like it s hitting the side of your face and snow still coming down. what are you seeing and feeling? reporter: you know what, i feel great, thank you for asking. it s snowing. the snow is starting to pick up and i m dressed in layers so i m not that cold. at least not right now. but i do want to share some really important information with our friends and our viewers. authorities with the minnesota state patrol saying from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. this morning there were more than 100 crashesing. at least ten of them resulted in injuries. one was serious. shutting down a major highway here in t
hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as a weap
meeting with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as the two men walked streets air raid sirens could be heard and really a sign of how risky this trip was. and so in a pledge, president biden vowed to continue to support the country no matter the cost or the time. one year later kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. it is worth fighting for, for as long as it takes, and that is how long we will be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. we go straight to kaitlan collins where the president is soon going to arrive in warsaw, poland. i once accompanied the president on a secret trip to see the troops and the precautions to go to the u.s. military base were astounding, but biden just went to an active war zone with virtually no u.s. troops on the ground, so how in the world did the president and the white house pull this off? kristin, i am so glad that you brought it up, and if you