testify in an investigation into a hush money scheme involving stormy daniels. that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. potential defendants are required to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury weigh anything charges. it charged, trump would become the first former president to be indicted. but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based opt this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story with the national inquirer. but the tabloid s publisher was a trump friend who instead h helped broker a deal with the lawyer. i long thought it was the weakness of the trump investigations. first the events of january 6th. the mishandling of documents, the election interference including the so-called perfect phone call to secretary of state and fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland a
stormy daniels that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. they re required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury. if charged, trump would be the first former president to be indicted, but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based on this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story of an affair with trump, but the publisher was a trump friend, who instead helped broker a deal with michael cohen, in which she was paid for silence. i ve thought it was the weakest of the trump investigations which generally fall into four buckets. first, the events of january 6th. second, the mishandling of government documents. third, the fulton county da investigation, including the phone call to brad raffensperger. fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland appointed jack smith to loo
attorney general wants tech giants to flag you. the lead starts right now. attorney general merrick garland grilled on capitol hill today from classified documents to abortion rights, fentanyl to rising crime. the wide-ranging topics have put garland on the spot. and five close calls in 2023 and it s only march 1st. the latest, a private plane came 565 feet from a jetblue flight loaded with passengers at boston logan. are these frightening encounters happening more often or just being reported more often? plus, protests turning violent. the faceoff between police and anti-netanyahu demonstrators in israel as crowds there call for a national day of disruption. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with two high-profile hearings in capitol hill. one room joe biden sen battled pick to lead embattled pick to lead the administration finally had a confirmation hearing after being picked nearly eight months ago. republicans pressed phil washington, a 24-year a
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, president biden finalizing his 2024 campaign plans, hours ahead of his expected announcement. this has new polling shows most americn him or donald trump to run again. shakeup at fox news with legal troubles counting and troubles with the truth. tucker carlson is shown the door. both warring factions in sudan agree to a cease-fire. concerns exist how long it will hold and how to get american expats out. thanks for joining us. all eyes are on the white house today, with president joe biden expects to announce his bid to run for a second term in 2024. mr. biden has teased and dropped hints at the announcement for quite some time. sources close to the president confirmed that he s picked a campaign manager and decided where the headquarters will be. with a formal announcement just hours away, there s more questions what the 2024 race will look like. cnn s
a man who leads by 30 points in polls. donald trump and the jury did this at the urging of a man called alvin bragg. he s the manhattan district attorney who has been famous so far by making the city much more dangerous by refusing to enforce laws against crimes like robbery and . now, we don t know at this hour what the indictment says. we don t know specifically what the charges are. but previous news reports suggest they will emanate from an alleged payment. seven years ago, a payment that federal regulators said violated no law, but that alvin bragg apparently believes is a crime, either way, the net result is donald trump is the first former president of the united states ever to be indicted. so what happens next? we can be certain there is no coming back from this moment. there could be retaliation from red states. the governor of florida has already said ron desantis already issued a statement saying that he will not participate in any extradition of donald trump to