alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
president ever be criminally charged, is expected to be arraigned on tuesday afternoon, according to sources. now his attorneys tell nbc news that there will be no plea deal. but keep in mind. trump and his team still don t know exactly what the charges are. the indictment is still sealed. sources do tell cnn that it involves more than 30 counts related to business fraud. remember the new york grand jury has been investigating trump s role in that alleged cover up that $130,000 payment to silence adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 campaign. daniel s alleged affair with trump, which he has denied. his ex fixer and attorney, michael cohen was convicted on campaign finance violations for coordinating the payment, which he said donald trump ordered him to do, cohen says the indictment shows that no one is above the law. this is also about that. whatever laws that sent me to prison. should send him to prison. we re all supposed to be looked at in the eyes of the law. t
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro
watch how president biden reacted to that. the members of this community were singled out because of their religious affiliation. now three young children are dead. three educators are dead. you believe that christians were targeted? i have no idea. josh hawley believes they were. what to you say to that? i probably don t then. i m joking. i have no idea. martha: well, laugh about that and saying that if that s what josh hawley thinks, he probably disagrees. we ll get into that with katie pavlich and fox news contributor and geraldo rivera, co-host of the five and fox news correspondent at large. great to have you with us right now. katie, let me start with you. what did you think of that response from the president in that sound bite? well, it came after the president s first response to this horrific situation when he talked about ice cream at the white house during his first remarks about this situation. so i think it shows that he s clearly more interest