Washington, d. C. Today and covering the news wherever it happens. Right now its happening on the East Coast as well. Breaking news, democratic mayor Eric Adams is expected to speak at any moment after federal officials have just unsealed indictment charges against him. He is now charged with those federal counts, five of them, including wire fraud, bribery, solicitation of contributions from a foreign source. We are told a federal prosecutor will give an Update And News conference. Dont know if theyll take any questions but certainly have a statement to read, were told. That will also happen in the next few minutes. Were on it. All over this. Eric adams is already making history at this moment as the first new York Mayor to ever be charged with a federal crime while in office. Phil holloway, former Assistant District Attorney and legal Advisor And Marc thiessen, Fox News contributor. Im harris faulkner. This is the Faulkner Focus live from d. C. And are you there focus with me. Lets s
The next hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good friday morning. We are watching Hurricane Hilary this morning, a powerful category 4 storm as it barrels towards the west coast. It is supposed to weaken. Thats good news, by the time it reaches the u. S. It is expected to bring heavy rain and maybe flooding to the southwest over the weekend, as we learn fema is running out of money for Disaster Relief after an historic year of disasters. One of Donald Trumps close allies and codefendants was at the Capitol On January 6th with Conspiracisy Theorist alex jones. President biden about to hold summit at camp david to figure out how to counter the looming threat from china and north korea. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will join us live to preview this highstakes meeting. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Developing this morning, Hurricane Hilary a category 4 storm rapidly intensifying and on its way to the west coast. It is expected to weaken by the time it r
The American People before this summers conventions. What he needs to do for a strong state of the Union Address tonight and how some allies are working Behind The Scenes to push the president to own the big stage. And within the next few hours, the city of uvalde, texas is expected to release its findings of its report on the Botched Police response to the Robb Elementary School massacre. We have a closer look at what we can expect and were learning burning more about last years Train Derailment in ohio and how the response that followed was based on a bad call. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central The Stage is set for tonights big speech from president joe biden, perhaps the biggest of his presidency. And just a few hours he sets deliver a State Of The Union dress that i have to navigate some pessimism about the economy, anxiety over record immigration, frustrations with the israelhamas war and growing concerns about
classified documents to people in private meetings? the short answer is yes. i watched him show documents to people at mar-a-lago on the dining room patio. he has no respect for classified information, never did. former staff like stephanie grisham say he did it. trump himself is heard on tape bragging about it. now the former cia director is speaking out about the danger trump posed to national security. also, we re learning more able rich billionaires that justice clarence thomas has been palling around with. what he received from them and what he reportedly gave in return. george santos is comparing himself to rosa parks. the republican in charge of oklahoma schools says the tulsa race massacre wasn t about race at all. i wish i were making that up. we begin with a twice indicted ex president who poses a national security risk unlike any this country has ever faced. don t just take it from me. here s a warning from michael hayden, the former director of the cia
amendment to the constitution to pass. not gonna happen. speak on the back side. moms for liberty highlighted anti government extremists. we are letting it kind of rroll off our back in a sense. if you are a hate group count me in. killed biden s bailout. i m not going to back down. that s why i m going to veto this bill. education not for profit. this is unconstitutional. free money is popular. good morning, everybody. it is friday, june 9th, 2023. and our lead story is a fox news alert. and a blockbuster. former president and current 2024 republican frontrunner donald trump has been indicted on seven criminal charges. brian: right. the charges remain sealed. but we know they are related to the classified documents found at mar-a-lago. ainsley: alexandria hoff joins us from washington with the latest. good morning, alexandria. good morning oto you. the white house had no advanced notice that the miami grand jury would be handing down this indictment