ask not what your country ca do for you mr. gorbachev teared down this wall states criminal indictment of former president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace, and chris hayes we are going to be joined by more of our closest colleagues over the course of this evenin tonight, as part of the specia coverage we know that you have ever choice in the world tonight as to where to get your news abou this historic event. that makes us all the more grateful that you are here together with us tonight. so, here is how it works just got the transcripts we know exactly how it went. the clerk. calendar number one, indictmen 71543 of 2023, people of the state of new york versus donal j trump. appearances. prosecutor, christophe conwright for the people, your honor. and judge, with me are kathryn mccaw, matthew cullen julio, steve
defendant trump in photos that will live in infamy. the first american president to be charged with a crime. defendant donald j. trump, is seen here surrounded by his legal team a photo trump most certainly did not want you to see. it s nothing short of a remarkable image of the new reality for the man who raged in all caps on social media ahead of his day in court before surrendering for arrest and processing in manhattan criminal court. trump was uncharacteristically grim and silent, ignoring questions from reporters before pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. the now unsealed indictment lays out the 34 counts. in the form of numerous entries made with, quote, intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof the indictment isn t explicit about the other crimes trump tried to conceal but it s laid out clearly in the prosecutor statement of fact as a scheme involving trump a
chris jansing and katie tur. the first time a former u.s. president has been indicted on criminal charges donald trump, the frontrunner for the republican nomination, is in manhattan. we are waiting to learn the all important details of the sealed indictment, what the charges are, believed stemming from hush money paid to stormy daniels to buy her silence before the 2016 election about her claim of a relationship with donald trump hush money payments are not illegal. the issue is, how were they recorded we will watch history unfold. we expect to see mr. trump exit trump tower with his secret service detail and travel to lower manhattan where he will be met by a member of the district attorney s office and be placed under arrest trump will not be handcuffed no dna will be taken mr. trump will be fingerprinted. we are awaiting word on whether a mugshot will be taken. he will be moved to the courtroom for his 2:15 arraignment before judge juan merchan. he ruled there will be n
u.s. joe bidenkyiv, in a dramatic show of support. we re live with russia s reaction to the visit as president vladimir putin is set to deliver a speech of his own on the so-called special military operation. plus, in the u.s., over 30 million people look at that map, under winter alerts across every western state. the latest from the weather center ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula newson. joe biden is set to begin a two-day visit, following a symbolic and secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be speaking with the ukrainian president. that follows a surprise stop in kyiv monday. an unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significance u.s. military presence. you hear this. sounds alarming. it s air raid sirens. they can be heard, as you see there, with volodymyr zelensky. and it was a reminder that this is a wish. white house officials say that the president was intent on taking. mr. biden wanted
live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom president biden is set to mark one year since russia s war in ukraine. ukraine will never be evicted from russia. we saw another launch from north korea. the tests are in response to the joint military drills held by the u.s. and south korea. it s something, just a little town, i don t think ever expected to happen. i also notice i have this rash on my arm that was not there before i came here. corporate lobbyists have far too much influence in our government. and they see this as a result. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 20th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. president joe biden is set to depart for poland to mark the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. once there, they ll deliver remarks for continuing u.s. support for the speech in warsaw. the polish prime minister said he expects a very strong condem