has just happened tonight for the first time ever, former president of the united states has been indicted by a federal grand jury. donald john trump charged with seven counts in the classified documents case. this is a special edition from new york. i m anderson cooper. here in washington, i m kaitlan collins. in keeping with his reality tv roots, the former president preempted any justice department announcement of the charges against him in a series of posts on his social media network. in one just a few moments ago, he wrote, quote, i have been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse in miami on tuesday at 3:00 p.m. he goes on to say he never thought it would possible that such a thing like this could happen, then drifts into boasting about how he won all the votes in the presidential election, which we know is not true. he also wrote in all caps, quote, i am an innocent man. kaitlan joining us now. our senior justice department department correspondent evan pere
tonight on 360, the former president makes a late move in his battle with states to stay on the 2024 ballot. details on that and what his next big court filing could come. also russia s worst air strikes of the war on ukraine, the civilians targeted, and what america s top european commander makes of this latest brutal stage of the war. plus we ll take you to the west coast where surf s up is now an urgent warning, and another round of waves, some more than two stories high, is now expected to hit. good morning everyone good evening, i should say. john berman in for anderson. first up tonight, the flurry and soon to be blizzard of new legal developments in what is shaping up to be a history-making fight over kicking the former president off state ballots under the 14th amendment. already divided states, legal scholars, and will almost certainly do the same with the supreme court justices. the newest headline came late today in a trump court filing in oregon, and it
a lot of news tonight. maine now the second state to ban donald trump from the primary ballot. the news continues, the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source. donald trump has been disqualified from the primary ballot in the state of maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also, cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was, just days before the capital attack. almost hiring a private jet to fly copies of bogus ballots that were stuck in that mail. also, nikki haley announces of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. history has been met once again tonight. not the kind that donald trump wants. as he s now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine. a decision that comes now just after the colorado supreme court rul
maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was just days before the capitol attack, almost chartering private jets to fly copies of bogus ballots stuck in the mail. nikki haley says, of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. history has been made once again tonight, not the kind that donald trump wants, as he has now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine, a decision that comes nine days after colorado s supreme court ruled that trump is ineligible to be on that state s ballot because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. therefore, barring him under the 14th amendment of the constitution. here it is in black and white from maine s democratic secretary of state, shanna bellows, who said that he was, quote, n
good evening. tonight on 360 exclusive new reporting on a flood at mar-a-lago in the room where surveillance video logs were kept. today the former president s lawyers meet with the special counsel and an indictment decision could come any day. also tonight, mike pence enters the race. we ll tell you who else just decided to stay out and who might be getting in next. and an f-16 sonic boom was only the first sonic trouble. new details about what fighter pilot did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot before his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in. we begin with exclusive new reporting on an unreported episode of the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signs indicate it could be in the final stages. walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. okay. it s a bit of a bizarre story. so, bear with me. but it was in last october, we were told th