midnight on the east coast i am stephanie ruhle and we ar continuing our breaking news coverage of the indictment o former president donald trump. the grand jury in manhatta indicted him earlier today making trump the first forme president to ever face crimina charges in our nation history. those jurors have been hearing evidence of hush money payments, made to adult film star stormy daniels during the 201 presidential campaign. trump s current lawyers issued a statement saying he did no commit any crime and they plan to vigorously fight this political prosecution. one trump attorney tells nbc trump is expected to b arraigned on tuesday in ne york let s bring in our panel o experts to break it all down simone sanders townsend, msnbc host and former chie spokesperson for kamala harris harry lippman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistan journey jonathan allen, senior analyst reporter for nbc news. and tim o brien, bloomberg opinion senior columnist and the man who wrote
continues. cnn primetime special inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for a prosecutor to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strid
inside the trump investigation starts now. a surreal moment. history made former president trump arrested and arraign cannot and will not normalized serious criminal conduct. 34 felony counts tied to alleged hush money payments felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are tonight, fact checking the former president s grievances. only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it, comparing his charges to another infamous campaign finance case and answer the biggest questions. what s next for the manhattan case? this case is going to fall on its merits. well, before we get to a jury. what role does politics play in this prosecution as a nominee? would be much more difficult for prosecutors to then go to trial and convict him and which of the other probes could imperil the former president? next this is the least of the legal troubles. we re seeing the special counsel making real strides. this is cnn prime time inside
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that to you as soon as it gets underway. here is the very latest on that. at least 26 people were killed, dozens injured, after powerful storms ripped through several towns. the ef4 tornado spawned winds up to 200 miles an hour, destroying homes, buildings, and virtually obliterating the entire town of lulling fork, doctors in the state s western border. president biden declaring a state of emergency for the area as now certain rescue teams are combing through the destruction, hoping to find survivors, and helping those in need. we have got our lives. [inaudible]. but we are good. [inaudible]. i ve never seen anything like this. i ve seen tornadoes, but not like this. i must embassy joining us from ground zero about that destruction. welcome, let s talk about the situation there. what is it like? what are you seeing? really, there is not much left standing right behind you. exactly, alex, you can say, we are right next to the area where the governor will be speaki