good evening, everyone, i m abby philip in washington. and i m kaitlan collins in miami. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. there is really in a way to overstate the importance of this day in american history. it is the very first time that a former president of the united states has been arrested and arraigned. this time, 37 federal counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents. but in typical fashion, donald trump is downplaying the severity of those charges that have been mentioned against, and calling them fabricated and quote, an evil and heinous abuse of power. returning tonight to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where we should note that there was an audio recording of him talking about classified documents while he was there two years ago. tonight, holding a campaign fund-raiser and addressed his cheering supporters with a litany of lies. we begin the coverage with evan perez, senior justice corresp
show @thelead. you can listen to the lead once you get your podcasts, all two hours, just sitting there like a delicious tray of sushi. our coverage continues now with mr. alex marquardt who is in for wolf blitzer in a place i like to call the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, a desperate search and rescue mission. thousands of feet below the surface of the atlantic ocean. submersible operated by a company running expeditions to the wreck of the titanic is now missing. we have up-to-the-minute details on the mission to find the sub and the five people on board. also this hour, the high-stakes meeting of the super power secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. and china have made progress towards getting relations back on track, but there still is a ways to go. we ll have a report from beijing. and more than 50 million people across the southeast face the threat of severe weather including tornados this holiday weekend. we ll have the latest
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