capitol under siege. also tonight, deadly heat across the globe and in america 100 million people under heat alerts in more than two dozen states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden s covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how he s doing, and let s go to jeff zeleny joining us from the white house. how is the president feeling tonight. wolf, officials tell me tonight that president biden is feeling quite well. he s been working remotely, if you will from the residence of the white house throughout the day making telephone calls holding meetings virtually and this comes, thof course, as the first time he s tested positive for covid-19 and he s in the first year and a half of his presidency trying to dodge this, and today he did test positive and he was just on his way to travelin
donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did so in october, 2016. one month before the election. s story breaking news here in new york city. a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. former commander-in-chief, now a criminal defendant. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of a former president in the united states. i am not going to be getting a fair trial. it is a very sad thing. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. echo was right there beginning of trump s plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels a secret. hope hicks on the stand. she just started crying. tissues came out. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. lawyers have argued she is lying. michael cullen was called to the witness stand to t
donald trump s lawyer arranging $130,000 payment to a former adult film star. he reportedly did settle in october 20 16th 2016. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we have officially begun the first criminal trial of the former president of the united states. he seems old and tired and mad. the first witness in this criminal trial is now taking the stand. ecker was right there in the beginning of the plan to keep his relationship with stormy daniels secret. just started crying. stormy daniels testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter. michael cohen was formally called to the witness stand to testify against his former boss. both sides made their final pleas to the jury. verdict has been reached in former president trump s new york criminal trial. found guilty on all 34 felony counts. we did our job. the american principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. good evening. once again, i
found guilty. and i wanted to know if he would raises eyebrows, if he would shrug his shoulders. what would his face look like lexi you brought binoculars. i did bring binoculars, the screen is very small. anyway, it was such an overwhelming experience, being in that room. because when they started reading the counts, it went so fast and there was anxiety, there was tension. people were shaking because who knows what s going to happen next? does it it affect the outcome of the election? is the clinical violence because of this? how those jurors must be feeling tonight, today, tomorrow, and the next day as they think about oh god, what if my identity gets released? what if i am doxxed? what is the judge thinking? it feels like we are standing on the edge of something, i just don t know what. we are on the edge of something. it is three more cases.
shrugged his shoulders, what would his face look like? i even brought binoculars. anyway, it was such an overwhelming experience being in that room, reading the counts went so fast and there was anxiety. there was tension. people were shaking because who knows what s going to who knows what s going to happen next? does it affect the outcome of the election? is there political violence because of this? how much those jurors must be feeling tonight, today, tomorrow and the next day as they think about what if my identity is doxed,released? what if i am docs to it feels like we are standing on the edge of something. we just don t know what. we are on the edge of something, it s three more cases.