Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.
arguments set to begin very shortly in the criminal case against donald trump thank you all for being with us. cnn special live coverage. those arguments begins right now here in new york city to historic criminal trial donald j. trump entering the final critical phase. this our closing arguments about to begin the former president on his way to the courthouse it was trial has been building for weeks toward this dramatic moment in the prosecution of events. lay it all on the line. i m anderson cooper here in new york, and i ve jake tapper in washington. you re watching special seen in live coverage of donald trump s hush money cover-up. proud to closing arguments that plan in the hours ahead will be the last word from lawyers on both sides before jurors decide if mr. trump becomes the first ever former president convicted of a crime prosecutor, joshua steinglass will today tried to weave together weeks of testimony and evidence, two make the case that mr. trump was involv
score. do i mean? a time.com. this situation with wolf blitzer next, one cnn now we re back live from new york outside the manhattan courthouse. there is a huge de coming up on monday. we expect opening statement since to begin in the morning in donald trump s hush money cover up trial, cnn will have special live coverage. jake tapper will be here to lead that as our team of correspondence inside at the courtroom monitor, what s going on throughout the course of the proceedings. coverage begins monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and also coming up on sunday on state of the union republican governor kristi noem of south dakota plus democratic governor jb pritzker of illinois. that s sunday morning at nine eastern and again at noon here on seeing in an end, if you are like us here on the lead and have been listening to the new taylor swift album. it s very long on repeat. we hope you