alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
Trumps former fixer Michael Cohen testifying about a visit to the oval office. Cohen testifying the former president signed off on a plan to reimburse cohen for the Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels. And tonight here, the Defense Taking Aim at Michael Cohen. What they pressed him on. The images coming in tonight, at least eight people dead, many others critically wounded, in that bus crash in florida. Authorities say the bus sideswiped by a Pickup Crossing the center line, careening off the highway. Just in tonight, the new preliminary report on that deadly bridge collapse in baltimore. What it now reveals about two blackouts on that cargo ship hours before it left that port. Several hours later, it was crashing into that bridge. There is a severe storm threat right now as we come on. A confirmed ef2 touching down, and now severe thunderstorms were watching across several states, pushing right into the northeast. Ginger zee has the new forecast. President Biden Taking Aim at china.
Michael cohen testifying about a visit to the oval office. Cohen testifying the former president signed off on a plan to reimburse cohen for the Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels m and tonight here, the Defense Taking Aim at Michael Cohen. What they pressed him on. The images coming in tonight, at least eight people dead, many others critically wounded, in that bus crash in florida. Authorities say the bus sideswiped by a Pickup Crossing the center line, careening off the highway. Just in tonight, the new preliminary report on that deadly bridge collapse in baltimore. What it now reveals about two blackouts on that cargo ship hours before it left that port. Several hours later, it was crushing into that bridge. There is a severe storm threat right now as we come on. A confirmed ef2 touching down, and now severe thunderstorms were watching across several states, pushing right into the northeast. Ginger zee has the new forecast. President Biden Taking Aim at china. The details tonigh
Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
The lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode will lead. You can listen to the show news tonight in the trump trial star witness, Michael Cohen, wrapping up his first day of Blockbuster Testimony detailing the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and how donald trump was allegedly tellinjurors his former boss was only concerned about the impact on his 2016 president ial campaign and that trump and im quoting now wasnt thinking at all about his wife melania, for the next hour ill take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with new transcripts breaking down all of todays most important developments and looking ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world i will blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room that trial today lets get right to the breaking news in todays highstakes testimony against donald trump, Michael Cohen, Zeroing In On what trump knew about the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal and the alleged criminal but we will cover up.