you learning, kara? well, wolf three sources tell me and my colleague john miller, that in manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump in connection with the hush money payments scheme. this indictment is under seal, according to sources, and the exact charges are not yet known at this time, but this investigation has been going on for a long time. the decision to move and seek and get an indictment of former president is the first time that has been done in u. s history. this could have a significant impact on the presidential campaign. but as i said, we do not know the exact charges yet. we expect those charges to be made public in the coming days and at some point in the near future, former president trump will have to come to this courthouse and be arranged wolf. the grand jury did meet today, even though they re taking a break next week, and for a few weeks thereafter, they did meet today and presumably, they could have voted on this indictment today. is that r
morning, the manhattan grand jury in the trump hush money investigations expected to reconvene and it s possible they could hear from an additional witness. that is, according to cnn s latest supporting trump railed against the investigation during a campaign rally in waco, texas, this weekend. afterwards he told reporters that he thinks the case is being dropped. didn t give any evidence to back that up. it s still unclear, though the grand jury will bring any charges of joining us now to untangle all of these lingual legal entanglements, the ones facing donald trump, cnn senior legal analyst, mr elie honig. good morning, ellie. so let s start with the manhattan here because there are a lot of them. the grand jury is back in session today. what should we expect at least this week on so many different legal issues swirling around donald trump. now the grand jury is back in session. 3.1 miles from where we stand right now down at the courthouse in lower manhattan, looking at this hush m
issuing a statement at this stage in ukraine, officials there saying there s going to be a lot of people against the inside inside belarus and it could destabilize the country. european leaders are calling on belarus to push back and to resist the kremlin s embrace. pan back to you, matthew chance in moscow. thank you, attorney to our politics lead now. a bombshell witness before the manhattan grand jury investigating donald trump s alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to adult film actress stormy daniels before the 2016 election. former national inquirer publisher david pecker , a key player in the hush money payments scheme, met with the grand jury. today we ve learned cnn s paula reid is live outside the new york courtroom for us, paula how does having pecker as a witness? add to our understanding of where this investigation stands and the timing of any potential indictment? well pamela this was an appearance that was shrouded in secrecy. pecker entered the court and exited in
central player in the hush money payments scheme. what do you think of the legal strategy right now to bring him before this grand jury in new york? and specifically at this point, as norm said, no question. he s the right man. substantively strategically, i i m a little bit concerned because the grand jury, you know it s not a petted trial jury. the prosecutors don t need to prove things beyond a reasonable doubt. they don t even need a unanimous vote . and the more you put in before them in terms of testimony, particularly people who have already testified a great deal. the more potential there is for inconsistencies. so strategically, i m a little bit worried that they re being too careful to rebut costello s testimony, which, from the sounds of it, costello s only reaction didn t go that well. interesting you know, gloria, gloria borger is with us as well. as you just heard, paula reported some of donald trump s rather inflammatory comments over the weekend at that rally in waco, t
manhattan is back to work today, but donald trump is not not on the docket. the jury may resume work on the trump hush money case as soon as monday, but today s break underlines the moment of reassessment for the manhattan d. a source is telling cnn prosecutors might want to bring in another witness. that witness might be michael cohen, the former trump lawyer and fixer, but it also we are told might not be michael cohen that pause. leaving a void. the former president eager to fill with all caps, rants, shouting he has committed no crime and that this is a witch hunt. begin our coverage in new york with cnn s kara scannell care. so the grand jury, not trump today. what do we know? john so, as you said the grand jury is meeting today, but they will not be hearing any evidence related to the investigation into trump s alleged role in the hush money payments scheme now injuries here multiple cases, so it s really not a surprise that they would be hearing another case that could have been