good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight. we continue our live coverage of the historical day of a former president being arrested and arraigned this afternoon, donald trump faced 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in connection with the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. hours later, and aggrieved donald trump appeared in front of a very friendly mega outfitted proud at mar-a-lago. i never thought anything like this. could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from there, he went on to spout his usual litany of lies and grievances. but that was the only part of today that was familiar. everything else we ve never before seen a former u. s president under arrest and walking into a courtroom sitting , with his defense team, having to answer to charges just as any other criminal defendants would so now
former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s joanie o sullivan. who as we far as we know, is not form or anything, um okay, guys, great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation tomorrow. the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and efficiently, but they re not taking that coordinating role. and there s a reason why here alison because the secret service has to show that they are
by the end of april, we re going to see an indictment from fulton county. okay, friends. thank you very much. you heard it here first. meanwhile, as we ve been discussing, the judge told everyone connected to the case today to refrain from making any statements that could jeopardize the well being. of anyone. it took donald trump about four hours to violate that. so now what? that s nice. good morning, everyone so o glad you could jon us. joining us now are two lawmakers from different sides of the aisle. people are hyper focused on two issues, inflation and crime. violent crime is up, governor. you can t deny that. i understand that. but let s talk about real answers. even when you disagree with people. if you stand for something, they have great appreciation for that. every reporter in washington wants to know. are you going to extend the debt ceiling? that s a very good question. cnn this moing tomorrow at six eastern mpared with other choose one for victor chu protects from fleas a
curious just because you were hearing you were at the s, d n y. you have a sense of why the s d n y didn t do this? i have no first hand knowledge. all i ve all i have is what i ve read in the papers, which is there some concern about michael cohen not being fully forthcoming. and of course, there s the doj memo, which prohibits indicting a sitting president when he was sitting president. but now, as you see, the dea has done it after president trump was out of office, and the ny could have done that as well, since michael cohen went to jail for this crime that they could have if they thought the proof was there. they decided not to thank you all very much. okay up next controversy on the court. l s u star angel reese. aims at taunting gesture at iowa basketball star katelyn polantz take a look at what really happened there. good morning, everyone so o glad you could jon us. joining us now are two lawmakers from different sides of the aisle. people are hyper focused on two issues, infl
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