meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta
reelection campaign and just days plus the supreme court on the clock with a ruling do on abortion pills before midnight tonight, and alec baldwin off the hook as prosecutors dropped the charges in his movie set shooting, but that doesn t mean the case is over. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. we did it, everybody we are here. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. just because it s friday, though, doesn t mean the news has taken the day off. so let s get to it. we begin with president biden said to make a 2024 election bid official he s been hinting at it for a while. but now four sources are telling cnn that he will formally announced his bid for a second term with a campaign style video as soon as next tuesday. the timing could still change pending on foreseen events, which is typical in that job. but one senior democratic official telling cnn, it is no longer helpful or necessary to avoid stating the obvious that he s runn
first president to stand in front of a judge facing criminal charges. that s right. caitlin is right there out front of the courthouse in lower manhattan where this will all happen, caitlin. yeah it s notable. the building behind me is 100 center street that is the building where just hours from now president for president trump will enter as he surrenders to local authorities on charges related to business fraud in the building next to it is where the grand jury has been meeting for the last several months before voting last thursday, as we all know now to indict trump, making him the first former president or sitting president to face charges, while the latest details on what to expect, and we re also following a lot of other news today. let s get started with the five things that you need to know for this tuesday, april 4th 2023 donald trump, as we noted, expected to be arraigned this afternoon before returning to mar-a-lago for a news conference later on, he added a new a
made history of trump tower there on the left, gliding down the escalator and launching the campaign that would make him president on the right side of your screen that is former president donald trump on unaccompanied, walking down the stairs of the plane that returned him to new york and alleged criminal being arraigned tomorrow. his reception at trump tower is quiet as 2015 was flashy. no crowds inside just now private citizen moving rather quickly from his car to his residence tonight, the latest on what happened today and everything we know about tomorrow when he leaves trump tower heads downtown, and this country s 45th president becomes the first to face criminal charges. the exact charges still sealed. we know more about what the process will look like and how much of any of it we will get to see. we have correspondents and attorneys on all the angles tonight. cnn s jason carroll at trump towers, you know, shimon, procure pez and paula reid downtown with what awaits t
in trump tower tonight in the midst of a massive security presence in new york city. here with me on our panel. we have vanity fair s molly jong fast. former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s donie 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