quick transition. indictment of news going so good morning, everyone. it s early. we re glad you re with us. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night. he vowed to fight the charges. he railed against prosecutors and the judge. there s a new sheriff in town is a new mayor in town. talking about chicago cnn projects that progressive brandon johnson has won. the runoff is going to join us live in the eight a.m. out. we re going to talk a lot about why he thinks he won what needs to be done in chicago, a sea change for wisconsin cnn projects the liberals will now hold the majority on the state supreme court a significant flip that could have major implications for abortion rights and future election and speaking of major implications for the international community speaker kevin mccarthy is defined china as he is prepari
i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. new developments in the cases against donald trump. top trump aides tell a federal grand jury about the former president s plan to seize voting machines and there s new fallout from the 34 felony count new york indictment. trump attacks the prosecutor and the judge in that case now on a parallel path with the 2024 nominating calendar, plus two big middle election, middle america elections in chicago. a progressive wins at chicago mayor s race dominated by crime and by schools and this wisconsin blockbuster democrats seizing control of the state supreme court that giant proof of the power of the abortion issue, and today the speaker of the house plays host to taiwan s president. beijing reacts angrily even though this meeting is a compromise of sorts of first for us next steps in the 34 felony count new york case against donald trump and some important exclusive new cnn reporting about one of two federal inv
alvin bragg facing intense questioning after yesterday s intense spectacle of bragg going after trump in new york city. critics called it a bank shot, because it relies on a stiff backboard of evidence yet to be seen. americans watched the soft on violent crime stretch to link trump to campaign law violations. bragg was on the defense. today we uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. your predecessor took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. federal prosecutors took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. we ve had available to the office additional evidence that was not in the office s possession prior to my time herhere. we have a profound interest in new york state. trump made his return to his home state in mar-a-lago take the american public eyeballs off of the failed policies of the biden administration. well i don t know if you watch the former president last night when he got b
from august 2015 to december 2017 the defendant, i m quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. the defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendant s electoral prospects. now according to the statement of facts, which accompanies this actual indictment, which they go through through here, $130,000 were paid to adult film star stormy daniels $30,000 to a doorman and $150,000 to another woman, which it is clear from the statement of facts is karen macdougal. it is an unprecedented chapter in american history. and good afternoon to all. i m erin burnett here in new york, and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. the lead up to trump s arrest was truly a remarkable sight to see the former president of the united states, leaving trump tower early this afternoon. his 11 car motorcade arriving at the manhattan
many charges and will the former president say anything to the many cameras at the courthouse were on it. we want in nato to that is the message from ukraine this morning after the major news that finland officially joined the alliance what this means for the war and the world. brand new jobs. data just dropped what it says about the state of the u. s economy, these major stories and more right here on cnn news, central. in just a few hours. former president trump will turn himself in appearing before a judge and what you re looking at that in manhattan to be arraigned on criminal charges. it is a historic never before seen situation in the united states. you re looking at some live pictures outside the court and outside trump tower where donald trump spent the night cnn this morning, acre katelyn polantz and cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid joins us from manhattan, caitlin. you have been there all morning since very, very early. can you give us a sense of wh