going to be arrested, which, obviously we know did not happen at the time. there had been this idea of maybe having trump speak outside the courthouse after that arraignment happens in just a few hours from now. that idea was scuttled for security reasons. there were concerns about that and those considerations. but now i am told that trump is eager to speak. he hasn t done so since he arrived here in new york. we just saw him going in. behind closed doors at trump tower last night, so remains to be seen. because what we do know is that in hours trump is going to be here in this building behind me. that is where he is going to be a turning himself in here in manhattan, the first ex president in our nation s history to face criminal charges right now he is at trump tower is don was noting, preparing for this unprecedented arrangement, and we are expecting him to appear in court as a criminal defendant in the two p.m. hour today. after that, as we noted trump is going to return
surround this historic moment as trump and the nation soon learned the charges, he will face words that russia hoped to never see. finland joins nato. this just happened moments ago. why this move reshapes europe include influence putin s invasion of ukraine plus plotted for months chilling you detailed in that mass shooting at a christian elementary school in nashville. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. you are looking at live pictures outside trump tower right now, as we are hours away from the arrest and arraignment of former president donald trump a first in america s history, and we have new details on exactly how today s events will unfold. cnn has just learned that the former president may speak to cameras in the hallway outside the courtroom before or after his arraignment. that s according to his attorneys. the judge overseeing this case is not allowing cameras to broadcast the official proceedings, but still photographers wi
supreme court is considering the case of a mail carrier and evangelical christian who says his faith does not allow him to work on sundays. can he be forced to and few hours ago, i sat down with a group of dedicated fox viewers to see what they think of the $787 million settlement that fox had to pay for spreading misinformation about dominion voting systems. a show of hands . how many of you are surprised by the $787 million settlement that fox agreed to pay to dominion for broadcasting false information about the voting systems. none of you. okay we ll get to that. but we do start with yet another story of two teenage cheerleaders who made the innocent mistake of walking up to the wrong car in a parking lot thinking it was theirs as we all have at some point, but for that common misunderstanding, they got shot. i want to bring in my panel lz granderson from the los angeles times, alyssa farah griffin, former white house communications director, our law enforcement analyst j
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a former president donald trump. mr trump landed at laguardia airport, just a short while ago. the former president expected derives soon at trump tower. he is expected to spend the night there ahead of his arraignment tomorrow afternoon at the manhattan criminal courthouse, where mr trump is expected to voluntarily surrender sources tell cnn that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud that we should note the indictment. remains under seal. these charges come after a years long probe. into a hush money payment made to adult film star and director stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, and let s let s uh we re looking. let s let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz right now she s outside trump tower and caitlin . it s odd watching this kind of for want of a better term like o j. bronco coverage of donald trump coming into manhattan for this criminal matter, and i know that media critics are taking issue with the way t