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
From august 2015 to December 2017 the defendant, im quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. The defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 president ial election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendants 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. Im erin burnett here in new york, and im wolf blitzer here in washington. The lead up to trumps 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 Criminal Court bu
criminal defense attorney joey jackson and cai von shroff, who had was a digital organizer for hillary clinton. gentlemen thank you very much for being here. it s been described doug as a split screen day. so first we saw something we ve never seen before. in this country, a former u. s president being arrested and arraigned in a criminal court in manhattan and the hero. here s the split screen. basically, donald trump. in court. there are only still photos because that s all the judge allowed, but he looked deflated. frankly um, he looked sort of hunched. his facial expression was not kind of bright or, you know, ready to fight. um he said, in his own words not guilty, and that s all, he said. but he walked in very slowly to the courthouse, and then he was back in his element on the right side of the screen back at mar-a-lago and back to basically playing the hits. of his grievances and all the ways that he s been wronged. are republicans happy today or nervous today? they r
millions are under active alerts . we re tracking this and much more right here. on cnn news, central. breaking news. we re getting our first look at the destruction left behind after a tornado touched down in missouri overnight. taking a look now at aerial footage of some of the damage left behind in glen allen officials say several people are dead and injured and the danger not over yet today more than 85 million americans are facing the threat of severe storms. cnn s derek van dam is tracking these storms for us, you are in tornado ravaged little rock, arkansas, where we understand there is a warning out right now. that s right, sara. we just got word from the national weather service that this area has now been extended with our tornado watch as new tornado warned supercell thunderstorms are forming directly to our west . we ve got about 10 to 15 minutes in little rock where i m located before our storms strike . i want to just paint the scene here because we still have u
hello i m abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us. today we begin with the deadly storms ripping across parts of the midwest. the destructive system spawned at least 11 reports of tornadoes. now, take a look at this. this is video of missouri, where at least four people are now confirmed dead and several others may be hurt. missouri s governor, mike parson, has activated the national guard to assist with the storm recovery and is expected to go on a tour of that area soon, and this is the scene in neighboring illinois. you can see straight into that building after storms ripped off the roof and the danger is not over. yet more than 60 million people remain under the threat of severe storms. meteorologist jennifer gray is tracking that from the cnn weather center for us, but let s begin with cnn s adrian broadus, who is on the ground and kelowna, illinois. adrian i know that you have been speaking to some of these individuals who have lived through the storm and a