on fake and fabricated charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty. right in the middle ofilty. presidential election in whichs he is losinglosi very badly. no other president, even those who kept far more documents that i has ever been even investigated, let alone charget alond with a crime. it s joe biden and his corrupt department of injustice those who think they are above the law, never before have the two standards of justice in our country been more starkly. o and that same type of cheeringhe you just heard at the clubar was also heard organically hours earlier, hundreds of supporters showed up outside the miami courtroom whercoure pre. tha president trump was arraigned and after that, dozens more wens t to a cuban restaurant in the city where they sang happy birthday to former president trump and took selfie after selfie with him. desp now, one thing is clear here. now, despite all the naysayersit ,his support is still very strong and perhaps
mr. wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, republican presidential candidates ron desantis and nikki haley are preparing to take questions from iowa voters live here on cnn. we re setting the stage for our back-to-back town halls with donald trump s top gop rivals. i ll speak with chris christie this hour. also tonight, newly released documents reveal that they spent millions of various trump-owned property while he was president. we re following the money trail. isis is now claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly explosion. how this attack could impact wartime tensions in the middle east. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. behind me are live pictures in des moines as they will soon appear in back-to-tack town hall events. let s go to kristin holmes, live from sioux city in iowa. with the caucuses only is 1 days away, what are we hearing from the c
a quick update on a story we followed from the very beginning. the 2019 death of elijah mcclain after police forcibly restrained him, the paramedics gave him a lethal drozd dose of the drug ketamine. the two were convicted of criminally negligent homicide. a police officer was also convicted and subsequently fired. tonight, straight from the source, not so fast. special counsel jack smith denied as donald trump gets something he very much wanted from the supreme court. will his federal subversion trial be delayed? and, for how long. the private militias now taking upon themselves to control the border. as america pushes to bring hostages home from gaza, russia, iran and venezuela, i will talk to a woman who is pleading for her husband s safe return from afghanistan. this is the source. a win for president former trump, at least for now. the supreme court denying special counsel jack smith s request to put the issue of immunity on the fast track. a one sentence order
tonight on the reidout. this maga threat is a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. it s also a threat to the character of our nation. it gives our constitution life. it minds us together as americans in a common cause. the biden team weighs how to talk to voters about the dangers of trump at a key time when the president is trying to lock in some of the crucial groups in the biden coalition. also tonight, my panel of esteemed guests and i are going to announce who won the year in 2023. it could be one of those accomplished people on your screen, or it could be somebody else entirely. stay with us to find out. plus, i will be joined by a major special guest. he is very much in demand right now, and in this business, we call this a good get. that s a tease. but we begin tonight with the fate of donald trump and his legal and political future. resting with the nine members of the highest court in the land. today, special counsel jack smith
all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments to stormy daniels will go to trial in march of next year. that means that if all of this holds, donald trump will be on trial smackdown of in the middle of the presidential primary. this afternoon, he presented himself as if he were still in the white house, sitting with his attorney in front of a customary wall of american flags. the ex presidents life yet from florida was projected on several screens throughout the courtroom, packed with reporters, and a team of no less than nine prosecutors industry attorney alvin bragg s office. the main purpose of that hearing today was for the judge to officially advise trump about the protective order in the case. the order, typically a r