on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec
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what they are either, and neither do his lawyers. we expect there to be 30 or more and at least one felony in that. bunch it s a lot of things to be charged with for it only to be misdemeanors, and we do expect the donald trump will say he is not guilty at this time. that s the plea. he will enter so that this case can move toward a trial but as he faces the judge for the first time, this is a judge that trump has already criticized publicly. and so there s a question of whether the judge is going to want to bring that up, respond to it or if the prosecutors wanted to be considered as they move forward and get the plan set for how this case is going to progress to trial. on cnn on friday, katelyn polantz was asking trump s attorney, tim parla, tori is not anyone counseling donald trump. maybe not to criticize the judge. at this point. he is going before him just in a couple of days. this is what tim parla tory responded . you know, here s the problem. you have a client who is also a pr
subpoena. one consequence of not complying with subpoena is being prosecuted for criminal contempt. we ve seen steve bannon be indicted for that because he s refused to comply. mark meadows, chief of staff to donald trump in the white house, they referred him to the justice department. they are considering whether to charge him with contempt. so there is that piece out there. and there is a real fear among lawmakers on the hill of what happens here. representative on cnn friday, this is what she said about trump. someone who, you know, is sort of waiting out there, i m president in the future i m going to pardon you, someone who could be right now thinking, i need to do the right thing. i need to state the facts and potentially plead guilty to the criminal actions that i have. if they think that there s ba wy in the future to get off from their actions, it could color what they do right now.
fec commissioner. and we need to make sure that the fec remains a non-partisan entity. not too long ago, the democrats tried to force a bill through the house of representatives that was going to break down the fec into five members, which would make it a partisan operation. okay. i want to stay away from partisanship, especially in the fec. i think her argument is that she s just trying to get the facts out there, that people don t need to worry she s basically saying, you don t need to worry about voter fraud, if there is any, present the evidence. i think that s what she thinks her role is. but here s what she told us on cnn on friday. let me play you her response. our office of inspector general completely cleared me and said there s nothing wrong with a public official speaking to the public. as an election commissioner, everything that concerns the integrity of our elections is something they am concerned about. and that i speak to the public about. it s part of my job.