The family of travis king is speaking out. The american soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea and still being detained there. His family is pushing back on statements that he defected to the north korean army. This is cnn news central. Keep your eyes on this courthouse in washington d. C. Today. It now becomes the center of the legal and political universe really in some sense hours from now, donald trump will come here and once he steps inside, he will again be under arrest. Under arrest for the third time in four months as he faces a new round of criminal charges. At this courthouse, donald trump is expected to be fingerprinted. Not expected to have a mug shot taken, he is to face a Magistrate Judge and all indications hell plead not guilty to all four counts. New details on how his lawyers plan to defend him coming in, planning to argue the lies about the 2020 election are protected speech under the First Amendment and theyre trying to prove that trump new the claims. But
Him convicted came out of his mouth. This is a very sad day for america. Donald trump has never respected this country. He said this country was trash and garbage. The filth and the decay. And now he wants to lead it again. None of this is normal. This is our life now. After that i think we need to start tonight with a deep breath. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Americas 45th president , Donald John Trump returned to washington, d. C. Today as a criminal defendant. Trump appeared in federal court for his third arraignment since april, this time pleading not guilty to seeming to over the 2020 president ial election. This afternoon, trump traveled from his bedminster, new jersey home to the d. C. Courthouse just blocks from the capitals few blocks from the scene of the january 6th riot. Some protesters gathered inside but, they were over numbered by the media. Jack smith was there and seated just ten feet away from the former president. After trump pleaded not guilty, the j
The special coverage. He is of course innocent until Proven Guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didnt do what he is accused of. But if the allegations made by the Justice Department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a ser
Investigation looked into the efforts by the former president and his allies to subvert Election Results in seven states in which President Biden won in 2020. One state is georgia, where biden had a win in 2020 british trump refused to accept the result and he and his allies engaged in a number of plots to overturn bidens win. Some of these actions were so aggressive they drew attention of the Fulton County District Attorney, who launched her own program 2021. A grand jury has been convened and the former president could face more indictments in the weeks to come. What exactly did trump and his allies do in georgia . What charges they face. We will lay out the entire investigation and piece together what we know about the campaigns, trumps private calls , a major data breach and the plot to subvert the electoral college. Reporter prosecutors in georgia have open a criminal investigation. Reporter investigation into former President Trump because it is generally phone call to the georgi
Him. Also Rudy Giulianis slide from americas mayor to unindicted Co Conspirator with steps along the way. For the first time in two years simone biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time is getting back on the floor, bob costas joins us to talk about the abuse she and others suffered, and how shes coming back. Good evening, im pamela brown here for anderson on this friday night. And we begin with the former president , expected to speak shortly in alabama. Already today he has posted a threat on his social network, which doesnt bear showing, but reads in all caps, quote, if you go after me im coming after you, exclamation point. Earlier today the court filing he pleaded not guilty to the additional charges Special Counsel jack smith recently tacked onto the documents case, and in case youre keeping track thats twice in two days, and four times since april. As for yesterdays electionrelated charges, there is new polling out today showing nearly twothirds of americans believe those c