the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are watching two big stories at this hour. in philadelphia a section of northbound i-95 collapsed after a tanker truck caught fire underneath the highway. we re expectation press conference at any minute and we ll bring that to you live in just moments from now, but first, we begin the hour looking ahead to an historic arraignment in miami. former president donald trump is preparing to face federal charges in the mar-a-lago documents case. cnn has learned he will head into the miami area tomorrow and he plans to huddle with lawyers at his golf resort there and discuss a florida-based legal team ahead of the tuesday date. katelyn polantz joins us now. what more are you learning? jim, we just got word that donald trump is planning to make a speech as he loves to do after that court appearance on tuesday once he returns home to his golf club in new jersey that night, but the real momentous thing
i m stephanie ruhle. we continue our breaking news coverage on this historic night. nbc news has confirmed, donald trump, the nation s 45th president, has been indicted on seven charges in connection with his mishandling of classified documents. let that sink in for a moment. we ve been talking about it for months but here it is. for the first time in u.s. history,, a former president federal charges trump has received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on june 13th. that is this coming tuesday. the indictment remains under seal. sources tell nbc news. the charges include conspiracy to obstruct. and the new york times reports, the charges also include, quote, willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the espionage act. according to people familiar with the matter. the charges, of course, come after a lengthy investigation, led by justice department special counsel, jack smith. tonight, donald trump responded on his social media platform. watch this.
on the campaign trail. what he s saying about jack smith and the indictment and his plan even if he s convicted. new detail this is morning on the four indigenous children rescued after spending 40 days in the amazon rain forest including what they ate to stay alive. also what we re hearing from doctors on their recovery. and we re hearing from one of the passengers who was on that airlines flight, you remember this video, you see them there. when that man opened the emergency exit door mid-flight. what he was thinking during those moments. first, though, developing out of russia, a u.s. citizen has been detained on what a moscow court is called engaging in the narcotics business. travis leek has been living in russia. now cnn reached out to his family and his mother confirmed that her son indeed has been detained. cnn s jennifer hansler is following the story for us. what more are we learning about the charges against leek. at this point, we know what the court in mo
happy tuesday, everyone.ho i i am tom shillue in for greg gutfeld, who i m told is busy fighting extradition. so before we get to the n the news, i thought it might be appropriate to look at someeo of the new year s resolutions from some famous names and facees ands. for example, president joe biden. his new year s resolution. continue to cheat death. so hunter biden find that byt en left somewhere in the whitvee house. commander the dog eat more salads and fewer service agents. kamala harrise to resolveto to make resolutions for the new year because it s new and it s a year. right? i might add. stop laughing. that might hel i mp to the custodian who cleans the senate judiciary room. three words. here s more bleache wh. brian kilmeade i willtt continue to be the of greg s jokes. gr and finally, randiy rand weingarteni , add £40 to my benh press. nologu she ll make it okay oute. of the monologue. so i m looking m looki over tone headlines, trying to think of t