former president trump has been indicted boy a criminal court in new york city and arain in the manhattan next week that will likely be tuesday. fake news cnn saying he could face over 30 charge in a statement trump is quote. political persecution an election interference the highest level in history the time i came down from trump tower and before i was sworn in as president the democrats the enemy of hard working men and women engage instead a witch hunt to destroy the make america great again movement. you remember russia, russia the mull are hoax. ukr ukraine, impeachment hoax one approximate 2 and mar-a-lago raid after partisan witch hadn ts alvin brag thrown the rule of law to the winds in exchange for a cheap act of pet political vengeance and brought political differentses to a new level. this is repulsive a disgusting hit job the likes of which we have never teen in this country. a pandora box opened. we have a new era of political revenge and weaponized justice s
welcome to insided in. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing another very busy news day with us. an invitation. prosecutors ask donald trump to testify before a grand jury. it is a big indication they could be close to charging the former president for his role in buy ing asilence of a porn star mistress. do not expect his one-time boss to show. knowing donald as well as i do, understand he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on social. it s another thing to lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect he s going to be coming. plus iowa today, superpac at the ready. ron desantis sends signals he s running for president. a new report for the biden economy. more people looking for work, bigger paychecks. numbers show more resilience, yet so much good news feeds worry about inflation and rate hikes. up first for us, prosecutors on the doorstep of what would be a history-shattering possibility. a criminal indictment against the former p
being tested like never before with the indictment of donald trump now secured, we ll look at the legal challenges and the stakes for the country as well as for d.a. alvin bragg as he undertakes one of the most consequential cases in u.s. history. and while the legal issues play out in court, it may end up being the single most animating issue of the presidential campaign as well in fact, it s already turning the 2024 race on its head, turning trump s adversaries and his defenders and setting the stage for an election unlike any other. even in new york city, which is no stranger to security challenges, police are dpeering gearing up in a way rarely seen, bracing for potentially huge protests outside the courthouse and trump tower in particular. how are they preparing, and what besides protests are they preparing for? but we start with the test ahead for manhattan d.a. alvin bragg can he make his case at trial and turn the first ever indictment of a former president into the f
presidential campaign. laying the groundwork for potential criminal charges against the former president in the coming months. that s according to people with knowledge of the matter. the grand jury was recently impanelled and witness testimony will soon began. the d.a. alvin bragg is nearing a decision on whether to charge trump. quote, super charging the longest running criminal investigation into mr. trump. a probe that began when donald trump s former attorney michael cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to a host of charges for making a $130,000 payment to stormy daniels to pay for her silence ahead of the 2016 election. it s been a long and winding road to today s breaking news. at one point last year, the probe which grew to investigate the business practices of the trump org seemed all but dead with two top prosecutors leaving the d.a. s office after d.a. bragg stopped presenting evidence to the grand jury. the new york times is reporting the probe is moving again. on monda
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