of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now trump indicted. the first ever crimina indictment of a former president of the united states the first time in his lif that the guy is actually min held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think this day woul actually come with this man? karma is a bench. we don t know what happen in this event. but we do know that th republican party has decided that it s not going to take an off ramp once again. give the president some money to fight this bowl [bleep]. in washington, trump buddies in the house are still demanding that essentially d break hand over all thei evidence to them you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro of money payment to poin stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around in mar-a-lago thereafter before so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much are we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don
tonight, but we do know biden has been working on it since november, that s over three months for one speech. this thing better be good. here s what the binder said the speech was going to be about. this is going to be a joe biden speech. and when you hear it, that s what you are going to hear. jesse: okay. i can listen to the binder explain biden all day. so much insight. but what is a biden speech? well, a biden speech is a story and that s what you re gonna hear tonight, the greatest story ever told. what he needs to do is tell a story. joe biden is an amazing story teller. you can sit in that oval office careen karine can tell you and tell a story for six hours. he needs to tell a story tonight. jesse: he may not be a great president he is a great story teller. his stories aren t true. that doesn t matter. old politicians know people don t want to hear the truth. the truth hurts. people want to hear a story because a story doesn t have to be true. it s just a stor
thailand s prime minister attends the funerals of the children killed at a daycare centre last week. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. warnings of further attacks continue across ukraine this morning, a day after a wave of strikes by russia. yesterday, missiles hit cities across the country killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 more. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv and other cities into this morning. the southern city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight, with authorities saying one person was killed and public buildings including a school were damaged. work is under way across ukraine to restore electricity supplies damaged during monday s attacks. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky warned people to follow safety rules , saying the danger is still here, but we are fighting. later today the leaders of the g7 nations will meet virtually, and are expected to hear from the ukrainian president. mea
holiday. freeze warnings still in effect in several states at this hour. blizzard conditions, at least 26 people have died in the actic blast, across eight state. in a hard-hit erie county, new york, roads remain impassable. still, a very dangerous situation. driving bans are still in place. this was the first time in buffalo fire history that they were unable to respond to calls. we want to remind everybody, there was a period hours straight in which we could not send out emergency service crews, because it was too dangerous. we will talk to that official in just a few minutes. plus, bitter-cold icing over the christmas celebrations in the midwest, east coast and southeast, even florida is feeling the chill, much of the state experiencing its coldest christmas since 1983. let s start in buffalo, new york. polo sandoval is braving is the cold temperatures there. merry christmas. reporter: merry christmas. it is in a recovery process right now, the sun finally came o