and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
trump s legal team says the president is expected to turn himself in early next week according to district attorney alvin bragg s office. quote. we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the manhattan s d.a. office on arraignment supreme court indictment remains under seal. guidance will be provided when the arraignment it date is selected. fact that the grand jury indictment remains under seal means we don t know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating trump for alleged payment made leading up to the 2016 lengsdz. that includes $130,000 to adult film actress stormy daniels. bragg questioned witnesses about another 150,000 paid to model karen macdougall allegedly that is. the former president has denied all of these allegations along with affairs with both. all the while bragg has been trthrust national debate. saying in part this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg
this is america s newsroom. a years long investigation. a grand jury brought an indictment to president trump. the charges are under seal for now. the counts number in the dozens. bill: that s sparking a firestorm of criticism for the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. known as a soft on crime prosecutor. since he took office in january, he has downgraded more than 50% of felonies in new york to misdemeanors. he appears to be taking the opposite take against the former president. republicans calling it political persecution. manhattan d.a. s office is in contact with the former president s legal team. they re working to coordinate his surrender. a logistic call nightmare. one of the president s attorneys said the d.a. wanted when im to surrender today. the president pushed back on that and expected to happen on tuesday. bill: let s begin now. chad pergram on the hill. andy mccarthy with analysis. bryan llenas joins us outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, new york city.
persecution, is he over alleged hush money payments. former president is expected to be arraigned next tuesday, rehave his mug shot and fingerprints taken, he will not be handcuffed. when you stretch the law against someone you like or political opponent in this case, it s very hard to ever get that law to come back to its original shape. today s proof you can actually pick a target and then try and find a crime, even a crime that s not a crime because there is no crime here. i m telling you there is know crime. i know the facts, i know the law and i really want to see where this is going to go. alvin bragg is facing major backlash for bringing this case in the first place, untested legal theory to bring state charges in a federal case involving alleged campaign finance violations. and say they are ready to hold the ag accountable. they are trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box. they are trying to drain him dry. i think the democrats k
first of its kind for a former or sitting president. reaction to last night s announcement of the indictment has fallen heavily along political lines. democrats contending it is justified. republicans expressing outrage. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what he is hearing on the hill about all of this. david spunt in washington looks at other legal cases involving the former president. we begin with brine llenas in new york where preparations for tuesday s activities are already underway. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. sources tell fox news that manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg requested former president donald trump turn himself in today but his arraignment was pushed back to tuesday as secret service makes arrangements to protect him here at the manhattan criminal courthouse. is he just a tough guy. and he is someone whose knees do not buckle. trump s legal team making clear the former president will not b