authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
at this hour, a mysterious explosion behind russian lines in annexed crimea, what we re hearing on the ground about who is responsible. and president biden announces major conservation action just moments ago. is it enough to get him back in the good graces of environmental groups? we ll have a live report. and in los angeles, that teacher strike is under way today which means for 420,000 students, no teachers, no bus drivers, no lunch, and no options for countless parents scrambling to find child care. and a small group of trump fans making a show of support on the bridge at mar-a-lago as the manhattan grand jury gets ready to reconvene tomorrow. our reporters are following all the latest developments. and we begin with vaughn hillyard near mar-a-lago. what is the scene like there today? obviously even though trump said that he was going to get arrested today, that hasn t happened. but is there any sense of when i something might happen? reporter: and donald trump ca
victims in an alleged plot to kill, quote, anyone that is jewish in the michigan government. those words are from a man now in federal custody according to an affidavit. his first court appearance was wednesday on charges of making charges along state lines. and has tweeted the fbi has confirmed i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it s my hope that they take this just as seriously as the federal authorities takes the offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and domestic terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. he has three handguns and one that is an mia military-style weapon, polo sandoval has more. what have we learned? we actually see on the page, linked to jack and jane carpenter ii, the suspect in the case. and not just anti-semitic and quite alarming especially this tweet that federal investigators saw back in february, february 17th to be exact. and what he allegedly wrote, including, quote, he would carry out death to an
comcast business. powering possibilities. top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor black well. and i m bianna golodryga. any minute now the jury will return from lunch and receive instructions from the judge. just before the defense was getting ready to begin this morning, a judge dismissed a juror for discussing the case with people outside the jury. you have had some discussions with some folks not on the jury, which is going to require me to remove you from the jury. i m not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we re going to replace you with one of the other jurors. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher is outside the courthouse there in walterboro for us. walk us through this final day of the closing arguments. reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge th
diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne