alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
president ever be criminally charged, is expected to be arraigned on tuesday afternoon, according to sources. now his attorneys tell nbc news that there will be no plea deal. but keep in mind. trump and his team still don t know exactly what the charges are. the indictment is still sealed. sources do tell cnn that it involves more than 30 counts related to business fraud. remember the new york grand jury has been investigating trump s role in that alleged cover up that $130,000 payment to silence adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 campaign. daniel s alleged affair with trump, which he has denied. his ex fixer and attorney, michael cohen was convicted on campaign finance violations for coordinating the payment, which he said donald trump ordered him to do, cohen says the indictment shows that no one is above the law. this is also about that. whatever laws that sent me to prison. should send him to prison. we re all supposed to be looked at in the eyes of the law. t
york, the u. s secret service is playing an active role in planning for thompson. trump s court appearance. this as trump is holed up right now in mar-a-lago and florida rally. his supporters and lashing out at the prosecutor. and we re following breaking news on the tornado danger right now in the midwest and parts of the south as twisters are spotted in arkansas and illinois, millions are under a rare high risk storm alert right now, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let s check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the
shot on the doorstep. a teenager is shot twice, once in the head after he mix up over a wrong address. we re learning new details about the homeowner who was then released by police, and now the community is demanding justice. just shattered. dave ill. alabama mourns the four victims of a shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party. the number of people injured is just staggering. 28 wounded but still no announced suspect as a small town waits to learn what could have caused such chaos, plus deal or no deal. the blockbuster trial of dominion versus fox news delayed by one day. so does that mean a settlement is in the works? or are the two sides going to trial with more than a billion dollars at stake following these major developing stories, and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. justin we have new details on the man who shot a 16 year old boy in missouri. this as calls for justice ring loud on the streets of kansas city. hundreds marching after a 16 year old
a fiber freelancer. former vice president mike pence joins wolf blitzer, cnn primetime tonight at nine. top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. great to be with you, jim. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean. and any moment now, officials at fort campbell in kentucky will be giving everyone an update after two blackhawk helicopters collided overnight, killing nine u. s service members that is, according to an army official. we re standing by for that, and we ll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. the governor among those who will speak their plus russia has now arrested an american journalist, it says on suspicion of espionage. even draskovic, a reporter for the wall street journal, detained in a small town east of moscow, the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter, the kremlin says. he was caught red handed, refuses to offer any details their track record on this kind of thing. begs a lot of questions. we re going to have details ahead. we begin this