i-95, the highway remains closed in both directions to traffic, firefighters are trying to extinguish an ongoing fire that you can see there, we will bring you more on the updates as soon as we get them on the story. straight ahead, we are going to miami for a report on what to expect ahead of trump s arraignment on tuesday. plus, the twice impeached now twice indicted president, is telling his followers that the justice department is not just coming after him, it s coming after them to. i m going to talk to the person who literally wrote the book on authoritarian strongman about his dangerous line of attack, another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, i m ali velshi, in today s trump suspected to surrender himself to authorities in a miami courthouse where he will be arraigned on a 37 count indictment regarding his mishandling of government records and obstruction of justice. it will be the second time in about two months that the twice impeached former
starts now. tonight on the reidout fundamentally a second trump term could mean the end of american democracy as we know it. he s literally called for things like doing away with parts of the constitution. wanting to weaponize the doj to enact revenge on his political enemies. we re running out of time in order to try to stop trump from being in the oval office again. former trump staffers warn the nation, the threat is real. and democracy is at stake as we enter this presidential election year. michael fanone, one of the heroes of january 6th, joins me tonight. also, two weeks to iowa. and desantis and haley are still treating the front-runner donald trump oh, so gently. as if they don t really want to win. plus, he was paid by the trump campaign to find proof of widespread election fraud in 2020. he found none. and told them so. they continued to push the big lie anyway. ken block is my guest tonight. good evening, everyone. happy new year. i hope you enjo
defense attorney and covering the breaking details, marianne rafferty. we begin with matt finn on precisely what we are learning about this indictment. good evening. former president trump is calling this a dark day for america and is responded to the reported indictments on truth social. i m an innocent man. i m an innocent person practicum after donald trump, organizing the justice department, organizing the fbi. we can t let this continue to go on because it is ripping our country to shreds. we have such big problems. this should not be one of them. reporter: it is not clear exactly what the former president will be charged with but sources told fox news he faces at least seven federal counts of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and illegal retention of classified documents. it is all in relation to trump allegedly storing classified documents at his photo at mar-a-lago home. you may recall last august, the fbi made the unprecedented move of raiding that property. t
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington with erin burnett in new york. breaking now, 37 criminal charges against donald trump revealed in a detailed federal indictment that s now public. the former president of the united states accused of storing and hiding very sensitive, highly classified documents as mar-a-lago allegedly conspireing with an aide to defy a subpoena for the material. wolf, prosecutors say trump kept secret information in a ballroom, up on a stage, in a bedroom and in a bathroom and even in a shower. the former commander in chief showed off documents including a document trump is said to have described as a, quote, plan of attack. tonight, erin, special counsel jack smith is vowing a very speedy trial arguing laws must be enforced as the indictment warrants trump risked exposing military and nuclear secrets of the united states and its allies. this is a special edition of the situation room. the
a special edition of the ingraham angle from new york city. efforts are underway several states to remove former president donald trump from the ballot. we will get to that in a moment. tonight, vivek ramaswamy is here with his reaction. plus, gary sinise with a heart-warming inspiring story that you have to hear. but, first, william faulkner famously said the past isn t dead, it isn t even past. as we say farewell to 2023, there are important lessons that we may have missed. lessons we need in the new year. you know, we tend to focus so intently on the crisis or the outrage of the moment that we miss the larger trends. this hour we will report breaking news, look at the big stories of the year and how they will shape our 2024. it will be an important and fun hour. i want to start with the narrative thats sounded all year long and going to be a major theme in the new year. you know the song. this fight for out freedoms is also a fight for our democracy. i wish i could s