good evening to all. i m erin burnett in new york. and wolf blitzer is joining me from washington, d.c. this is a special edition of outfront. and tonight the breaking news, the former president s defiance. that is how one of donald trump s attorneys describes the former president s mood tonight after pleading not guilty to 37 felony counts in miami. we are awaiting trump s first public comment since he was formally arrested today. he is expected to head to newark airport, then to his new jersey golf club where he will address most of his loyal supporters and hold a fundraiser. he stopped at a cuban restaurant in miami before leaving. he wanted that photo op. he was greeted by cheers there, a crowd even singing happy birthday to the former president on the eve of his 77th birthday. trump s codefendant and close aide walt nauta was by his side the entire time. this just moments after the judge told them they may not communicate directly about the case going forward. t
including a major meeting with secretary general of nato pushed to tomorrow after the president underwent unexpected dental surgery. and donald trump headed to miami this hour. what do expect inside the courtroom for his historic arraignment, and what to expect outside the federal courthouse with the city ramping up security and shutting down streets. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin right there in florida, nearly 24 hours away from the president s arraignment. nbc s gabe gutierrez is in dural where donald trump will be spending the night ahead of his court appearance. what are we expecting tonight? reporter: what we re expecting today in a short time is a small group of supporters that have gathered outside of the doral golf course to greet the former president as he goes in and out of the area. many supporters say they support him completely, that this has been a political witch hunt in their view, and we just spoke with
friday, calling smith a fascist tyrant, maniac and other derogatory names even calling bill barr a gutless tig. if even half is true, then he s toast. he s not a victim here. he was totally wrong. this as most of the 2024 republicans and trump senate allies fell into line behind the former president despite the implications for national security. he did not commit espionage. he s not a spy. he s overcharged. and joining us today, democratic virginia congresswoman and former cia officer, abigail spanburger. former nato commander and michael beschloss. meanwhile, russia has arrested another american, accusing michael travis leak on charges of drug dealing. accusations he denies. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. a defiant former president trump on the attack against his accusers before heading to court tomorrow if his schedule holds. first, he needs to name a new florida attorney. at the arraignment, he s supposed to hear the charges against him, have his f
currently serving an unrelated murder sentence for 28 years. he arrived yesterday at the airport in birmingham. you can see several f.b.i. agents escorting him from the plane. he was held at hoover city jail overnight. new video shows him arriving at the federal courthouse earlier this morning. van der sloot allegedly tried to sell natalee s mom false information on the location of her daughter s body in exchange for a quarter million dollars. beth holloway s attorney says emotions are law. she is basically overwhelmed by whole situation. she had a whole spectrum of emotions. on the one hand she was ecstatic that van der sloot was on u.s. soil, u.s. authorities, u.s. justice system. but it is still like pulling a scab off an old wound. always pain there and it s a painful reminder of what she has been through. julie: jonathan serrie joins us with the latest. i remember that you were part of that early team that went down to aruba. when i first arrived on the island in 2
trump also on tape undermining his own defense. so, is it a smoking gun for prosecutors or not? the former white house lawyer for trump ty cobb will be outfront. plus, a new message from the head of the russian private army, the wagner group. we are learning new details about just how paranoid putin has become about other russians. we ve got that for you this hour. plus, a court clearing the way for a manson family member to be granted parole. will the manson follower now in her 70s go free? let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on tape. federal prosecutors now have trump s own words as key evidence in its classified documents investigation. according to sources, trump is heard on tape acknowledging that he held onto a classified document about plans for a potential attack in iran. so that is significant in and of itself, admitting that he held onto that. and then, secondarily admitting there are limits to his actual abilit