and through the process that criminal defendants experience on arrival, there s the security preparations well underway there. there s a possible legal maneuvering and motions before and after the arraignment on both sides, and of course, there s how this shapes the future politically, not just the middle of a presidential campaign, but also three other active criminal investigations of the former president. we have new details on much of it. also conversation tonight with ronan farrow was done so much reporting on stormy daniels, karen macdougal and how those aligned with the former president bought their silence. we ve got reporters tonight on every aspect of the story. cnn s jessica schneider on the criminal justice processing and shimon prokupecz on the logistics and security and randy kaye on the machinery moving a former president want to start with jessica schneider. what do we know about about tuesday s arraignment? what s going to happen? so we ve gotten some idea of
For maryland and was appointed by former President Trump. I strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a Special Counsel for this matter. This Appointment Underscores for the public, the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. Now earlier, President Biden confirmed that more classified documents from his time as Vice President were discovered. This time at his wilmiwilmingto delaware home. They were locked in his garage. Another document was found inside the house. Now the Attorney General revealed that the Justice Department learned of the second set of documents in december as this timeline shows here. It was in november when the president s attorney found classified documents in a d. C. Office that
unsealed and what will happen when mr. trump arrives in a new york city courtroom. just released, the names of the nine soldiers killed in the nightmare training crash of those two army black hawk helicopters. our inside look at a remarkable new treatment helping people regain their sense of smell and taste lost for years due to long covid. and the cinderella teams making it all the way to the final four announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking those violent and damaging storms on the move in the south central part of the country right now including early concerns of mass casualties and tornado destruction in the little rock area the mayor there asking for the national guard to assist. tonight, severe weather alerts including tornado watches are in effect in several southern and midwest states larger cities potentially in the path tonight include memphis, st. louis, and des moines earlier the
in the east, victor in the storm zone and rob marciano standing by to take us through the timing of this tonight. also tonight, what we have just learned in the indictment against former president trump, when he ll come to new york to face charges, and what this could look like, what the american people could see. and what do we know about this indictment? how many charges? aaron katersky from the courthouse in lower manhattan tonight. rachel scott standing my life. the first funerals begin in nashville after the deadly mass shooting at that christian school, 9-year-old evelyn dieckhaus. the tribute from hundreds of mourners, many wearing pink to honor her. the young american journalist being held hostage in russia. tonight, president biden telling russia to let him go. new reporting of the harsh conditions of his confinement. also news from the vatican, the pope s condition. before he s released, the remarkable moment baptizing a baby in the hospital. tonight, here a firs
tonight rips into the judge who we now know will oversee his case plus stormy daniels speaking out tonight for the first time since trump s indictment the woman at the center of all of this the center of those hush money payments, breaking her silence. and you will hear what she is saying tonight caught red handed. that is what the kremlin says about that american reporter who has been arrested on espionage charges. red handed. a lawyer with detailed knowledge of the case warns us that there s virtually no chance of him prevailing in court. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. trump plotting his next move. the former president we understand weighing legal options tonight after becoming the first former president to be indicted, we know that trump will return to new york on monday night and time to formally surrender. that s the term on tuesday. his attorneys say they will challenge the indictment over hush money payments to adult film star stor