those constituents of my community and of democracy itself. everybody is having this struggle. norah: crime in america. our exclusive reporting. the major challenges in keeping the nation safe. all crime up 25%. murder up 24%. motor vehicle theft up 107%. what s going on in our nation s capital? allergy season is here, with specialists telling cbs news it is now lasting longer, with patients experiencing more intense symptoms. norah: president biden and south korean president yoon, the official state visit and the agreement to deter north korea. is an unbreakable bond, forged in bravery, sacrifice our people. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we do want to begin with that severe weather that is making its way across the southern part of the country, while resident this across the mississippi river are forced to evacuate ahead of rising floodwaters. nearly 22 million americans from central texas to the flor
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
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
new tornado emergency for you that storm right there is on the ground producing damage. we do know that it is a large and damaging tornado right now that just moved through winnie and parts of arkansas just to the north west of memphis, likely mrs memphis, but we ll keep watching that iowa city big storm just to your northwest was rotating for awhile. tornado was on the ground and things but on the ground since ottumwa, iowa, a long path so this area here from chicago through devenport all the way down to louisiana and mississippi, all part of the same system with e f to e f three s and larger likely with this not by tomorrow, this thing even gets to some of the big cities. now i m not e f two and e f three s. but watch this is hour by hour. i set this up because i know you all don t live in parts of arkansas but hour by hour as we roll this through the ohio valley down through tennessee, we go from seven o clock to nine o clock in advance again. back into the evening hours.
around the world by the time we are done. if there is an announcement, that will come at the appropriate time. if anyone is telling you they know this or that, that is inaccurate, there has not been a decision made. todd: you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. governor desantis is trailing donald trump, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy in single digits and on the other side, r.f.k. is claiming 19% of democratic primary voters this stage of the race. republican candidate vivek ramaswamy is here in new york this morning and will be talking about the state of the race and top issues at hand. todd: we begin with brooke singman has who has more on all of it. brooke: ron desantis talked about the lawsuit die disney accusing him of government retaliation, listen to this. governor desantis: that arrangement was not good for the state of florida. we did not think that is continue and brought accountability. the idea being pro-bus