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
right now. breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. we re talking about an american citizen who has now been arrested for what you can assume is doing his job. two black hawk helicopters crashing overnight in kentucky, sudden old house something pop loud, loud bang helicopters from 101st airborne division were on a routine training mission when the incident happened resulted in quotes several casualties. concerns for the health of pope francis as the 86 year old is hospitalist tests showed that he does indeed have a respiratory infection. it s unclear if the leader of the world s nearly 1.4 billion roman catholics will be able to lead the celebration of this weekend s pump. sunday mass and holy week ceremonies the vatican leading up to easter on april 9th. children are dying. there are six people are dead in that school, including three children, because you guys got rid of the assault weapons ban. talk about protecting o
wall street journal, was detained in a small town just east of moscow. the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter. the kremlin says he was quote caught red handed, but refuses to provide any more details. its track record on this sort of thing. does not inspire confidence ahead. we will have the latest from russia plus overnight, the army says. several people have now been killed this after two blackhawk helicopters crashed near fort campbell will be on the ground there in kentucky. also right now homes are evacuated in raymond, minnesota, after a train carrying ethanol derailed early this morning. we ve got new details for you on that. we re also keeping an eye on the vatican as pope francis is in the hospital undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection ahead. we ll have an update on his condition. but we begin this morning with that alarming headline out of russia . american journalist herskovitz is right now in russian custody after the wall street jour
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blogger is now in police custody. disturbing new details , including she s accused of handing him the explosives. the kremlin is blaming the attack on ukraine. we are also tracking another tornado threat today after a weekend already of deadly outbreaks, these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central . we are at the precipice of an historic week in this country. donald trump is due for arraignment at this manhattan court tomorrow. we re getting new details about how this process is going to play out. of course, he is the first former president to face criminal indictment. all of this connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving adult film star stormy daniels. trump says he will depart mar-a-lago at noon today. you can see pictures of his plane on the tarmac at the palm beach airport. that plane, of course, made famous from the 2016 presidential campaign. he is coming here to new york and will likely spend the