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
i m ben brown in the studio our other top stories this hour... as the regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity, there are fresh calls for the government to stop a rise in energy bills in april. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres,in the uk. the first female speaker of the house of commons, betty boothroyd, dies at the age of 93. good afternoon from windsor, where rishi sunak and the eu have struck a new agreement to amend post brexit trading rules with the eu. the prime minister said the deal marked a decisive breakthrough after years of wrangling, allowing smooth, free flowing trade while preserving the belfast agreement, the setttlement which underpins devolved government in northern ireland. mr sunak said the agreement would remove any sense of a border in the irish sea, the chief complaint of unionists who have boycotted stormont in prote
pete buttigieg giving his first interview on the disaster and downplayed what happened. it has evolved a lot over the years but there is clearly more that needs to be dumb because while this horrible situation has gotten particularly a high amount of attention, there are roughly 1,000 cases a year of a train the railing. judge jeanine: buttigieg also says he hopes to get to know some of the folks who were impacted by this but blames the reason he hasn t visited is because he wants to respect the investigation. east palestine, the mayor think staying away is a good idea. it is a dog and pony show. yeah, they left us hanging out to dry as far as pete, i would rather he stay away. and unless he will bring a shovel and shovel some and get rid of this contaminated soil is my reason he would need to come to this town. we have a lot of people that are scared. and this was the federal government s concern. i don t have much faith in him. i like to say, our people deserve better
protest for gun control. their republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum. the lead starts right now. debate and voting underway right now, as tennessee state house republicans try to expel three statehouse democrats, they protested on the statehouse floor in the wake of the nashville school shooting, but should they really be kicked out of office plus airspace over northern israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from lebanon. this is just one day after israeli police raided a mosque in jerusalem all of the moves, sparking fears of a greater conflict and luxury trips. travel on yachts, all on the dime of a republican mega donor, a new bombshell report alleging that supreme court justice clarence thomas accepted at all and disclosed almost none of it. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start in our national lead any moment now the republican controlled tennessee state house will be voting on whether to expel three state house democr
the justices do not granted biden administration request. those restrictions will go into place at 11 59 tonight, so grant or deny or do something in between, and the biden administration says if the justices try to get fancy with some regulations and not other regulations, they ll just be creating havoc across the country for not just this abortion medication. but for all fda approval of existing and new drugs, jake just quickly is it possible that they did come to a conclusion and they just want to get the hell out of town before releasing it. it s possible, though, that they did come to a conclusion and someone is writing they could have five justices already for either grant or deny and someone who is angry about how that outcome is going, is writing a dissenting statement, and i have known times with the justices went frankly. 2123 a. m in the morning waiting for that descent , but tonight they can only go to 11 59. and if somebody is indeed writing descent to a five jus