it is 10:00 a.m. in new york i m lindsey riser and this morning huge new questions swirls as the historic case against president trump launches into a new phase the prosecutor alleging new information at the center of the charges. he s not saying what that information is, something trump s legal team is already pouncing on. i mean, where are the underlying charges the indictment actually did not list what these underlying charges are. trump overnight lashing out at both the judge and district attorney, despite warnings from the judge to avoid dangerous rhetoric did his comments last night cross the line, and what does all this mean for his presidential campaign? breaking news out of missouri, multiple people are dead after a suspected tornado strike in the southeastern part of the state, the search for survivors. a double barrel seismic shift in politics, progressives in chicago and wisconsin scoring massive electoral victories, first by electing former teacher br
playground for your misplaced anger. although we have no specific threats people like marjorie taylor greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you re in town be on your best behavior. new york city mayor eric adams with a warning ahead of historic day here in manhattan donald trump will become the first former president of the united states to face criminal charges. we ll go through the time line of this arraignment and tell you about the new member of his legal team plus there s also new action in the classified documents investigation as special counsel jack smith sends subpoenas to people who are always with the former president and later voters in wisconsin today will decide what many are calling the most consequential race in that state in decades we ll explain why that description is not hyperbole good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for star
sky for tracking china suspected surveillance balloon as its sales across the united states. the pentagon says another balloon is making its way across latin america. the latest reaction from the white house and why the military hasn t shot it down plus cooperate or face more charges the manhattan da s office reported ultimatum to jail trump organization cfo allen weisselberg can prosecutors flip the longtime exec against his former boss later, ron desantis this week making his priorities crystal clear his government working to make access to guns easier, while making access to some books harder. we ll dive into his latest controversial proposals all of that more, that is coming up. a good hopefully warm saturday morning to you, i m kati phang thanks for starting your weekend with us. right now there s a balloon that the united states military says it is for chinese surveillance and it s still in the air over the united states four days after it was first spotted. so just how
any safety risks because there was an urgency here. this balloon is not armed, it does not pose some physical threat to the united states, even from an intelligence perspective. the chinese have much more effective ways of picking up intelligence from the satellites and otherwise. the fact that the president said what he said about taking care of it. now we have the physical fact that the balloon is heading towards the atlantic. these airports in north and south carolina are being closed for the moment. it does seem to set the stage and present an opportunity to have this shot down. it is really not a reversal. i think they ve been preparing for this and contingency planning. once it is not overland, it changes the calculus. general, weigh in for me if you will, you heard the presidents words there, we are going to take care of this. from your estimation, what is taking care of this look like and what are the risks and calculations going into that decision? i think what
can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of