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
to use campaign ads. clearly they re already using it to try to fundraise. but also they plan to use it going forward, knowing that it is going to be essentially everywhere. they talked about what his body language look like. they talked about his facial expression. so they are choreographing that part of it before this short appearance tomorrow. i dig. the president isn t playing golf mar-a-lago this weekend he was having dinner for normal. he had dinner with the first lady on thursday night when word of this indictment came down, but i think it s also important to note as we look at this in the broader context, part of why trump ran for reelection was driven by the investigations into him when he announced so early that was a big factor into that. it s certainly a significant one at the time that people around him discussed when you announced this so early, so when you hear his legal team when you hear us political advisors say that this is a politically motivated investiga
to broadcast the hearing and whether trump s indictment will be unsealed before it begins. we re also tracking the massive security operation underway right now, as officials prepare for the former president s movements. through the city and the courthouse. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight. we re less than 24 hours away from the arrangement of former president donald trump had a new york city courthouse. cnn correspondents are on the ground in manhattan with new information about the case. we also have a team of experts ready to break down this truly historic moment from every angle first, let s go to our senior legal affairs. correspondent paula reaches just outside the courthouse for us. give us the latest paula great. we learned that trump s lawyers are opposing having cameras in the courtroom for tomorrow s historic arrangement. a media organizations, including cnn,
although you can see that ball of fire coming up on the other side of the atlantic. ainsley: you will see sunshine but not see what on fire island, brian? brian: no cars. only bicycles. it s impossible to get a dui. steve: i think you can. you can be drunk driving a bike. brian: can you? ainsley: bicycling under the influence it s a bui. steve: grant was driving a horse too fast. he wasn t drunk. actually that would have been the one day he wasn t drunk. brian: he did sometimes surge drinks. steve: surge drinks? brian: yeah he would blitz it. go dry for a long time and go after it. much like chris in his prime in college. i would say this. did we really need the sign surf line? we know where the surf and the sand. where the water ends. it said surf line. steve: that s the organization that provides the image. we need to thank them. ainsley: surf line right here with an arrow. it s a big day today. brian: that was ainsley s way for me to tell me to star
in the faulkner focus. it will be a kwik trip as you know to new york city from where he is in florida. facing charges related to the stormy daniels hush money case. he is set to be at the courthouse tomorrow in manhattan at 11:00 a.m. his arraignment begins at 2:15 eastern. it may take as few as 15 minutes. after that trump will head back to mar-a-lago and planning a speech tomorrow night. however we re learning the judge could take an extraordinary step of imposing a gag order on the former president and 2024 contender. trump s legal team is considering adding a first amendment attorney to fight that if they try to put a gag order on him. they will be ready to fight that if necessary. many republicans continue to attack the indictment. one democrat who voted to impeach trump has his own concerns. i think people need to ask themselves the fundamental question. if this were anyone but trump would this d.a. even take up this case? it feels obvious to a lot of us that it is