for the first time after becoming the first former us president to ever face criminal charges. these were the crowds of supporters who greeted him at his mar a lago estate. he arrived there after pleading not guilty to sa criminal charges at a court hearing in new york. in the speech, he criticised the case against him and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. let s hearfrom him first. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. impeachment hugs number one. impeachment oats number one. impeachment oats number two. the illegal and unconstitutional raid on mar a lago, right here. hoax. live now to michelle fleury in new york. she has been covering the entire day of events for us
Mexico's top priority at Mexico City meeting appeared to be getting the United States to reopen border crossings that were closed because of the recent.
voters decided two key races in the state of wisconsin and in chicago. in wisconsin, it s been a crucial battle for a state supreme court seat that could have huge implications on divisive issues. multiple media outlets are projecting the supreme court race forjanet protasiewicz who supports abortion rights, defeating her conservative opponent, daniel kelly. the projected victory gives the court a narrow liberal majority. observers say it could signal changes for the state on everything from redistricting laws to abortion access. over in chicago, us media projects that brandonjohnson will be the next mayor of chicago. the board of election commissioners has reported 99% of the precincts, and brandonjohnson holds about a 2 point lead. he defeats paul vallas, another democrat, in the runoff. vallas zeroed in on addressing the city s crime. johnson is a progressive backed by the city s teachers union and called for welfare