esther told police he was scared to death when he saw the team at his doorstep, saying he fired his gun because he thought the team was trying to break in. this is a photo of ralph at the hospital after the shooting. he is miraculously back at home recovering. his mother spoke this morning about what happened. listen. he went around the doorbell, and he was supposed to stay outside and his brothers were supposed to run outside, get in the car, and they and they come home and that was what was supposed to happen and why he was standing there. his brothers then run outside, but he got a couple of bullets in his body instead of a couple of twins coming up out and giving him a hug. shot in the head but survived. cnn s lucy cavanaugh is following all of this for us, lucy. what are the charges that are being levied against the suspect this morning? well, sarah, this whole incident took place effectively on the porch of that home behind me. the focus now is on this alleged gunman 84
cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexp
we re also going to have expert analysis on just how historic this indictment really is. the political fallout that s unfolding how it could potentially benefit trump. i ll tell you what s happening right now. moments ago here in new york city, alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, arrived at his office just hours after former president donald trump was indicted. we ve learned this morning that trump had been asked by braggs office to turn himself in today to face those criminal charges here in new york, but his defense lawyers say that trump and the secret service needed more time to coordinate his surrender. after yesterday s historic indictment, sources tell cnn the former president is facing more than 30 counts. they re related to business fraud. and he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around those hush money payments. surrounding stormy daniels caitlin s reporting that number of members of trump s camp
top of the hour and you were live in the cnn newsroom on boris sanchez and i m beyond golodryga. today the secret service is meeting with the district attorney s court officers to discuss security logistics. this of the arrangement of the former president, two sources tell cnn that former president trump is expected to be processed at 2:15 p.m. on tuesday. his detail will be with him as he has fingerprinted and photographed from mug shots. at this point. the former president isn t expected to be handcuffed as he will be surrounded by armed federal agents for his protection. sources tell cnn that the indictment involves more than 30 counts related to business fraud. the new york grand jury has been investigating trump s role in that alleged cover up the $130,000. he made in a payment through his attorney, michael cohen to adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 campaign . now that former attorney and fixer michael cohen has been a key witness in this case, he has this m
meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta