We are grateful you join us tonight. Happy to. Thank you very much. It has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. The news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. C. The former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. Just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. Donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The next He
Revealed the star qb destroyed his cell phone during the investigation, the cell phone investigators say he used to text locker room buddies to deflate footballs as directed by brady himself. Were joined by former nfl player erik coleman who played with the jets and the lions along with mike hill from fox sports 1. The sports world is all atwitter with all of this. Whats your gut reaction. Everybody thought he would get two game suspended . No way, its all four games suspended. The nfl got it right. The nfl told tom brady, no matter how big you are, what name you have, no matter what superstar status you have, you are not bigger than the shield. Yes, he did compromise the integrity of the game. When you do not cooperate with the nfl, its like not cooperating with the feds, almost. If you lie to them, if you dont cooperate to them, they will come down hard you on, and they did that today. And with him destroying potentially some evidence in this case that let them know right there, they
And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. A winning month with a losing day. The major averages lower across the board here. We did hit record highs with the nasdaq and dow jones utility average before the markets went lower. Crude oil, meantime, hitting threemonth lows. Traders are worried the opec led cuts to reduce global inventories are being undermined by those outside of the deal. Financials, big hit here. Regional banks on pace for the third consecutive day of losses. Im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is happening this hour. New york times offering buyouts. The move aimed at cutting the number of editors in its newsroom. Contracts to buy previously owned homes are falling for a second straight month amid a supply squeeze. Jetblue launching its first of its kind selfboarding Program Using facial recognition software. More on that intriguing story ahead. Brian . Michelle, welcome back. Well, if you are just a casual market observer, you probably know the stock markets
Decline but negotiations continue between two Food Industry giants. Unilever rebuffing merger proposal from kraft heinz in what would be one of the biggest deals ever. Plus stocks pull back. Was the record run for the dow and u. S. Markets overly bullish . And four weeks since taking the oath of office, President Trump tries to focus on jobs and manufacturing. Hell visit a boeing plant in South Carolina later this morning. First up though, kraft heinz looking to create a consumer powerhouse confirming it has made a takeover proposal to unilever. The initial proposals been rejected unilever saying it undervalues the company. But kraft says it looks forward to reaching an agreement with unilever, adds of course theres no guarantee one will be reached. We finally have some numbers to work with, david, and im sure you got so color behind that. Yeah, luckily able to speak to some people who, you know, at least are familiar with whats going on here. Why are we learning about this . Well, sto
jury selection in this case is going to take 2 to 3 weeks. the questions and answers are going to be really hard to deal with. but, i experienced it for six weeks, it can be done, my client is going to appeal, but he could get a fair trial. yes, i suspect you re right. everybody, standby we have a lot to discuss. up next and advisor to rudy giuliani joins us live, after the former mayor is named as a coconspirator in this case. plus, carrie swisher is here on the very interesting revelation chris christie made to her about jack smith. and presidential candidate vivek is also joining us as he defends donald trump. this is cnn special live coverage. helped me get more sleep. quviviq works differently than medication you may have taken in the past. it s thought to target one of the biological causes of insomnia: overactive wake signals. and when taken every night, studies showed that sleep continued to improve over time. do not take quviviq if you have narcolepsy. don t drink alcohol wh