Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
people, including a 9-year-old. they say a tip led to his arrest. also happening today, the fed is expected to raise interest rates again. the big question, though, is whether the fed chair, jay powell, signals that a pause is to come. also, the biden administration now signing off on sending 1,500 troops to the southern border ahead of an expected surge in migrants. and the u.s. announced a new immigration deal with mexico aimed at deterring border crossings. and new and promising data just released on an alzheimer s treatment. details about the drug the company says significantly slows cognitive and functional decline. and the new york times reports that said, quote, it s not how white men fight. new information on how that text may have contributed to his firing. cnn this morning starts right now. we do begin with the texas massacre suspect accused of gunning down five of his neighbors. he is now under arrest after a huge manhunt. the fbi says it received a tip
our viewers watching here in the united states and around the world. i m leila rock ahead on cnn newsroom, the air national guardsman charged with leaking classified documents had access to some of the united states most sensitive intelligence how we got such high level clearance. panic and chaos at a political event in japan, while the prime minister rushed to a safe location and pension reform is now law in france, less than a day after the country s constitutional council weeks of protests and approved the plan to raise the retirement age from 62. to 64. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. the man accused of leaking us classified documents has now been charged under the espionage act, the 21 year old air national guardsman jack to sarah made his first appearance in federal court on friday, a day after being arrested while the classified documents were posted in at least two different discord, chat rooms and included detailed intelligence assessments.
Live once todays services resume. Lets begin with new developments on capitol hill, republicans now say they want to send Many Americans another round of 1,200 stimulus checks. Today white house officials and Senate Republicans announce theyre working out the details of a new coronavirus aid package that would include the stimulus checks. But the gop plan also calls for cuts to the extra 600 in federal Unemployment Benefits that are set to expire this week. Trump Administration Officials say details of the bill are set to be unveiled as soon as tomorrow. If the bill will be introduced monday and were prepared to act quickly. This is all about kids and jobs, this is our focus and we want to make sure something gets passed quickly so that we deal with the unemployment and all the other issues, paycheck protection plan, tax credits to rehire people and money for schools. All right. Lets talk more on this, bring in Christine Holmes with the president in new jersey where he is spending the
General Election Campaign. Donald trump locked in a faceoff with a family. Khizr khan and his wife created the most dramatic moment last week challenging Donald Trumps american values. Trump response this weekend, shocked many within his own party, and his running mate tried to calm the storm. Cnns Kristen Holmes has more from washington. Reporter donald trump is taking heat after lashing out at the parents of a fallen american soldier. Khizr khan honoring his son on stage at the convention, said trump sacrificed nothing. Over the weekend, trump responded. I made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I created thousands and thousands of jobs. Tens of thousands of jobs. When i can employ thousands and thousands of people and take care of their education and so many things. Reporter khan hit back on state of the union telling jim acosta, he hopes trumps family would teach him empathy. This person is totally incapable of empathy. I want his family to counsel him. He will be a bette