cnn newsroom. we re grateful to you have this afternoon. i m boris sanchez. hi, everyone. it i m jessica dean. political lines deepening, law enforcement preparing for what would be a first in american history. the criminal indictment of a former president. the key witness in a case against donald trump is expected to be challenged today before a grand jury in new york. a former legal advisor to michael cohen telling cnn testifying at the request of donald trump s attorneys. look at video of costello arriving at the courthouse moments ago. robert costello saying he ll offer evidence that contradicts cohen. cohen, who once labeled himself trump s fixer said he paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 in the weeks before the 2016 election for her silence on an alleged affair with donald trump. now, that was a campaign finance violation, as cohen lied on forms to cover up that payment. in 2018. you may recall. cohen cut a deal with federal prosecutors and adds mitte
right now. breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. we re talking about an american citizen who has now been arrested for what you can assume is doing his job. two black hawk helicopters crashing overnight in kentucky, sudden old house something pop loud, loud bang helicopters from 101st airborne division were on a routine training mission when the incident happened resulted in quotes several casualties. concerns for the health of pope francis as the 86 year old is hospitalist tests showed that he does indeed have a respiratory infection. it s unclear if the leader of the world s nearly 1.4 billion roman catholics will be able to lead the celebration of this weekend s pump. sunday mass and holy week ceremonies the vatican leading up to easter on april 9th. children are dying. there are six people are dead in that school, including three children, because you guys got rid of the assault weapons ban. talk about protecting o
that and more, we will be following all day on cnn, cnn s new central, thank you for joining us in its new central covering all of these stories, and it starts right now. we re keeping a close eye on breaking news is israel says dozens of rockets have been fired into the region fired into israel from lebanon. we re live there in moments will they be expelled one hour from now? republicans in tennessee will begin a vote to kick out three democratic state lawmakers. this all has to do with the debate over gun reforms and protests after nashville school shooting. and a training exercise gone wrong. in boston, the fbi breaks down the door of a hotel room throws. the occupant in handcuffs, pushes him into a shower and interrogates him for an hour. there s one problem, though. the fbi made a mistake those stories and many more right here on cnn news, central . alright the breaking news, everyone a major escalation in the middle east right now is really defense forces say dozens of
continues right now. happy. chicago tonight is just the beginning. with our voices and our votes. we have ushered in a new chapter in the history of our city. good morning, everyone . you heard brandon johnson. there we are, following major election results overnight and two important places. chicago has picked a new progressive mayor. we re going to speak to brandon johnson live in a moment as he is preparing to take on the city s crime problem and monumental power shift in wisconsin is projecting that liberals will take control of the state supreme court. could have huge implications for abortion rights and future elections. china threatening to retaliate it s house speaker kevin mccarthy gets ready to meet with taiwan s president today, right here in the united states, but we re going to start with the former president after he is lashing out after he became the first ex president ever and u. s history to be charged with a crime or resident gave a primetime speech at mar-a
happening now, breaking news, police officially announce the arrest of a suspect in the killing of four university of idaho students. the 28-year-old is in custody in pennsylvania right now and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. our correspondents are getting additional details on how the suspect was tracked down. also tonight, former president trump paid zero in income tax during his final year in office, held foreign bank accounts and claimed huge financial losses. we re breaking down the revelations in trump s tax returns now that a house panel has made them public. and as russia launches a fresh round of drone strikes in ukraine, vladimir putin vows his ties with china s president can withstand all tests. is there a connection, a show of strength or sign of weakness? welcome to our viewers around the united states and the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking n