everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. all right. we re less than 24 hours away now from witness singh history tomorrow, opening statements began and the trial of defendant donald trump, the first former president ever to be on trial. for criminal charges. trump well, walk into a manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the state s case against him. he is facing dozens of charges related to an alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go to trial. 12 jurors and six alternates will decide trump s fate. here s cnn s brian todd ready to empaneled jurors have been excused from former president trump s hush money trial, underscoring just how crucial the six alternate jurors are, who ve just been seated in a case of this length& in a high-profile case, the alternates are as significant as the regular jury panel, because ther
controversial 95 billion-dollar foreign aid package with bipartisan support for the senate has scheduled a vote for tuesday afternoon. the bill provides funding for ukraine, israel, and taiwan they advance despite a threat from conservative republicans to remove speaker michael johnson over the ukraine aided. welcome to bring our fox news live i am arthel neville, height bill. bill: i am bill melugin in for sean today. it s been a busy saturday. that aid package includes over 60 package for ukraine. only 101 republicans voting in favor for part 112 voted against it. georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene led the gop effort to kill the ukraine agent. she filed a motion last month to vacate speaker michael johnson and vowed to introduce it if ukraine aid past, which i did today big green did not follow through with her threat today. she did speak after the rare saturday vote. take a listen. you have the strongest loudest voices and republican movements, grassroots it.
it. in your opinion, that was not an attack by israel last night, even though we ve seen explosions on video? how he described israel s strike as child s play. the house advancing speaker mike johnson s plan to fund ukraine and israel and ban tiktok with help from democrats, but will it cost johnson his job? video appearing to show an mlb coach in the cockpit of a charter plane while it was flying on autopilot. the faa investigation. and taylor swift releasing her new album with a surprise, giving fans double the excitement. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. tonight the criminal trial of donald trump has quickly reached a key milestone. the jury and a panel of alternates are now fully seated with opening statements set to start as soon as monday, but for many connected to this case, it will be hard to shake the horrific and unexpected turn in the atmosphere of the trial. the images we must warn you hard to watch.
opening statements that trump and the trump hush money criminal trial. i ll be at the courthouse and 9:00 a.m. with the team and my colleagues proceedings begin at 9:30. the news continues. the source starts now, i have a great weekend straight from the source tonight, full steam ahead. the states now set for opening statements the store at first criminal trial of donald trump with a full jury is seated in just four days for the great dismay of the criminal defendant, who openly wants it all to just slow down. i ll see you in a more ranks for trump, new york s attorney general now asking the judge to throw out the hundred and $75 million bond, trump posted at his civil fraud case. could the former president since assets now be at risk again, that chord here and get this set for monday morning. while trump is in criminal court, just down the street. and the republican house speaker in even more jeopardy tonight as a third number of mike johnson s conference signs on to the eff
presents blue carbon natures, hidden power premiers tomorrow night at nine eastern end pacific, only on cnn good morning and welcome to the best de of the week. it is saturday, april 20. good to have you with us proceed in this morning. i m victor black wash. just pictures opinion. i love it. i m amara walker. i love my sunday s. here s what we re working on for you this morning. we re just hours away from a rare saturday session in congress to pass a critical $95,000,000,000 .04 aid package package backed by speaker johnson, but it could cost the republican his speaker s gavel for sliding or depending on the democrats for their votes inside the deep divide in house and with the middle east already on edge after strikes in israel and iran, what we re learning about a series of deadly explosions at an iran-backed militia based in iraq. that s ahead in life report happening today, former president trump is set to make his first campaign appearances since a jury was sele