Finally tonight, take a look at this wild video from iceland, where another volcanic eruption is under way. molten lava is setting homes on fire. it s flowing out of massive ground fissure. fortunately all residents have already been evacuated. local authorities are closely monitoring the lava and worried about how much it may damage the town s infrastructure. of course, stay on top of that. we ll keep our eyes on it, bring you any new developments as they come in. in the meantime, thank you very much for joining me this evening. reporting from washington, i m jim acosta. see you again next weekend. coming up next, a special edition of erin burn outfront followed by a special edition of ac 360 as we count down to the iowa caucus. have a very good night and we ll see you next weekend. good night.
Hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington. we re on the verge right now of another historic arrest and arraignment. i m joined by erin burn burnett, she s in new york. i would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and from around the world. president trump will shortly be inarrested and arraigned for the third time. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, he will appear before a federal judge. these are the four charges, based on his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential elecon. conspiracy to defraue united states. conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
These activities then we don t have the democracy we believe we had, and we re in a heap of trouble. so the criminal justice system is being tested. the constitution is being tested. all the players will be tested, because this is a really big deal, erin. john, you know, when you went through a moment and i understand you re saying they re not equivalent, but you went through a moment of a seismic crisis, right, in american democracy in some sense? yes. at that moment the public was galvanized that what the richard nixon did was wrong. we don t have that now. half of independents think trump has done nothing criminally wrong, in a poll released just before this indictment came out. how do you see that? erin, i see that a little
Has been there reporting. and now he know you re at the airport to see where he goes, and where he heads to where paula is. what more are you hearing about trump s travel today? reporter: erin, we re hearing he s about to leave bed minister, and will land here at regan airport in d.c. he s joined by some of his closest political aides, as well as two of his attorneys, todd blanch and john lawyuro. an then they ll go to the courthouse. advisers do not believe it will be a lengthy time at the courthouse. now, not entirely sure why for the reasoning, but that s their belief. when he goes into court, he s going to appear with two of his attorneys, todd blanch and john lauro. then he will come back to the
Airport before taking off to newark. he wants to get out of here as soon as that arraignment is over. we do anticipate him giving remark to the reporters traveling with him. it will all be dependent on the president and how he files. reporter: he s talking about how another indictment will get him elected president. given that stance he s clearly taking, i would anticipate very strongly we are going to hear from the former president after that arraignment today, erin. kristen, thank you very much. wolf? one of the key voices condemning him is his former attorney general. in an exclusive interview, bill barr drilled down on the core