welcome to cnn s special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump. i m jakep tapper. i m erin burnett. right now former president trump is on his way to miami where he will make his federal court appearance in a little over 24 hours. it is an unprecedented moment, historic moment a test for the justice system in america. the former president set to be arraigned on those 37 felony counts over handling classified documents and sources tell cnn that trump is expected to meet with his lawyers ahead of tuesday s appearance but it is unclear as of now ha that means because we don t know the who former president is going to be able to hire to represent him. we know right now intense security preparations are under way in south florida and we have a news conference coming your way shortly. officials will hold a conference to talk about the security preparations to ramp up security in the next hour. yeah. we do know that fbi is tracking potential threats, as violent rhe
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: we go straight to a fox weather alert, four dead and dozens injured as we head into another weekend of severe weather. pete: tornadoes flattening homes, scattering tons of debris. will: 90 million americans are under severe storm warning with the possibility of more twisters. max gordon is live in little rock, arkansas, with the latest. max:scenes of destruction in little rock, arkansas after tornadoes struck yesterday afternoon. three people are dead. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the tornado in little rock struck at 2:30 in the afternoon as the twister tore through the city. the national weather service in little rock had to trade duties in the memphis office as the meteorologist took shelter. homes and businesses were ripped apart by the tornado. in the wake of the destruction emergency crews went into search and rescue mode. residents were told to stay away from the area damaged by the tor
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now tonight, the first order of business. the republican-led house. not inflation, not immigration, it s investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trump s top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it he s really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those classified documents found in a former private office he used after leaving the obama white house. two sources tell nbc news left a dozen document with classified markings were found. here s what the president said earlier today about that subject during a summit in mexico city. people know i take classifie
it s investigating the investigators. not exactly a kitchen table issue. and trump s top money man sentenced to rikers island in a tax fraud scheme. but what is it he s really facing? plus, the punishing and powerful storm battling the west coast with heavy rain, flooding, and the new threat of dangerous mudslides. live report from the ground as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once, again i m stephanie ruhle. president biden is now talking about those classified documents found in a former private office he used after leaving the obama white house. two sources tell nbc news left a dozen document with classified markings were found. here s what the president said earlier today about that subject during a summit in mexico city. people know i take classified documents seriously. when my lawyers were clearing out my office at the university of pennsylvania, they set up an officer me, a secure office in the capital, four years after being of vi
Trial. cannon was appointed by then president trump back in 2020, she already ruled in his favor once regarding the classified documents seized at pmar-a-lago but her ruling was overturned by an appeals court that harshly criticized her decision. critics are seeking to get her taken off the case. cnn s senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig is here with us. first of all, let s just state just because somebody was appointed to the bench by donald trump does not mean that that person is biased against or for donald trump either way. we saw that during the 2020 election fiasco where donald trump kept challenging election results and judge after judge, including trump-appointed judges, ruled against him. so tell me, what do we need to know about judge cannon. it s a moment of truth in any criminal case when you get that judge assigned. i have a feeling trump s team was quite happy when they got judge cannon, i have a feeling prosecutors were maybe not to happy. she