possible protest. maggie haberman will join us in the moment with her new reporting on the hush money case against him. also one of the republicans who voted to impeach trump says of all the things to go after him for this, isn t it? he s also going to join us in this hour. we also have one of the former president s attorneys right now. publicly trump has not been keeping his feelings close to the vest on all of this, instead lashing out at the judge that he is actually due to appear before on tuesday, alleging on social media, the judge juan manuel, march, 10 was quote handpicked by the prosecution and hates me. this is also the same judge. we should note who oversaw the trump organization trial and the sentencing of the former trump financial chief, allen weisberg . and for the first time since trump s indictment, we are also now hearing from the woman at the center of it all, stormy daniels, who was the recipient of the hush money payout at the center of this case, the adu
people get blood all over their faces. deadly tornadoes ripped through parts of the southern and midwestern united states war storms could be on the way we now know when former president trump is expected to appear in a new york courtroom, how the day could go and how his supporters and mar-a-lago could react. and an update on the health of pope francis were live in rome, where we expect to see the pope discharged from the hospital today. my from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin with yet another deadly tornado outbreak and even now, in the middle of the night in the us, it s still underweight states from louisiana to kentucky are under storm alerts right now have been dozens of tornado reports from arkansas to wisconsin, and forecasters predict the severe weather will continue marching east over the coming hours. at least three deaths and dozens of injuries are being blamed on tornadoes that hit arkansas on friday. well, two of those deaths came in
with biden beating trump. in fact, in my hypothetical biden beats trump by the exact same numbers that biden did be trump. in the electoral college is 306 to 2 32 in the popular vote percentage. it s still 51.3 to 46.9, meaning joe biden garnered 81 million votes and donald trump 74 million only in my alternate universe. trump accepts defeat. there s no perfect call to brad raffensperger. john eastman. he never gets near the oval office . mike pence is not leaned on. no alternative slates of electors are ever assembled. january, 6th. it passes like any other day. there s no rally. there s no storming of the capital. and on january 20 donald and melania trump. they attend the biden harris inauguration. there, there. he s not happy about it. he s grumpy. but he s physically there. and as a matter of fact, when the inauguration of biden and harris is concluded, trump boards, marine one he does that loop around the mall, and he heads to andrews. he boards air force one for the fi
good morning. hopefully you re awake. making breakfast having your coffee coffee? welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. i hope you re not drinking coffee? actually me just coffee it off because you don t drink coffee. you don t want anyone else to do it right. morning. tea would be nice, right? i don t like taste. there we are. i m victor blackwell. thanks so much for spending part of your easter sunday. what? what would you recommend? just a nice green tea. maybe an earl gray something with cinnamon. maybe. i ve got something. my office. maybe i ll swing by the wild. it s okay. it s all right. here s what we re watching this morning. top democrats are vowing to make abortion a central issue in the lead up to the 2024 election after a judge ordered the suspension of a drug used in medication abortions. what senate majority leader chuck schumer is telling his caucus about the fight ahead a weekend of religious celebrations and escalating tensions in the mideast. the israe
york on tuesday. to turn himself in. rather stunning. anderson is tuesday certainly will be as well as historic, not the kind of homecoming any president has ever had, or the kind that anyone president or not. whatever wish for cnn s coverage of donald trump s indictment continues right now. good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens ne