i m laura coates. tonight, we are once again in uncharted territory in american history it appears that a former u.s. president is facing his no third indictment in a matter of days. donald trump reveals he is now a target in the special counsel investigation of efforts to overturn the election. here s the plan for tonight. we re going to methodically analyze exactly what we do know just focusing on the facts and figuring out what this might go next we ve got an amazing team of reporters of experts, including the former council from one of trump s impeachments. we ll talk with a former trump white house legal adviser and get her reaction to all of this. we also have michael fanone the retired officer who was attacked on january 6th. what s happened to his insight after a target letter has been sent. and jake tapper, will join me on how trump s 2024 rivals are reacting, including an exclusive interview with florida s governor, ron desantis. first, an avalanche of headlines it
exclusive interview with florida s governor, ron desantis. but first, there is an avalanche of headlines, and it s coming in fast and furious. so, here is what we know, at least at this hour. trump receives the letter, on sunday. he s already been plotting a strategy, with allies who are on the hill. prosecutors have now interviewed officials in all seven battleground states. and michigan has now charged the fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming that trump won. and in trump s second indictment, over classified documents, the judge in that case saying that the trial is not likely to happen this year. trump is responding to the first time on camera tonight. i got the letter on sunday night. think of it. i don t think they ve ever sent a letter on sunday night. and they are in a rush because they want to interfere interference with the election. its election interference. it s never been done like this in the history of our country. and it s a disgrace. what
legal adviser to trump attorney michael cohen is expected to testify before a new york grand jury and michael cohen has said he s been called as a potential rebuttal witness to costello. that grand jury could issue an indictment or indictments against former president donald trump any day now and trump has called for protests if that happens. we are outside the new york city courthouse watching for the arrival of witnesses this morning. plus, we re also keeping a very close eye on u.s. markets this hour, futures in the green, that s a good thing, but this is after switzerland s largest bank scooped up its rival credit suisse in an emergency rescue deal. plus chinese president xi jinping in moscow at this hour, set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. a closer look at what that means as putin is facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. we will get to all of that but we begin this hour with kara scannell who is outside the courthouse here i
jordan and saudi arabia have denounced israel for what happened, the jordanian foreign minister, saying the world must clearly condemned the attack. shortly after the raid rockets were fired from gaza into israel , the militant group hamas, saying israel s actions in jerusalem wouldn t go unanswered. the israeli military said it had struck hamas weapons sites in gaza in response. and the u. s officer. palestinian affairs says that violence has no place in a holy site and during the holy season calling for restraint and de escalation , guys, there s a lot of concern. this will spiral even further in just the last few minutes. the idea of says two more rockets were actually attempted fire from gaza into israel. they didn t cross the border. but as we speak, we can say that it is calm at the al aqsa mosque compound where islamic authorities say 20,000 worshippers. are praying at this very moment, guys. i had asked gold. appreciate it. thank you. this is cnn breaking news. it is
dramatically reduces redness in one minute. look at the difference, eyes brighter and whiter eight hours. it was love at first sight with efi. see for yourself. good afternoon. i m erica hill. thanks for joining us in the cnn newsroom and i m bianna golodryga, a major display today of democratic solidarity in china is watching it all right now in the outskirts of los angeles, taiwan s president, sighing wind is meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy and other bipartisan leaders. it comes as taipei s relations with china steadily crumble and us chinese tensions continually rise over aggressive spying in beijing support for russia. but the u. s. does remain steadfast in its support for the tiny island nation next hour. we do expect, speaker mccarthy and president said to deliver joint statements from the reagan presidential library, and we will bring those to you live, joining us now. cnn s senior international correspondent, will ripley, who was in taipei and cnn chief whit