his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
federal prosecutors are building against the former president. trump s former attorney telling out front an indictment maybe you turned or unsealed this week. a russian commander convincing the russian private army of wagner group stealing military equipment and the fighting on the ground is intensifying tonight. a supreme court surprise, two conservatives joining the liberal justices and giving black voters a major victory. a decision that could help them win back the house and it s a significant decision with scotus and the head of the naacp will be my guest. let s go out front qwest. good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett and trump is bracing for an indictment in multiple investigations and adhis bedminster, new jersey, home. one source telling cnn trump believes an indictment is likely to happen sooner rather than later and ty cobb out front regular tell us his sources an indictment may be returned or unsealed as early as this week. judges will which in florid
politicsnation. tonight s lead, the after party. right now, i m back in new york after attending last night s white house correspondents dinner in washington. which may end up being a rare moment of levity in the next political year, because with president joe biden officially running for reelection and donald trump likely general election opponent, at least for now, an epic political battle lies ahead, leading up to november of 2024. biden cutting and confidence in last night s dinner must now reengage voters, many of whom appear to lack confidence in his candidacy, specifically black voters, who say the kind of post racial america promoted by the administration is increasingly out of reach, according to nbc news polling. can biden make the sale to finish the job? former obama press secretary robert gibbs joins me with his analysis of where the 2024 campaign already stands. and we have got some church on this politics nation sunday. mr. t.d. jakes joins me later in t
years, farmers are asking dog walkers to be extra careful. in sport this morning. a crackerfrom keane how crucial could this goal be in everton s bid to beat the drop as they draw with tottenham? and meanwhile behind the scenes at everton. hi, how are you? nice to meet you. i mjordan. the moment eight year old cancer patient harry meets his hero, jordan pickford. we catch up with him after he led everton out onto the pitch at that nail biting game last night. it s a cold and frosty start to the day for many of us, also a dry day with sunshine for most, but in the north and west some cloud and rain and the wind is going to strengthen. it s tuesday the 4th of april. our main story. former us president donald trump is preparing to face criminal charges in court in new york today. the allegations which mr trump denies relate to a hush money payment made to a porn star shortly before the 2016 presidential election. extra security measures are in place in new york, where the
united states and the public. whether trump broke the law by having classified documents at mar-a-lago, the heart of that investigation had the former president suggesting yet another new argument about presidential powers and declassifying documents. you re the president of of the united states. you can declassify by thinking about it. the doj ruling came hours after that other legal blow for trump. the 222-page lawsuit by the new york attorney general that charges him, don j, eric and ivanka with widespread fraud and ul legal practices that could threatenen the exist tense of the family business. i want to bring in devlin barrett from the washington post. he wrote about this story today. paul butler is a former prosecutor, professor at georgetown school of law. and olivia troy served as former koubt terrorism adviser to mike pence. so paul, the appellate court said the judge wasn t wrong on some of the points. they went point by point by point and said she was basical