says the d.a. must indict. he is here to explain exactly why to you. plus, ron desantis in a new interview calls trump attacks background noise, predicts he can beat biden. this of course from a man who has not declared that he s even running. and a judge tearing into fox news accusing the network of knowingly providing false information as tucker carlson s private texts were shown in a court. we re going to show you what tucker carlson said. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, blow up our country, those are the words of a gop senator who warns an indictment against the former president trump, which could come as early as tomorrow, would be disastrous for america. it s going to blow up our country, and this is a bunch of b.s. now, in just a few hours, the grand jury in new york investigating the $130,000 payment that trump s fixer michael cohen made to stormy daniels, the adult film star, will meet. the grand jury s going to
yet happened. the lead starts are right now. republican officials rushing to defend trump with a variety of claims and chexcuses as the forr president faces a possible indictment. i think in your heart of hearts you know too that this you can this is just political. is this all firing up the maga base? we ll talk to two former trump insiders. plus, meeting with a menacing message, leaders of russia and china coming out of their second day of talks and offering deliberate prolposals about a future collaboration. and a colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with arsenic, how his internet searches became evidence. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a high alert day for new york city police bracing for possible unrest if donald trump is indicted. an internal memo shared with cnn shows that all nypd officers are expected to be in uniform and ready for deployment today, although law enforcement
this country has never seen before, the possibility that a former president of the united states may soon be indicted and arrested. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has details. reporter: this was the day former president trump claimed he would be arrested on charges related to a hush money probe. but there was no sign yet of an arrest or even an indictment. still, law enforcement continues to prepare for possible protests. in washington, d.c., barriers erected around the capitol. in new york, police officers told to be in uniform and ready for deployment. so far, officials say there are no credible threats despite online chatter calling for civil war if trump is indicted. today, small groups gathered outside trump tower and mar-a-lago. there has been no word from the manhattan district attorney after a last-ditch effort by trump to avoid charges. attorney robert costello appearing before the grand jury monday to attack the witness at the center of the inve
consistent with arsenic poisoning. according to the police affidavit, angela texted her husband that day, saying, i feel drugged her husband, james texted back. just for the record . i didn t drug you. investigators say craig used a computer at his dental practice to research poisons. police say his search history showed phrases such as how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human and top five undetectable poisons that show no signs of foul play. police say around the time angela was hospitalized again from march 9th to march 14th. james craig ordered potassium cyanide online, the highly lethal drug was delivered to his dental practice. so concerned a staff reported what they found. charges are set to be filed formally thursday, while the case has rocked their community just makes me sick, real like something that he could ever do to her. whitney wild cnn, chicago alright
police say his search history showed phrases such as, how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human. and, top five undetectable poisons that show no signs of foul play. police say around the time angela was hospitalized again from march 9th to march 14th, james craig ordered potassium cyanide online, the highly lethal drug was delivered to his dental practice. so concerned a staff reported what they found. charges are set to be filed formally thursday, while the case has rocked their community. just makes me sick. unreal. it doesn t seem like something that he could ever do to her. reporter: whitney wilde, cnn, chicago. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, blow up the country, that s one republican s dire warning if trump is indicted, which could happen as early as tomorrow. this as outfront legal expert