kate is out. i m john berman with sara sidner, and this is cnn news central don. trump launching an all out verbal attack on prosecutors and judges and the criminal cases against me spacing a month filled with crucial legal challenges in an easter day post on truth social, the former president went out after special counsel jack smith, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, and fulton county district attorney fani willis. those attacks coming as he faces three big legal dates this month, you see them there. the fourth, 15th, and the 25th of april the criminal trial for the new york hush money case set to begin just two weeks from today, cnn s that cohen is joining us now, exactly these increased attacks are really fueling concern it s about security for those he has going after there is already a gag order in place and one of the cases yes. there that s right. look, donald trump using his easter day message to do what we ve seen him do so many times already, go afte
alleged hush money payments tied to his first presidential run. we now have a trial date said because in the last hour the judge rejected trump s this motion to delay or dismiss that case jury selection now set to start on april 15. now, trump did get a win today in his separate civil fraud case. he was on the hook hey, roughly a half billion dollars in bond money today or face the potential seizure of his assets. but the appeals court trimmed the bill by more than half and now stands out the 100 million. and it gave him ten additional days to come up with that money. let s start first with the hush money case that s the criminal case. cnn s kaitlan collins, paula reid, and kara scannell are outside the courthouse and kaitlyn, just a reminder of how we got here today was supposed to be the first day of this trial yeah it was and now they have just confirmed the judge inside that courtroom that this trial will now begin in three weeks, and trump s attorneys had walked
respond to his former vice president at a rally just moments from now, at unpredictable and dangerous. that s how the us embassy in haiti describes the region under gang rule it s now ranging evacuation flights for us citizens out of the country. but that s only if they can reach the airport. cnn is on the ground with a live for and we start with that breaking news. a suspect in a triple homicide has barricaded himself inside a home in trenton, new jersey. the suspect does identified as 26 year-old andriy gordon, police alleged that gordon killed his stepmother and sister in one location in falls township, pennsylvania he then allegedly drove to another home and shot and killed the mother of his two children and bludgeoned her mother with his assault rifle they allege he then carjack the vehicle and fled to trenton cnn s polo sandoval is near the house where the suspect has barricaded himself in. polo. what are you seeing right now? paula, as we speak, there are signs of
set. so marshall, this is a big day for the country, a big day in history. a lot of it, it was this wall be happening behind closed doors with no cameras in the courtroom. but what can we expect? we won t see anything. we won t hear anything will be totally reliant on our colleagues in the room. they can provide real-time updates in writing and sketches. of course, look, it s been a long time coming. here we are. donald trump faces 34 felony counts. these are state charges. he can t pardon himself. if he is ultimately convicted. and the theory of the case is falsification of business records all about that. hush money payment to stormy daniels how they use the ledger of the trump organization to funnel that money to michael cohen after the fact and the prosecutor say that it was essentially a cover up, cooking the books so a lot of the names, a lot of the people who are involved in this trial are quite familiar to anybody who s been following trump s travails for the pa
loved one have mesothelial mac will send you you re in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt here in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin with president joe biden urging the senate two quickly send a foreign aid package to his desk so that he can sign it into law. senators are expected to take up this series of bills this tuesday. it was just past moments ago by house lawmakers & a special saturday session. there ll be combined and they include $95 billion in military aid for ukraine, israel, and for hi won as well as billions and humanitarian aid. president biden says the house has passage of the bill sends a clear message about the power of america s cities. a leadership, excuse me, in the world. cnn s priscilla alvarez is here with me here in washington. so what else are we hearing from the white house? well, they re applauding this move, one that they have been waiting for for monday that s to remind viewers this was an at the white house ma