brady at the white house with a sinker for his former friend donald trump. let s go outfront . good evening, i m erin outfront tonight the breaking news, another trump associate arrested and charged tonight. a close friend of the president, businessman tom barrack charged with working as a foreign agent for the united emirates. he is a serious flight risk with access to a private jet and ties to foreign countries. barrack has been charged in connection with the case fled the country. according to prosecutors, the man atook off after being interviewed by federal agents and not been found since. barrack and trump were close over decades. barrack was the chairman of the presidential inaugural committee. the committee is at the center of an investigation. full disclosure, i know tom barrack and he has been on this program and he joins trump allies that are in or have been in legal jeopardy. trump s right hand man charged with a 15-year alleged tax scheme. rudy dgiuliani part
about trump? let s go outfront . good evening, i m erin burnett. the special committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection as kevin mccarthy pulled all five republicans he named from the panel as president biden is about to speak to the nation on cnn. tonight s exclusive town hall comes at a pivotal moment in biden s presidency. he s facing head winds and crucial issues, the most pressing is the pandemic and also the economy. infrastructure, voting rights, police reform, immigration. a daunting list. especially when washington has descended into an all out partisan war, we ll have more on that in a moment but first, kaitlan collins is outfront live in cincinnati, ohio where biden s town hall will take place shortly. the stakes are high for the president tonight. what is his message to the american people? reporter: well, erin, it a critical junction tour for his presidency. he s going to come here tonight and talk about what he believes he s accomplished in the
outfront tonight it s coming for us, it s a beast. a quote and a chilling warning from a doctor in louisiana, voice raising the alarm about what is now again a growing number of covid cases across the united states. the number of cases is now rising in all 50 states. look at that map of new cases compared to the prior week. you can see, right, if you re green or, you know, yellow, you know, you re sort of steady or improving. orange you re bad. red is terrible. and you see that dark red blanketing all most the entire country and it s not just cases that are up. hospitalizations are now also on the rise. one state surging is florida. the white house s covid response coordinator jeffrey saying one in five covid cases in the united states are in florida. you can see the spike there from a month ago. tonight, the state s governor ron desantis is taking a different tax selling campaign merchandise hocmocking dr. fauc selling hats and shirts that say don t fauci my florida. telli
his wife and makes plans to go back on stage, we re learning more about the man whose actions led to cosby getting out of prison. bruce caster, also known as one of trump s impeachment lawyers. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. a scheme to defraud that s what prosecutors said what former president trump s company did to the government for over 15 years. at the center of the case, trump s right hand main, allen weisselberg, charged with 15 feltny counts. you see him here in handcuffs walking into court. both the trump organization and weisselberg pleading not guilty today. but the charges are serious, and carry significant consequences. weisselberg is 73 years old and could face a significant amount of time in prison if he s convicted. weisselberg knows the inner workings of the trump organization. he s been by trump s side since 1973. even appearing with him on the apprentice. the former president praised wiseleberg in his
statement that reads in part, president trump s popularity has never been stronger than it is today and his endorsement means more than perhaps any endorsement at any time. three weeks and a day. that s how little time it took for the party to rush back into the arms of the man who egged on the violent mob that descended on the capitol, smashed windows, beat police officers, bludgeoned one to death, while looking for lawmakers to capture or kill including the former vice president. five people died in the attack. at least two police officers have since died by suicide. two weeks and a day, the house voted to impeach the ex-president a second time. and the man who posed smiling today at mar-a-lago said this. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility, quell the bre