all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments to stormy daniels will go to trial in march of next year. that means that if all of this holds, donald trump will be on trial smackdown of in the middle of the presidential primary. this afternoon, he presented himself as if he were still in the white house, sitting with his attorney in front of a customary wall of american flags. the ex presidents life yet from florida was projected on several screens throughout the courtroom, packed with reporters, and a team of no less than nine prosecutors industry attorney alvin bragg s office. the main purpose of that hearing today was for the judge to officially advise trump about the protective order in the case. the order, typically a r
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florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking some of its products celebrating pride month off store shelves. why? they cite confrontational behavior and threats toward store workers over its pride collection. we are following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get much more competitive. just a few hours from now florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his 2024 white house run in an unconventional way. he s announcing i
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r
looking to enter the u.s. in the next few hours. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states. we are making it very clear that our border is not open, that crossing irregularly is against the law. cnn s nick valencia is in brownsville, texas, on the southern border, where officials are working with buses and airlines to try to get migrants out of that city. nick, is that working? reporter: well, we got some clarity from the city, just a short time ago, jake. we asked them where they re going to be sending migrants to. and they said the destinations that migrants are asking to go to and that the city is going to help them get to include chicago, dallas, houston, brooklyn, denver and miami. and though the city is known for quite some time along with the state and really the nation that title 42, this policy is going to end in less than a day, they re still working out the specifics of their plans and things they want to avoid acco