says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
welcome. i m neil cavuto. so much to get to. let s get to the border in eagle pass. that s where we find griff jenkins. hi, griff. good afternoon, neil. if vice president harris would come one day every day, we would get these big groups here in the eagle pass area. it s been going on for months. let s take you to some drone footage that we shot this morning. they arrived like clock work. this group had 340 migrants in it from peru, venezuela, columbia, cuba and places as far as sri lanka. we spoke to a man from sri lanka. take a listen. why are you here? we want to live here. we like the u.s. and do you have any message for president biden? we thank him for accepting us for living here. as you continue to look at the waves of migrants that have been coming every day i ve been here now for 11 days, neil, there s over 15,000 migrants encountered in just this area. we spoke to one of the landowners. she s a pecan orchard where migrants come by every day. she s very
their practice the trump team, anderson has said that they are not going to negotiate. he is not going to plead down. ah that there will be very different this time. anderson it is an extraordinary scene. we were watching john miller, you have covered citizen donald trump as a young reporter in new york city. this is a very different new york city that donald trump is driving through the streets of it is and you know, this is obviously a faithful and historic journey. you re seeing a motorcade, which is, um, being led by nypd highway patrol. then built largely out of the secret service. um but you re also seeing a route that is not a frozen route that other traffic that you re seeing in other places. um not the not the phalanx of motorcycles that were used to, um, not the size of the motorcade that he s used to, um , in his in his prior trips to new york. and he s also he s
they don t see any credible threats or any mobilization of groups coming here to new york and trying to cause unrest. but of course, the nypd says they are ready for that. but thousands all in uniform today that will continue keeping that presence to avoid any issues that come up, they will be able to mobilize quickly. pam and john. what are the logistics behind? moving a former president to a courthouse for an arraignment? how difficult is this for long force mint. it s not difficult at all. it just requires a lot of planning. um you know, they have moved former presidents around new york before they moved presidents around new york many times. so the team that does this nypd highway patrol the intelligence bureau working with the secret service. this is a very well rehearsed dance for them. the thing that makes it unusual isn t the moves, how to get them in and how to get them out. it s where they re going and why they re going there, which is he s going to be under arrest.