michael cohen s cell phone, if you look sad and he can t copy, and he can t transcribed notes. they re really trying to minimize how much of this can leak into the public ahead of the trial. and we all remember that donald trump does pose things on his social media, particularly when he is displeased with an investigation. so how do we get here to the point where the judge felt the need to do this? so this was all from the prosecutors. if you remember at the arraignment they brought up trump s post, because all leading up to the charges he was criticizing the district attorney alvin bragg. he was putting out some pretty inflammatory posts. and even then he was criticizing the judge in this case. so the prosecutor said look, you keep saying all the stuff on social media, can we reign this cnn? the judge was very even-handed. he said i ve been telling both sides prosecution you control your witnesses, defense you control your client, don t put anything on social media that
here s the very latest developments. a manhattan grand jury indicting trump on more than 30 counts related to business fraud stems from the hush money case involving stormy daniels before the 2016 election sources tell cnn trump is expected to turn himself in on tuesday and be arraigned in new york city. the nypd is on high alert this morning. every member of the force has been told to report in uniform today as a precaution. meanwhile in washington, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other house republicans are rallying around trump blasting the indictment as a political attack. and as of this morning, president biden has not weighed in on the indictment, not a surprise there. we ll see what he says. we have all the latest reporting cnn this morning. special live coverage starts right now. very early on this friday morning and look at the papers you got was worried this morning when i left at the papers would not be ready. but they are yesterday. you and i were talking about h
we re also going to have expert analysis on just how historic this indictment really is. the political fallout that s unfolding how it could potentially benefit trump. i ll tell you what s happening right now. moments ago here in new york city, alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, arrived at his office just hours after former president donald trump was indicted. we ve learned this morning that trump had been asked by braggs office to turn himself in today to face those criminal charges here in new york, but his defense lawyers say that trump and the secret service needed more time to coordinate his surrender. after yesterday s historic indictment, sources tell cnn the former president is facing more than 30 counts. they re related to business fraud. and he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around those hush money payments. surrounding stormy daniels caitlin s reporting that number of members of trump s camp
attempt on his life last fall. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, bitter battle. more than 30 town as cross eastern ukraine under fire tonight as new and graphic video shows the brutal russian losses on the front lines. and congresswoman ilhan omar getting kicked off a committee. and governor ron desantis publicly praising a lawyer who s going after trump s election deniers. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, under fire. more than 30 towns across eastern ukraine facing bitter fighting in the overnight hours tonight. and we have new video to show you tonight from the front lines, this is from where we believe is near the town of voldahar. and it is graphic. this is the first video. it s important to understand the context of what s happening on the front lines. we believe there are russians standing by this tank. they drop that small munition, and the russians are killed. it s gruesome and graphic. you r
emissions and says it s breaking no laws, denying it s putting the folks who live here at any increased risk for cancer. i wish that we could move more expeditiously to take action to protect george, to protect mr. taylor, to do all the things that we want to do yesterday. reporter: as for bob and mary, they said today has filled them with hope what s the best part of today? we got the chance with our politicians. reporter: it s not over. it s not over we ll be here when it ends i was here from day one, will be here until day 0. reporter: cynthia mcfadden, reserve, indiana. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, a rare joint statement, the new message senate leaders chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell are sending russia over the detention of american journalist evan gersh covi gershkovich. we have an update on what s next. also, inside the biden administration s new proposed rule on inclusion in school sports what the c