an indictment in the hush money case? plus, china s xi jinping cozies up to vladimir putin. ukrainian ambassador to the united states raising questions about whether it was staged. and tiktok, its parent company spying on american journalists. what could this mean for the 100 million americans on tiktok? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a game changer, it is the 11th hour. and at this moment, former president trump s team chose to call up a witness to testify before the manhattan grand jury investigating the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. now, the hope is that this witness could save trump from being the first former president in united states history to be indicted. so who is this person this witness? well, his name is robert costello. he was a one-time legal adviser to trump s former fixer michael cohen, who is the key witness. then emerged to tell reporters why he testified. the only thing i m doing is
mississippi, where he ll visit rolling fork. that s 1,200 miles from the courtroom where president trump is expected to be arraigned early next week. according to district attorney alvin bragg s office, we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his is your repbder to the manhattan da s house on supreme court indictment which remains under seal. details will be provided when the arraignment date is selected. since it is under seal, we do not know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating for alleged payments being made leading up to the 2016 election including $130,000 for stormy daniels. the president has denied any wrongdoing and has responded with outrage writing within a lengthy response, quote, this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. he also called da alvin bragg a disgrace writing he s doing joe biden s dirty work and the american people realize what the radical left democrats are doing here. trump s attorney s
this is outnumbered. i am emily compagno it s kayleigh mcenany, and joining us, martha maccallum, anchor of the story, kennedy, host of kennedy, i m fox business, and bill hemmer. also joining us with analysis, fox news senior political analyst, brit hume. law enforcement source tells fox news former president trump is expected to be arraigned on tuesday at 2:15 eastern time. we are told the d.a. initially wanted him to surrender today but that timeline change due to arrangements they needed to be made by secret service. we are also learning that trump will not be handcuffed. the charges are related to hush money payments leading up to the 2016 campaign. they remain under sealed and are not yet public. republicans calling the indictment political persecution and un-american. democrats say no one is above the law. fox news peter doocy asked president biden what he thought of the indictment this morning. mr. president, do you think the charges against trump are politic
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation or for that matter why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, husband tax returns, his financial statements shs when th
in the pacific as he reasoned with lawmakers for billions in more funding for their budget. one of his driving forces and concerns could prevent china from invading taiwan. we must act with a greater sense of urgency. we don t have the luxury of t time. we must act now to preserve this free and open indo pacific. reporter: he put it plainly there is more to do when it comes to china especially as we learn more about china s plans from recently leaked classified documents. the supersonic spy drone is not only credibly fast but it operates at high altitudes. it would help turn up with mapping and strategy planning and possibly future strikes. at the same time, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen voiced her concerns when it comes to china. the john hopkins school of advanced international studies, she made it clear national security and defending human rights are the chief objectives even if it comes at an economic cost. she also said the biden administration is now conside