President, he is the leading contender for the republican presidential nomination. we are about to get the beef, if you will, the details. yeah, i mean, it has huge political ramifications and frankly it s a political win for donald trump that he has been able to control the narrative since we learned of this indictment since he was the one who shared the news of it on his social media platform last night. all we ve known is the top line that there are these seven criminal charges, again, that information shared by his now former attorney jim trusty but we don t have the beef, we don t have the underlying allegations and any of the details of his conduct in the indictment. we have some details from our on team s stellar reporting, but this is going to be a big moment to learn the underlying facts both when it comes to donald trump but one of his aides walt nauta has been indicted. the idea of hearing from jack smith, the man who has been toiling away with his team doing the investi
It is scrapping plans now for a new employee campus in florida. in a memo, the chair of disney s parks and experiences division said that the decision was based on, quote, changing business conditions. the $1 billion project would have brought 2,000 jobs, 2,000 jobs to florida from california. a spokesperson for the governor responded to the new york times with an email questioning disney s commitment to the project and criticizing the company s financial situation. california governor newsom posted on twitter, the door is open for disney to bring the jobs back to a state that represents the values of its workers. that s what he said there. donald trump weighing in, as well. he sent out a campaign email highlighting a post on his social media platform last night. he said that disney could stop investing in the state. he called the decision by desantis to take on disney an unnecessary political stunt. here, claire mccaskill, you have
Totally changed. what do you mean? the old view of the perfect victim was a woman who always screamed, a woman who immediately reported, a woman whose life was supposed to fold up and she s never supposed to experience happiness again. that was just shut down with this verdict. he did it and you know it. all right. cnn s kara scannell was in the courtroom as the verdict was read and she joins us now. kara, a dramatic day, you saw it all unfolding, so what now? reporter: john, it was a dramatic day and it only took them less than three hours to deliver that verdict and it took trump s attorney, joe tacopina, about an hour and a half after that verdict to come out and address the media and he told us that the former president he spoke with him, he said that he was strong, they looked to move forward and that they were going to appeal. we heard a little bit from trump on his social media platform
Sooner? okay we re back now, with our news on the former president donald trump blasting the case on his social media platform last night and fundraising off of the indictment. he was also calling key congressional allies to shore up support. for the most part, house republicans circle the wagons, house speaker kevin mccarthy, calling it an unprecedented abuse of power. his number two congressman steve scalise called it weaponizing government. jim jordans republican conference chair, at least a phonic blasting it as well and his former vice president and potential 2024 rival mike pence, calling it an outrage and saying this. no one is above the law, including former presidents. be clear on that point. and the american people know this. but in this case and controversy over
reporter: yesterday, it was a revolving door of who s who and i can tell you, hundreds of people standing out on the street hoping to see somebody walk in there or donald trump himself. we know that trump will be leaving at some point this afternoon to head to new jersey to his golf club and also know he ll be meeting at some point with mitt romney. possibly for a secretary of state position. now, this is unusual considering the relationship these two men have had over the past year and very tense. we know that mitt romney called him last year to congratulate him. so it s unclear what this meeting could mean for the future of the possible position for mitt romney. stephanie? okay, now some fact checking. donald trump has been president-elect for over a week and claiming credit for saving jobs. on twitter, his favorite social media platform last night, he wrote, just got a call from my friend, bill ford, chairman of ford who advised me he will be keeping the lincoln plant in kentuck