tolerance policy set by the trump administration in may of 2018 in which anythings ap henned everyone cross agents apprehended everyone crossing the border including those seeking asylum, that means children and adults were separated from parents where children enjoyed greater legal protection under immigration law, many remained in the u.s. child welfare shelters or relatives while the adults were prosecuted for crossing the border illegally. many were deported. the trump administration failed to build a system to track the relationships between the migrants before separating them. the aclu has identified about 5,500 children separated at the border during the trump administration. around 940 claims have been filed so far, according to the new york times. in june of 2018, the aclu won a nationwide injunction blocking family separations and upon filing a lawsuit in 2019, here s what the aclu alleged. that thousands of children, including babies and toddlers were quote-unq
the top of the hour this thursday, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning, cnn learning details about a disturbing plot about a man looking to kill jewish elected officials. and the suspect could be in court as early as today. we will walk you through what we know. and also, the double murder trial of disgraced attorney alec murdaugh, and we are learning that a juror has been removed of discussing the case with people outside of the court, and all of this as the defense has just begun the closing argument. and today, a pennsylvania man is in court after he hid explosives inside of his luggage for a flight destined for orlando, and the latest on the case and the suspect s long criminal history. and we begin in michigan where a man is accuse of plotting multiple jewish officials in that state. we go to polo sandoval, and andrew mccabe, and polo, begin with what we know about the suspect and what led to his arrest. good morning. we have been digging with more be
politician, who somehow made i into the white house was zer political experience only to b disgraced as the first president to be impeached twic while in office, he s now th first current or forme president of the united states to be criminally indicted in history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud. those are classified a misdemeanors the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge seven from the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg investigation of the forme presidents role in the hus money payment made to th former adult film star storm daniels, with whom he allegedl had an affair. donald trump denies a resume affair and her new interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday. daniel said she s not afraid she even hopes to be called to testify against trump. trump s indictment is expected to remain sealed unti tuesday afternoon when h
be too dangerous at this time. trey yingst with the latest. u.s. special forces entered the capital and the u.s. department says around 100 staff members at trust embassy were evacuated along with a small number of people from allied countries including canada. we are learning more about the details of this mission. u.s. officials say 3 helicopters took off before landing in ethiopia to refuel and the choppers flew to conduct the rescue. douglas simms described clean and fast. simms stressed the evacuation was planned for the past week and conducted without the help of parties on the ground. other countries like france and britain have started to evacuate personnel and some civilians. the british took diplomats to airfield before flying them out of the country while some to have french nationals headed in convoy to the port of sudan. reports indicate french convoy was targeted by gunfire and one person was injured. evacuations 8 days after fighting in army with rapid suppor
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the department of justice. there you see the podium set up. two senior law enforcement