justice samuel alito - and no one else there s no other birthdays o that day [laughter thank, you my friend thank you and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i m happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am tonight. i know that is unusual but your usual host at thi hour, the great alex wagner, i off on a family vacation thi week great week to choose, alex wagner and because she is a way, yo are stuck with me. i apologize, alex wagner we ll be back next week. but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. - believe you and i have all received copies of the statement that i read to the court, in open court as i said in that statement, the reason that i have changed my decision to fight thi matter is because i now believ it would be against th national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family, that s had a long two-year struggle concerning this matte
tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
suze orman is out front with answers. just in, the moment a ukrainian soldier takes down a russian jet as we re learning new details about russia training elementary schoolchildren to fight. georgia has another reporting of trump pressuring another official to overturn the election and it comes as trump s former fixer michael cohen testifies before a grand jury in new york. trump s attorney is my guest tonight. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, fear going global. worry of banking collapses spreading beyond the united states with mega bank credit suisse shares plummeting and a quarter of the value gone in a day and saying it s ready to bail out credit suisse with more funds in necessary and that fear ricochetting back to wall street and the dow down 700 points at one point closed down 300. shares of banks taking another brutal blow. take the regional bank first republic, it lost 20% of its value today. it is a widely respected bank by peo
, 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
case to allow cameras in the courtroom for the arraignment. lawyers for soon to be the independent donald trump argue against having cameras, they r claiming it would create a circus like atmosphere, and we know how much he hits that tonight, since we ve been on the air, the judge has jus issued a ruling in this case i will tell you exactly what the ruling says. i m just reviewing it at m desk right now five photographers should be allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes unti they re directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can