alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea
surround this historic moment as trump and the nation soon learned the charges, he will face words that russia hoped to never see. finland joins nato. this just happened moments ago. why this move reshapes europe include influence putin s invasion of ukraine plus plotted for months chilling you detailed in that mass shooting at a christian elementary school in nashville. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. you are looking at live pictures outside trump tower right now, as we are hours away from the arrest and arraignment of former president donald trump a first in america s history, and we have new details on exactly how today s events will unfold. cnn has just learned that the former president may speak to cameras in the hallway outside the courtroom before or after his arraignment. that s according to his attorneys. the judge overseeing this case is not allowing cameras to broadcast the official proceedings, but still photographers wi
donald j. trump, there is no scenario we would all be here today. norah: new details and the covenant school massacre investigation. what police found while searching the home of the shooter, as we hear from the hero officers for the first time. once we started hearing the first shots, that is when everything kind of kicked into overdrive. norah: millions of americans facing severe weather, including more violent tornadoes. stretching from parts of the great lakes come all the way down to the eastern texas. speak of the fbi search for a fugitive, a former top aide to maryland s ex-governor, has coma sudden and shocking end. we can now declare that men lend the 31st member of the north atlantic trade agreement. president putin wanted to slam nato s door shut. today, we show the world that he failed. every dog has its day, and this day belongs to the huskies! your mom and dad are watching right now. do you want to pass on the message? i just want t