to be arraigned on criminal charges. we ll bring you the details about what s going to happen in the next 24 hours. growing concern from law enforcement officials in florida about the largest number of trump supporters amassing who could show up at the white house tomorrow as they imply bellicose rhetoric. one of the busiest highways in the united states is shut down in both directions after a section of interstate 95 collapses in philadelphia. how long could it be to take how long it could take to repair that road. welcome to the lead. we start with our law and justice lead. minutes ago former president trump arriving in miami ahead of his historic court hearing tomorrow. mr. trump is expected to meet with his lawyers tonight and discuss building out his legal team with florida-based attorneys. security preparations are already under way at the miami courthouse ahead of trump s arainment tomorrow afternoon. law enforcement officials are rather worried about the p
now the detroit news says there is a recording of trump urging officials in michigan to do the same. the supreme court has big decisions that could have a major impact on the 2024 race. trump s team may be going to the high court to delay a defamation case in new york. if you are getting ready to head home for the holidays you are not alone. aaa expecting a record number of travelers this white nationalist. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. another tape emerged of donald trump personally pressuring election officials to block joe biden s victory in 2020, this time in the state of michigan. the detroit news reporting there is a recorded phone call of trump urging two republican election officials in wayne county not to certify their county s results. wayne county is home to detroit, a democratic stronghold. now trump reportedly called them right after this meeting a couple of weeks ago after the election where those same two officials initially voted to blo
today on inside politics, firing back. the donald trump is on a social media tear sending dozens of posts and reposts that kicked him off the ballot in colorado. republican rivals are standing with him. president biden is grappling with a critical decision on israel. the security council is set to vote on a resolution to stop the fighting in gaza. the big question will the u.s. block it. is and congress is paralyzed. lawmakers heading home for the holidays after one of the moegs unpreductive years in history in 2024 might be even worse. acosta. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we want to start with jack smith responding to trump s legal team trying to delay the january 6th case. the special counsel is stress ing the gravity and urging the supreme court to immediately hear the dispute over presidential immunity. senior correspondent katelyn polantz is following all the developments for us. what are we hearing about the special counsel s request? the
blitzer in the situation room. happening now, a judge in manhattan just scheduled donald trump s criminal trial for next year right in the middle of the republican primary season. we ll share all the latest details from the former president s court appearance earlier this afternoon. also tonight, governor ron desantis is about to official. the florida republican is poised to launch his white house campaign tomorrow during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. we have new details on the announcement and how his gop rivals plan to respond. plus, we re learning new information right now about the driver who slammed a u haul truck into a white house barricade, what a court filing is revealing about the threats he allegedly made about president biden and his praise for adolph hitler. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. . let s get straight to the news on former president trump s criminal trial
john trump is a sexual abuser. six men and three women found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll at a manhattan department store in the 1990s then defaming her about it on his social media site. the jury took under three hours to reach their verdict and award carroll approximately $5 million in damages. in a moment we ll be joined by jessica leeds who testified during the trial that a young donald trump groped her on a flight in the 70s, his lawyers neither put on a defense or called him a as witness leading the plaintiffs to play damaging portions of his testimony and heard the access hollywood tape where he said you could grab women by the genitals and doubled down on that in the deposition. historically it s true with stars. that they can grab women by the if you look over the last million years that s been largely true, not always but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. and you consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that, yeah