of opposing demonstrators. mr trump is now on his way to newjersey to address his supporters. our reporter helena humphrey has more from outside the courthouse in miami. well, monica, if you take a look behind me outside the federal courthouse in miami, you ll see a quieter scene than those that you probably see all day where we had trump supporters outnumbering those who oppose him at times some kind of tense moments between them. but now a much quieter scene, just a few straggling protesters. one man who had a make america great again flag over his shoulder, shouting to tell me, and of course, this is florida. it s a red state. it s a state that has voted in favour of president trump on two occasions. but thankfully, no violent scenes, really some chaos, but no violent scenes that some people have been concerned about based on some rhetoric and corners of the internetm and nothing like the 50,000 people either that authorities had been bracing for. but despite that, still
russian state media is reporting that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin last night. again, this is coming from the state-controlled russian media with absolutely no verification at all from the ukrainians or anyone else for that matter, and there are a variety of reasons why a russian claim like this would be advantageous to them which we will get into in a bit. and russia is calling this, though, a terrorist attack and also claiming that it was an attempt to assassinate russian president vladimir putin. we have team coverage on this breaking news for you. nic robertson is in eastern ukraine, nick paton walsh is in dnipro, ukraine, and major general james spider marks is joining us as well. let s start with nic robertson. what else are you picking up? reporter: well, what we re hearing from the ukrainians is they re down playing this, saying this is a trick to be expected from our opponents. they re saying that russia is trying to use this event or purp
from washington. we ve had some indications, some pretty clear indications, for some time, that the district attorney in manhattan, in new york, was thinking about, or possibly thinking about, charging donald trump. he gave him the opportunity to appear before the grand jury, that is a precursor to an indictment coming down against someone. there has been a number of key hints in the last couple of weeks. this is coming to a head because we understand that the grand jury, which investigates these things, is perhaps seeing its last witness on monday and so there is some calculation going on here. donald trump believes that this is going to happen at some point next week. a lot of people think that may be true. the new york police department is preparing in case there is some sort of circus, some sort of spectacle, around that courthouse. there are some indications that this could be on the books but, you are right, there is nothing official from the district attorney that this
scary moment in the sky, an airline passenger accused of trying to open the emergency door and stabbing a flight attendant. we will have more on that and a closer look at the recent mishaps plaguing the airline industry. california buried under snow with more on the way, some people trapped in their homes for days, with supplies running low. their message right now, we need help. plus, kidnapped in mexico, cnn has learned the identities of the four american sticking at gunpoint as the fbi ask the public for help finding them. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us, growing concern about a patient safety in the united states, our series of incidents both in the air and on the ground. the latest during a united airlines flight from los angeles to boston on monday, a man allegedly tried to open an emergency exit door midflight before attempting to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon. the man fran
good thursday morning to you i m jim sciutto. the people of ohio awaiting the report on what led up to the devastating the toxic train derailment earlier this month. pete buttigieg is on the ground this morning as residents voice their anger and frustration in the cnn town hall last night. if you do not feel safe living in east palestine raise your hand. i don t know what the future holds for my town. i m 65 years old, a diabetic, heart disease, everything. now did you shorten my life now? i want to retire and enjoy it. you burned me. well, other story we re following this morning, alex murdaugh on trial for murdering his wife and youngest son. now a source tells cnn he is expected to take the stand to testify in his own defense. we ll take you to that courtroom live in a moment. and hundreds of thousands of people are without power this morning as a massive cross country winter storm ripped across several states. ahead the warning for new england and the east coa