good evening, everyone, i m abby philip in washington. and i m kaitlan collins in miami. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. there is really in a way to overstate the importance of this day in american history. it is the very first time that a former president of the united states has been arrested and arraigned. this time, 37 federal counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents. but in typical fashion, donald trump is downplaying the severity of those charges that have been mentioned against, and calling them fabricated and quote, an evil and heinous abuse of power. returning tonight to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where we should note that there was an audio recording of him talking about classified documents while he was there two years ago. tonight, holding a campaign fund-raiser and addressed his cheering supporters with a litany of lies. we begin the coverage with evan perez, senior justice corresp
and countries around the world to address that. post counter isis campaign, you know, the active operations and when isis was defeated in syria, what we ve seen is isis metastasize like afghanistan. this is not only an iraq and syria challenge but a global challenge. you can t wish it away. you have to keep pressure on isto keep from a resurgence. as they demonstrated in 2014, if that is allowed to happen, disastrous consequences. i d like to focus on isis threat in iraq as you said. it s been largely suppressed. the u.s. has been advising and training iraqi security forces in iraq for years now. does the pentagon think that iraqi security forces are able on their own to deal with current situation that is or the threat of isis that has been largely suppressed? that s a question for the iraqi security forces to answer. we re there at the invitation of the iraqi government to help train and advise. we ve been watching this for a long time. the iraqi security forces parti
this country to a great american comeback. bill: closing argument. florida governor ron desantis in fox town hall in des moines vying for a strong finish on monday. the make or break caucus is five days away. trump is on tonight at 9:00 eastern. wave big two hours. i m bill hemmer. dana: i feel like the audience is great. moderators are very good and candidates themselves high energy and lots of interest in this. governor desantis discounted polls that show him losing to former president trump. he also cautioned against nominating trump for a third time saying he thinks the president has too much baggage. donald trump is the nominee if election is going to be about legal issues, a referendum on a lot of these issues that are not going to put us in a position to hold biden accountable. either way, it lets the democrats off the hook. i think this election needs to be a referendum on their failed policies and we need to offer a positive vision to turn this country around.
of june on thursday morning. good morning, i m bill hemmer. hello, dana marie. red, white and blue works. dana: i will tell you about an asteroid in a similar situation at the white house and when i got called by the situation room and my reaction. save that for before we go. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. we have a lot of news here. want to show you southeast alabama. a small town getting hit by a fourth tornado in four years. bill: no reports of any major injuries. dana: another tornado reported in queen city, texas. the wind was so powerful it blew cars off the highway. then look at this. bill: that right there is in arkansas. golf ball size hail spilling into an department store. fox weather talked to the folks in the middle of all of it and it happened in the blink of an eye. i lived in the midwest my whole life and never experienced something like this where the weather literally goes from 85 degrees to 71 immediately and then clouds are rollin