We are grateful you join us tonight. Happy to. Thank you very much. It has been quite a here of course, only the first of many as we learn today that there are many more court dates to come. The news continues, i want to turn things over right now to cnn prime time with wolf blitzer and laura coats. Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer along laura coates, truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington d. C. The former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow. Just a mere step or two or three from the center of democracy with his supporters attacking on january six and a combination of a plot to overturn the election. Donald j trump arrested and arraigned for the third time in four months, on for federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The next He
Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer alongside laura coates. Truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington, d. C. I mean the former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow, just a mere step or two from the center of democracy of supporters even attacked on january 6th in the culmination of the plot to overture election. Onald j. Trump arres arraigned for the third time in four months on four federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights. The next hearing now scheduled for august 28th when the judge intends to set a trial date. And donald trump was standing up in court today, and he actually pleaded not guilty to all four of those criminal charges. And before boarding his private plane to return to new jersey, he was railing against the indictment and try
The people call Stormy Daniels. Those five words kicking off an almost unreal scene and some detailed and salacious testimony thats been unfolding today in a manhattan courtroom. The trial now on lunch break with the former adult film actress on the stand. Stormy daniels facetoface with donald trump describing their alleged sexual encounter, a story so explosive she said she felt it put her life in danger appearing nervous and speaking so quickly the judge at multiple points asked her to slow down. Daniels gave a detailed Borderline Graphic Account of what happened saying that after it was over, quote, i left as fast as i could. Just like so much of this trial, its the stuff of tabloids, its embarrassing, potentially even humiliating for the former president and according to our team in court, it kept the jury happening on every word but does any of it prove he broke the law . Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in New York City. Back with me is duncan levin, former senior staf
in fact, the white house says the checks for some americans could come as soon as this weekend. cnn s kaitlan collins is at the white house. william news to many. give a sense what we re about to hear and what the plan is for biden to take his message on the road next week? it will be welcome news. really the easiest for people to grasp. they will get the checks if you k qualify. it is $1.9 trillion and why biden will hold and event talking about how to get it implemented. they re picking someone to oversee that because it s a big plan. look for that on monday. i think first this afternoon it s going to be more of a celebration for president biden in the rose garden signing this. only democrats you ll see in attendance given zero republicans voted to actually pass this plan. the white house saying, yes, by camera meeting. both houses represented but not a bipartisan event given none of the republicans were a part of getting this actually signed into law, of which presiden
adviser to covid act now. sabrina, let s just dive in on this. number one, let s talk about the substance of this legislation. you know, this is very progressive. it s not just this patchwork of, you know, people are struggling in america and let s get them money, but it is specifically, you know, let s get parents money because of their children. this is something that has been done in other countries, never really in america until now. can you speak to that and just what this offers up americans? well, i think that s what you heard the president speak to in his remarks just now talking about the substance of the bill. now, some of this is, of course, the immediate relief that the administration felt was necessary in response to the coronavirus pandemic like another round of stimulus checks, $1,400 direct payments that will start going out as soon as this weekend and continue to roll out in the coming weeks, but there is also an expansion of the child tax credit for anothe