welcome to our viewer in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. and we begin with donald trump s arrest and arraignment in the classified documents case. the washington post reports that trump rejected efforts by one of his lawyers to cut a deal with the justice department to return the documents and avoid indictment. post says chris kise wanted to negotiate with the doj back in the fall after the fbi found more than 100 class filed documents at mar-a-lago. but cnn spoke to sources close to trump s legal team and they cast doubt on whether that was a real opportunity to settle. and merrick garland is depending the special counsel behind the trump indictment, jack smith. paula reid has more. reporter: speaking for the first time since former president trump was indicted mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. reporter: attorney general merrick garland standing by special counsel jack smith who was prosecuting former president trump and ad
what is he in for, my friend? well, he s in for a historic court appearance. we ve never seen one like this. the first former president to be indicted on federal charges. neil, he s on the ground in miami. so it will be underway in less than 24 hours. after arriving here in miami, the president drove to his club where he s expected to meet with his legal team. trump did not speak when he landed. he has spoken quite a bit hammering the indictment on social media posts and campaign stops over the weekend. painting himself as a victim. it appears neil that message is being heard on capitol hill back in washington. here s speaker mccarthy earlier today. listen here. the idea of equal justice is not playing out here. so that s a real concern to all americans. but neil, facing 37 counts including willfully retaining national defense information, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice, his former attorney general bill barr says these charges are very seriou
across north western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it s a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we ve got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most areas of scotland. meanwhile, western scotland. meanwhile, western scotland you will see outbreaks of rain, flooding concerns with the rain, flooding concerns with the rain given that it will be heavy and persistent. foremost, a mild night but with lower temperatures across the far north of scotland as an additional risk of icy stretches and tomorrow, if you are planning a journey across northern scotland bearin journey across northern scotland b