, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
gone. us president joe biden back home after meeting with prime minister justin trudeau in canada, why illegal immigration across the u. s northern border was a hot topic. and people all over the world getting ready to turn off the lights to mark earth hour. it s a way to help raise awareness about the climate crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with leila harare. we begin this hour with extreme weather in the southeastern united states, where multiple tornadoes barreled across mississippi in the past few hours, the national weather service says a large tornado cost significant damage in several towns, including rolling fork and silver city, leaving homes and buildings flattened and trees and power lines down. search and rescue teams and first responders are on the scene in the area northwest of jackson. we spoke with the president of one of the town s hard hit in mississippi should described what she went through. we watched this tornado form. through the lightning
also destination he had in mind traveling through a city, which he is no longer the popular figure he once was in well being in and he is leaving a building that bears his name passing other buildings that bear his name. um and on the way to court , literally to be arrested by a district attorney s investigator and charged with serious crimes. and 100 center street, karen. i mean, this is it s a building, you know? well, this is where guilty and the innocent go to face to face justice. and that is what is happening to this defendant today explain a little bit about what will happen when he gets there, so when he arrives, he will be first processed arrest process by the da s office, the law enforcement arm of the da s office, which are these retired police officers, who are d, a investigators, and so he s not under arrest. now he s under arrest when he enters that building. yes when he enters that building, he will be considered in their custody. he ll be arrested. the paperwork
matter of months and a few motions. and then what does that do to donald trump to be clear? if he wins the motions based on the stormy daniels campaign finance, there still will be the misdemeanor charge for falsifying business records. but those are legally safe, but but my point out what is it? how different will it be right if i agreed that right politically huge if he wins here, karen yes . so just in addition to the four cases that everybody is talking about in three weeks, he will be on trial down the street in manhattan for rape for civil , but it s make no mistake about it. that is a rape case with a defamation peace afterwards, but but he will be on trial for rape in three weeks time. so judges are going to have to schedule deal with each other s schedules with that, then come october 2nd . he also has another trial where the attorney general of the state of new york, tisha james, she has brought this sweeping $250 million case regarding the valuation of assets. the one that w
are just laying out in the street. um mhm actually. two houses down from my grandmother s house. everything is just a debris field that houses are are just destroyed. and as the storm system moves east or nato, and severe thunderstorm watches are now spread across parts of alabama, tennessee, georgia and into north carolina. let s get you the latest now from cnn meteorologist karen mcginnis, karen yes. all night long. we ve been tracking these storms. it s all part of a big system that is impacting the deep south. we solve this potential for severe weather several days ago, and indeed it came to fruition. it did verify, especially across mississippi, so devastated by the severe storms and the tornado one in particular that really raked across the state pretty much from the west central portion, the state all the way into the northeastern