the morning it is sunda april 9th. donald trump s arraignment las tuesday was a singular momen in american history. never before has an american president been charged i connection with the crime. but the manhattan district attorney s criminal charge against trump barely scratch the surface of the legal troubles that he is facing it s not even the only pending case involving him in new york this week trump is expecte back in new york for a deposition related to a civi suit filed for the new yor state attorney general letitia james. last september, she filed a 25 dollar lawsuit against trump his three eldest - accusing them of fraudulen business practices 60 days from now, a trial is - in one of the two civi lawsuits filed against donal trump by the author an columnist e. jean carroll. a few years ago carole published a book in which sh accused trump of raping her in a dressing room in a luxur department store back in the mid 1990s. trump denied these accusations say they ve
officials locate four kidnapped americans after they were stuffed in the back of a pickup truck. now two are dead. two alive. plus a new exclooifs be interview with ukraine s president. a 45-minute conversation including volodymyr zelenskyy s take on a setback in bakhmut. and ron desantis tries to grab the moment. the governor delivers the state of the state address, and previews his 2024 plan to make america more like florida. up first for us, devastating words from a mexican border taunt. officials announcing two american kidnapped victims are two, two others are alive. a source tells cnn that one of those two locked in a battle to survive. the race against the clock to find the hostages started last week. just across the border with the brazen attack. you can see it here. gunmen firing on the van before pulling americans from the car. john miller is working his sources. we begin with our security correspondent josh campbell. what s the latest on the sad tragedy here?
in the office s possession prior to my time here. he is talking about some new evidence are you aware of what that might be there s no new evidence that s spin. also this hour, house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting with taiwan s president tsai at the reagan library in california a show of support for taiwan how is beijing reacting? international pressure for vladimir putin to release evan gershkovich falsely charged with spying as he remains locked in a prison in moscow in my own mind there s no doubt he is being wrongfully detained by russia good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell. today in los angeles, former president trump continuing his attacks on both manhattan s district attorney and the judge presiding over his case while dismissing the felony charges that he is facing. there is no case. there s no case. my lawyers came to me and they said, there s nothing here never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our na
bret: did i see that. greg: what is happening? bret: thank you, greg. dana: wow, i m never bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, closing arguments in president donald trump s criminal trial in new york. prosecutors trying to convince a jury the presumptive presidential nominee engaged in conspiracy and cover-up. defense attorneys organization the prosecution s star witness michael cohen is a massive liar. in fact, they said cohen is the gloat, the greatest liar of all time. and they are pressing for an across the board acquittal. both sides trying to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against a former american president. correspondent nate foy is outside the new york state supreme court has he has been tonight. good evening, nate. nate: hey, bret. as prosecutors continue making their closing arguments tonight, former president donald trump described it on truth social in one word
be a big one to which that we re gonna get into in just a second by doing it, ryan s take. what do you think in terms of opening statements, what will you be looking for monday morning or listening for? sun prosecution s opening statement. i m looking for how they frame the case. do they frame it in a way that s also meant for the public about this is about influencing an election unlawful fully, or do they try to narrow it down to the business records as the center of the case and then tax fraud, which might just be an easier case to win in some respects, i think that s one part of it. and then the other is who are going to be there witnesses. how much do they center michael cohen or other people that we haven t heard of as much like david, who was apparently allegedly in on the deal from in august 2015 meeting at trump tower to set up the catch and kill operation. and then when trump is president, trump, thanks him, allegedly for helping with the campaign, which means that this was