jim sciutto new this morning, and it is quite a morning. former president donald trump will not, he says, accept a plea deal this after trump was indicted. on multiple charges by a new york grand jury. that refusal to accept a plea deal, according to his lawyer, joe tacopina. trump is the first former u. s president to face a criminal indictment. it's never happened before. all this connected was connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving the adult film star stormy daniels. cnn has learned . trump is expected to appear in a manhattan court tuesday sources saying that's when he set to be arraigned. the former president and current candidate for president in 2024 is now facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud, and if convicted, trump could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison are reporters, correspondents and guests are all standing by to bring us the

latest. we're going to get to everyone there, but let's begin first this hour with cnn correspondent keira scannell, who's outside that manhattan courthouse. keira we start with you because we want you to walk us through what happens now. good morning, jim and jessica's so now we understand from sources that former president trump is expected to be arraigned on tuesday. that means he will surrender. they will work out of time because of the big security issues around a former president coming to appear in court, so there's going to be discussions about security. they will set a time for him to come and surrender and he will surrender to the building behind me around the corner where the d a s office is there he will be processed, just like any other defendant. he will have a mug shot taken. he will be fingerprinted. he'll be read his rights. then, at some point, he will be brought down to the judge and that courtroom where the judge will read the police the charges to him and we expect the charges to be unsealed only on tuesday. that's according to sources we will not understand will not get a sense

of what the specific charges are or what kind of evidence the prosecution has to support that that will all become public on tuesday, according to sources so once in the courtroom, it's unclear if the former president will be handcuffed. we heard his attorney saying that he wouldn't be but that will be at the discretion. shin of the district attorney's office, so he will appear in court. the judge will go over the charges, and then the president will be asked to enter a plea. his lawyers are saying he is going to fight this case. enter pleas of not guilty. we expect and then he'll be released because this is not a violent crime, he will. there's not a bail issue here. that is the mechanics of how this will work, of course, because he is a former president. there's going to be a lot of logistics involved. will they bring him in through a secret underground tunnel? you know, the secret service has to be careful about potential protests. there are a lot of bigger issues at play here. but in general the process even though this is an extraordinary moment will be normal. jim jessica this process already attacked by many republicans, but tell us what

this grand jury what specific questions. the grand jury faced an answer in making this recommendation to indict. great so this grand jury is a six month grand jury. they started hearing evidence in this case in january. we saw people from trump's campaign come in his longtime friend, david pecker, the former chairman of the national enquirer was in. and then the d. a s office had asked trump did he want to come in that's required under new york law? that was a big signal that two weeks ago that this was moving towards the end zone, a lawyer for the former president of lawyers, lawyers for the former president asked the d a to bring in michael cohen. trump's former fixers. attorney prosecutors, then one week later brought in pecker again as an a rebuttal witness. we're also learning that the grand jury had heard questions asked of witnesses about other hush money payments. we have been talking about how this involves stormy daniels. we're learning now that they were asked about some of these other catch and kill deals that trump had orchestrated over the years with david pecker.

those deals themselves are not illegal, but there are questions there about how they were put together, and that's the essence of what we understand that this case is going to be about the potential charges here. we're learning from sources more than 30 charges relating to falsified business records and falsifying business records to commit or conceal another crime. as i said all of those details will become public on tuesday, jim jessica full blown so much more when that happens, cara's can all for us in new york. thanks so much, and right now, several house gop leaders are lining up to defend the former president following his indictment. yeah even some republicans have criticized him in the past congressional correspondent manu raju. he's on capitol hill. with that reaction from some house republicans. tell us what you're hearing. yeah house republican leaders really rushing to donald trump's defense in the immediate aftermath of this news, indicating that they plan to go after the prosecutor in this case, alvin bragg tried to call him up to capitol hill to testify, asking for documents and the like something they had already announced that plan, something they point to press

ahead with in the aftermath of this indictment news, kevin mccarthy, the house speaker, made it very clear he called us an unprecedented abuse of power . steve scalise, the number two republicans said it was weaponizing the government to attack their political opponents. the at least a phonic , who is also a member of republican leadership called an unprecedented election interference and jim jordans, who is the house judiciary committee chairman investigating alvin bragg, called it outrageous. none of these republicans and nobody else has no have any idea what is the charges here or any of the evidence, but they are rushing very, very clear that they are on trump's side. what has been also notable is the silence coming from top senate republicans mitch mcconnell, john dune, nothing one and two senate republicans have yet to issue any statement them to, of course, are eager to move. past the trump era and have not aligned themselves with donald trump the way that house republican leaders have now just in the last couple of hours. we've gotten a response from the manhattan d a s office pushing back on the republicans attacking this investigation. the letter that was sent just moments ago to from the district

attorney's general counsel, leslie dub it to the house republican committee chairs went after them said that as committee chairman, you could use your stature of your office to denounce these attacks and urged respect for the fairness. some are justice system. and for the work of the impartial grand jury. instead you in many colleagues have chosen to collaborate with mr trump's efforts developed by and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors in trial judges and made unfounded allegations that the office's investigation conducted via an independent grand jury of average citizens serving new york state is politically motivated, so we'll see how they republicans plan to respond. the d a s office indicating that roughly $5000 or so of federal funds helped with the support this investigation that had been one of the questions from republicans asking how much money that they have used federal dollars and the republicans also indicating they made press ahead on legislation to bars prosecutors, local prosecutors from charging

candidates for the presidency going forward. it will see if that comes to pass, but you're seeing a fight here now emerging between the d. a s office and house republicans and how will house republicans pursue this as the d a resisting cost? the company capital just testify on this ongoing investigation. guys maharaja on the hill. thanks so much with us now to discuss former white house ethics czar and cnn legal analyst norm eyes and also cnn political director david chalian and cnn. political commentator s e cupp. good to have you all on normally want to start with the law here because you're hearing from many republicans that no one has ever been charged for something like this in new york state? that's that's not true. uh but but tell us what is the specific law based on what we know, because we haven't seen the indictment that the former president is alleged to have broken here. uh jim, the new york state criminal code includes a provision that you can't create false financial books and records. and if the

indictment develops, as we expect, there is powerful evidence that donald trump, um issued 11 checks trump and those associated with him. ah, recording what we're hush money payments as legal fees so that to me that is a very powerful, open and shut violation of these financial records and if you do it to cover up a campaign finance violation, it becomes a felon. there is precedent for charging there is the richard braga case. the clearance norman case, the john doe case, the richard left man case. i have cataloged on the just security website all of the presidents in new york with this kind of a books and records violation is bumped up to a felony where there's an intent to cover up a camera. jeanne finance. it's important jessica right to challenge some of those things that are being stated as fact

out there when, when, in fact, they're not fact based on absolutely and there are so many people so many republicans, especially rushing to donald trump's defense right now normal. i want to stay with the legal aspect of this for just one second, because there's been a lot of talk about these 30 plus charges really zeroing in on that number of 30 plus charges. what do you make of that? and is there any significance there? well, we know that each one of these 11 checks jessica by themselves could constitute a separate counts in an indictment and, uh , there's associated, uh, record keeping that goes with each one of those checks that could also constitute each one. a separate books and records violation to cover up this alleged campaign finance fraud, but i think it's important until we see the indictment not to jump to conclusions about what those 30

plus counts are. so that is, uh , that that probably requires a level of analysis that we can't do until we see the paper, which we will see assuming arrangement actually happens on tuesday. david chalian. we are already in the 2024 presidential race. trump of course, has announced nikki haley's announced there are others considering what does this do to the race for the gop nomination does does it? open it up? where does it close it? well i think it freezes it for the moment in place, um, to suggest that anybody understands how this is going to play out politically would mean that this must have happened in someplace before and you can look at it hasn't we're in totally unprecedented territory here. what we know the trump campaign is doing is employing a tactic that at times has proven successful for them before, which is the former president, portraying himself as a victim of a political prosecution here that this is purely political is

an attempt to galvanize and fortify support around the republican party and we see it happening at the elected official level. we see whole, all the members of congress largely coming inside, we see his 2024 opponents and potential opponents stepping out and taking on allen bragan taking on trump's script, the saying this is a political prosecution. so right now we see trump's campaign. eager to employ this as a as a short term political tactic, how it plays out long term in the nomination race and then potentially in general election. i just don't think we know yet, sc you're hearing in new york with me, and it's interesting because david david mentioned the 2020. the fellow 2024 candidates are some that maybe candidates and haven't announced yet. i think we have a graphic that shows some of their reactions. we know that vice president former vice president pence was on our air. he said that no one should be above the law, but he criticized this case. desantis called it quote weaponization of the legal system. nikki haley, saying this

is more about revenge than justice and so on and so forth. how do they thread the needle here? and what do you do if you're a potential rival because you need the base support, but at the same time, this is a chance to kind of needle of donald trump with all the baggage that he brings, right? i think you let the court of public opinion. do that for you . i think if you're running against against donald trump, david chalian is right. the fields frozen. there's really nowhere for them to go. you you're not going to win any voters on the right and we're still in a primary by applauding this decision, or, um, you know, dunking on donald trump right now, so i think they're doing the right thing. but i think when it comes to the politics of this, it's really important. to remember. i think i think that this indictment is coming in spite of politics, because if you were trying to orchestrate a political takedown of donald trump, you wouldn't start with this charge, but also it's important to look at the people

who are outraged, right? the folks running against donald trump the tucker carlson's the fox news is the republican trump surrogates. these are people who are outraged by this indictment. they were not outraged by trump's attempt to overturn a democratic election. they were not outraged by the violence on january 6th. they were not outraged by an illegal phone call to the georgia secretary of state and illegal phone call to have a lot of mirror zelinsky. they're not outraged by multiple credible accusations of sexual harassment, assault and rape. they're not outraged by trump's sexist, bigoted, homophobic, xenophobic rhetoric. they're not outraged by his white nationalism. they're not outraged by his defense of into semitism and neo. they're not outraged by all that stuff. so, with all due respect no one should care that these people are outraged by this indictment . such an interesting point. there's so much more to talk about, and the good news is everyone's on. this panel is going to stay with us, and we'll

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morning. we are seeing a small number of trump supporters gathering on a bridge near his mar-a-lago resort waving flags in the wake of the news that the former president has now been indicted. moments ago. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green tweeted that she's planning to travel to new york city to protest when the president surrenders there next week. former vice president mike pence, who could be trump's opponent in this 2024 race. also speaking out on the criminal charges, calling them targeted and unjustified. listen. well i think the unprecedented indictment former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue. is an outrage. and it appears. for millions of americans. to be nothing more than a political prosecution that's driven by a prosecutor who literally ran for office on a pledge. to indict the former president. and our guests are back with us. norm eisen, david chalian s e cupp sc. i want to

start with you go back to marjorie taylor green planning to come to new york city to protest. we've seen house gop leadership rushed to former president trump's defense. we have not heard anything from senate leadership. senate gop leadership that really drives home. this wedge and this divide between kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell republicans are left and yet we were talking during the break when the senate republicans had the opportunity and they're the only ones mind you that can borrow him from running again by vote of convicting him during that impeachment, they didn't take it. what does this tell you about where the republican party is right now. on the senate side , there are a number of republicans who are ready to move on from donald trump on the house side. i think they're still very much want to be where donald trump and that energy is, but i don't see anyone really willing to move on from donald trump's voters. mm hmm. that's what you'd have to do. it's one thing to just say donald trump

was bad for us and bad for a party. that's obvious the math is there. it's another to say, and we're willing to say no to the kinds of voters that he courted so that he could win the white nationalists. the oath keepers the cue in on the conspiracy theorists, the biggest this wing of the republican party that donald trump said, come one come. all previous republican parties would say you're not welcome here. i'm not going to court you. i'm not going to pretend i don't know who you are. until this republican party is ready to do that. they're really just allowing trump to loom large and keep all of those kinds of voters inside the tent at the expense of good conservatives like adam kinzinger lids. cheney who they've kicked out, hmm. yeah david challenge. we were speaking earlier in the break about what followed the fbi search of the trump home number of weeks ago and that was a shooter attacked an fbi office

in cincinnati. this is something that that is of great concern to security officials here. now we will have a president in indicted. he's already indicted and have to surrender next week . what should folks watching here? what level of concern should they have about a violent reaction to this? well we know the reporting is that you noted law enforcement officials. security officials have been in engaged in conversations for a couple of weeks now about trying to quell any such violence and being prepared for it. obviously we saw the former president call for protest of his anticipated indictment. he even suggested that there would be death and destruction if indeed he is indicted. now mike pence just to note in that interview last night with wolf blitzer while he called this indictment outrageous, he did say that rhetoric of donald trump's is out of bounds and that that is totally unacceptable rhetoric. and so we will watch as new york

prepares for this moment on tuesday, marjorie taylor green tweeting that she's going to go there and join in a protest. to me would be an immediate level of concern of a high profile member with a following. how large does a potential protest come? this is something for security officials to watch, but you're right to note what happened over the summer in the aftermath of that. and obviously this is not something that anybody would hope would happen . but it seems that the security officials are engaged in very real conversations about dealing with it. if it does, it is it's very, very serious, normal. i want to go back to you for one second, because i think it's worth reminding people donald trump can still run for president and be president if he is indicted, which he has been, and even if he has been convicted, right? yeah. that's absolutely correct. we have parallels in american history. eugene debs, the socialist

candidate is one and the reality is that ultimately the criminal case will be decided by a jury in new york. the political case will be decided by the jury of the american people. they have spoken in 2020 and in 2022, rejecting some of the extreme ideologies, the election denial and some of the other extreme ideologies associated with donald trump. but they're going to have to take into account not just this criminal case, but we're very likely to see additional ones coming down the pike. i think georgia may very well be next. and of course, we saw the mike pence clip the special counsel indio. jay's investigation is trying to get pence's testimony. other

individuals are being pursued. that's on the january 6th case, and then you have the mar-a-lago documents. case, so four major criminal cases, potentially, uh , will overhang this political season providing judicial challenges but also asking every american voter to sit in judgment right and decide where they come down on this, there's so much more to come legally. alright norman eisen s e. cupp david chalian. we appreciate all three of you and your analysis here. thanks so much. the first funeral for one of the nine year old victims of the nashville shooter takes place now in just a few hours, and we are getting new, heart wrenching 911 calls from that day. we will walk you through what? we're learning from those next. whahat's the number one retinol brand used momost by dermatologists. neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair

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shooting. it was his currently in the second grade hallway. second grade stairs. okay white man. amen came across to bask on in a diaper here. another shot. you did more shots okay by the hallway, okay? you're upstairs by one hallway. art room. yes please hurry. and here you are coming. everything you need to make sure that if he comes there, you're going to have to either find a way to get out safely or fight. do whatever safest for you to do. okay but try to barricade yourself in the room. it's best you can. you can just hear the fear and their voice voices, some of them shaking. the voice is shaking. oh that is hard to listen to. cnn correspondent carlos suarez is in nashville and carlos, it

is nearly impossible to imagine and understand the grief tha. yu are outside where that first funeral for nine year old evelyn dick house will be held today. um, tell us more. well, jessica and jim it is shaping up to be yet another emotional day for the city of nashville, especially for these family members, their friends and their loved ones. the pastor at the church where the service is going to take place tells me that they can accommodate well over 1000 people when that service gets underway this afternoon. as you all mentioned the first funeral service is going to be for nine year old evelyn dick house overnight. an obituary for her was released and it reads, in part, quote, a constant beacon of joy to her family. she was a radiant, sparkly soul with an ever present twinkle in her eye. the

obituary notes how her most prized possession was her collection of stuffed animals. tigers were told and that she named all of them. tony on saturday were also expected is set to a funeral service rather is set to take place for a nine year old haley scruggs and then on saturday, we're also going to be getting another funeral service for 61 year old cynthia peak. she is that beloved substitute teacher who died. the remaining three funeral services will take place on sunday. then later on next week. jim and jessica. goodness those poor families and of course, those poor little girl's heart breaking to see carla suarez. thanks so much. well now to another story of following overseas and those other questions, sparking global concerns and outrage this morning. what will happen next with american journalist evan herskovits in russia and other u s journalist still working? they're safe. the kremlin claims

they are but like jim just said, there is deep concern as gustav. it's a 31 year old wall street journal reporter faces now espionage charges president biden this morning making a direct plea to russia. upper right now, as they're just staining the to russia as they're detaining this wall street journal reporter go. and joining us now is jodie ginsberg , president of the committee to protect journalists. jody thanks so much for being here, you know, look, the kremlin says that foreign journalists are safe there. do you believe that's the reality? i don't know. okay? might have to fix that fix that. bring back jodi

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. it has a history of manufacturing charges, trumping them up based on what we know here is gerst covic, a hostage. is this a deliberate russian operation in effect to create a bargaining chip? it's really difficult to say at this stage. what we can say is it's a really serious escalation in the kinds of attacks that we've seen over the past year against journalists and against independent reporting in russia since the full scale invasion of ukraine, and indeed, of course of the oppression of journalists and journalism that we've seen under vladimir putin for many years. and jodie i. the kremlin has said that foreign journalists can keep working there that they're safe. you believe that to be true? we have very little confidence that that's the case. as we see a reporter who is a reporter for

the wall street journal, whom the journal have come out very strongly in defense of has been detained on spying charges. and this is a classic trope of authoritarian regimes is to use of national security laws. to go after journalists who are doing the work of journalism, which is to expose the wrongdoing of governments to exposing that governments would rather keep hidden from us. mhm yeah, and you're right. i mean, it's a pattern we've seen from other authoritarian regimes, which is in china in iran. question now about what's best to do now? of course, the wall street journal his family, his colleagues want to get him home. what is the most hopeful path for girls? kovic? is it a prisoner exchange? what is the best path path forward? well, we need immediately to see a couple of things. so as of yesterday, gustav, it had had no access to

any consular support from the u. s consulate services had not been able to have any access to the lawyer whom that the wall street general had provided for him. so those are really important. it's really important that we have a process that we have transparency and we know that we've heard from both the white house. and state department that they're working very closely on this, so hopefully this will be resolved safely. this is the first american journalist arrested on espionage charges since the cold war since 1986 in that instance , that was resolved within three weeks, and it did result in in a effectively a swap, but it's very difficult to say at this stage. you're right, and that really does put it into perspective. the first american journalists arrested in russia for doing their work since the cold war. jodie ginsberg, thanks so much we really appreciate it. thank you. all 35,000 nypd officers are now preparing to

mobilize ahead of former president trump surrender. to the court next week. cnn's bridge in grass has been following this. she joins us now from outside that manhattan courthouse where that's going to take place on tuesday. brynn i mean that, you know thousands of officers preparing to mobilize. that's a remarkable reaction from the nypd. what do we know this morning? jim. it's a pretty remarkable scene down here at the courthouse, of course, where we expect all of this to happen on tuesday. let me kind of point over to here, where the entrance to the district attorney's offices. that's actually the district attorney album brags car right there. he arrived this morning under heavy security. and then of course, there are police all around this area. in addition to barricades, we know that every member of the nypd doesn't matter the rank or the position. they are in uniform today. as you mentioned jim, i had of a possible mobilization reaction. into anything that might come up. of course, we're also learning inside the courtroom. actually on the floor with this arena is likely to happen. it's pretty much shut

down. we actually a colleague of mine can't really loiter. they're being told they are not allowed on that floor and wall so their security happening inside as well. and of course, so much happening behind the scenes that we don't even know about. right the intelligence community, keeping an eye on any chatter through social media chat rooms, making sure there is no mobilization of any groups coming to new york city. but of course, as i said, nypd, others will be at the ready should anything sort of pop up. that's why everybody is in uniform today. now again all eyes on tuesday when this agreement is expected to happen, and my colleague john miller reporting that there are conversations going on today between the secret service, all the agencies on the ground here, nypd, the court martials about how that is going to look. what's the what is the motorcade of the former resident going to look like to get to this building. what's the booking going to be looking like, and then the actual arraignment from a security standpoint, they're actually, according to john miller, they're going to have a dry run through of that. and what that

will look like today. so again a lot of preparations at this moment, no credible threats. but again, this entire police force and others at the ready should anything pop up guys. such an extraordinary situation. alright. bring green grass for us. thanks so much. and let's take a look now. here are live pictures as air force one has landed in jackson, mississippi, as president. biden visits the tornado ravaged state you'll remember earlier this week they endured historic damage in that state this morning president biden on his way out of the white house, refusing to comment on the trump indictment, he was asked several times, the reporters. he said. no comment. we know he will travel from jackson to rolling fort mississippi this afternoon. cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez is there traveling with the president? priscilla what do we know what's his intention on this visit? well he intends to reaffirm the federal government's commitment to providing resources to this

region last weekend when those tornadoes tore through this community. he called those images quote, heartbreaking and really, it is hard to overstate the devastation that they have endured here. if you look behind me, this was a dog clinic, but you wouldn't be able to tell followed by a home and a funeral home. but now it is all debris, so president biden will announce that the federal government will cover the full cost of the state emergency measures that includes , for example, recovering debris shelter operations over time for first responders. fema will also be opening disaster recovery centers, and while he's here he will be getting a briefing from state and local officials. of course, this is the damage that president biden will be assessing as he arrives to this community. but of course, jim and jessica, this all comes against the backdrop of that historic indictment of former president donald trump, as you mentioned earlier, president biden declined to comment on it

really following the strategy of his presidency, which has been tonight get engaged in ongoing legal cases. and also to stay focused on the issues that have a tangible effect on americans, while he is expected to get questions on this throughout the day, the focus for the president and the white house will be the damage here in rolling fork, mississippi and the federal resources that they can provide moving forward jim jessica. priscilla alvarez there in mississippi cash that destruction just mind boggling. thanks so much. well some good news, a major improvement for pope francis today, right in time. for the beginning of holy week, the vatican has announced that not only is the pope expected to be released from the hospital tomorrow, he will take part in the palm sunday mass coming up. cnn vatican correspondent delia gallagher is joining us now from rome and delia, this is apparently a market improvement. what helped him and do we expect to hear from him? will he speak on sunday? well listen. it is all

good news from here. the vatican says the pope had another restful night. he even managed to have pizza for dinner last night with the medical staff here at the hospital, and they're expecting him to be discharged tomorrow. very importantly, they are saying he will be present for the palm sunday mass. this sunday that was thrown into doubt by this hospital visit. now whether or not he will say the mass, he generally doesn't he will probably sit there, but he will speak so we will get to hear from him at that man. last which will be important as you mentioned because we'll be able to see him publicly will be able to hear him speak, and that mass is the first of several events that happened throughout the coming week leading up to easter. so it's a very busy time for the pope. but of course he's 86 years old. he's just getting over bronchitis. he had antibiotics intravenously during this hospital stay. it's obviously a delicate moment for him on top of his mobility issues, which we'd already been monitoring in which were causing

him a lot of pain. you can see it in his face. so um, you know, i think it is going to be a time where he's going to have to pull back. he's got a trip to hungary scheduled at the end of april, so we'll be watching this week to see what events he does participate in and the extent to which he participates, but certainly on sunday, it will be important to hear from him and i think we can certainly expect that on sunday. jim jessica. yeah no doubt about it. and he's having from sayaka for years, which, of course, dahlias you mentioned can be so painful. we're wishing him the best. thanks so much for that update, and we'll be right back. allergies don't have to be scary. defeat allergy headadachs fast with new feloniess, headace and allergy relieff to pills relieve allergy headache, pain congestion that causes it. headache and allergy relief. all good life doesn't stop for diabetes, the ready for every moment with glue. sarna it's the brand that's scientifically

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