moments ago, the man accused of helping donald trump move an conceal secret documents at mar-a-lago walked into a miami courthouse. he is being arraigned on federal charges, and we are live at the scene. >> the man who turned on pew tipp and stunned the world with the brazen rebellion may now be in russia. the president of belarus saying that if yevgeny prigoshin was in belarus, but now he is telling another story. and the launch of a new app called threads and minutes in, it has millions of users. with john berman and sara sidner, i'm kate bolduan, and this is cnn "news central." so, happening now, the man accused of helping donald trump hide classified documents is

inside of a federal courthouse in miami, and according to the judge's schedule, he is being arraigned right now, and you are looking at the chaotic moment in the last hour when walt nauta was greeted by journalists. he is expected to plead not guilty to several channels including conspiracy to deceive the fbi. at a time when 64 boxes were moved, only 30 were brought back. carlos suarez just is out ooid of the time and we believe that is arraignment is happening right now. give us an update. >> yes, john, that is right. so nauta did arrive this morning and joined by d.c.-based

attorney stanley woodard, and nauta did not say a word as he walked out of the suv and into the courthouse. cnn has learned that he has added a south florida-based attorney, sasha nadan and she is a former florida expording with this sepation. as you noticed, john, he is expected to plead not gill toe obstruction and lying to investigators. the arraignment is expected to last a few minutes. according to prosecutors, he mo moved at trump's mar-a-lago resport. he moved them from one place to another, and then he lied about it. the move is an effort so that one of trump's attorneys would

not be able to find some of the classified documents that had been subpoenaed by a grand jury. now, the prosecution, the prosecutor, the federal government sis they have surveillance video of nota moving the, bos before the fbi searched the property. nauta as you noted as well is a personal aide to the former president. he was here when the former president was ar raped, and however, because he was not able to get a south florida-based attorney, he could not enter a plea. and then bad weather kept him from making it to south florida the first time. but, john, we believe that walt nauta is being arraigned on the charges, and we have team inside of the courthouse getting us this information and the details coming out of the hearing, and when we get that, we will pass it on.

>> carlos suarez, and we will get a readout of what took place inside of that courtroom as soon as it is available. sara? >> another arraignment coming after new details were revealed in the documents kay. they said that prosecutors watched surveillance video before they ever ener and the searched trump's mar-a-lago residence, the documents were heavily redacted, but it says that they watched video of them moving boxes. and katelyn polantz is joining us, but it says that not every single details of how he is charged? >> exactly, sara. what we are seeing from last summer when a federal judge worked to preserve that search warrant to go in there to preserve the documents, and that

document last summer is telling much of the story that we also see in the indictment about walt nauta, and what he is accused of doing about the obstruction, and the false statements that he is accused of making to the fbi. he is not named as an apparent witness, because he had been talking to fbi around that period of the summer of that last year, but all of the details that we are seeing in the affidavit that is released and now that the affidavit is out, and the search is what is needed at this team, and they had talked to watt nauta, and there were boxes that they had surveillance of him moving boxes at mar-a-lago, and realized that federal prosecutors were seeing the boxes in the storage room, but they knew that there should have been more there, and they wrote in the affidavit to the

junl, but subjects confirps boxes were moved recently, and moved from the storage area, and not known for et. so, that is saying that we need to do the unpredented search and see if there is a case that can be charged. ultimately, they did charge that case, and this is why walt nauta is in court today of south florida. >> we will give you the details in court when the reports can get out of court, and when the arraignment is over. >> thank you. kate? >> ta talk more about this is u.s. attorney michael moore. okay. michael nauta, and your take on what you think about this role that we are learning more about that he may have had in the documents investigation, and the case that prosecutors have been?

>> well s, now, this is standar part of the process, that he is going to plea not guilty and go on with the rest of the case. this is going to be par with the case whether evidence is lost, misplaced and not available for the judge to go ahead to issue the warrant, and the evidence, and that seems to be okay for the ish sure here. and then i would say, what interest that is a small number that clearly means that the documents will be what the government needs to talk about as far as what is in the box and

being moved, and claim that somebody is secreting the move and being evidenced of what is in the box, and this is a key as they move forward. we will see. this is clearly going to be another building block in the government's case in whether or not it is enough to ultimately take down a former president, we will see. >> and just as you were speaking, we have news from the courtroom that the hearing is over, and it lasted two minutes, michael. walt nauta pleaded not gill, and as anticipated quick, and in and out before they could say much more, and now the process continues. but, as you are talking about in this, if nauta is seen on video moving dozens of boxes, and they have to prof what in those boxes

and that he lied to the defense, and then what will happen? >> well, that is what will be the thing that trips people up is that he told a lie to a federal law enforcement agent, and that is a big deal. so he will want to come in, i expect, and say something to the effect that, look, i am the valet, and i move boxboxes, and have no idea what you talk about, and for what i know, i thought that it was golf shoes, and i have no idea what it was, and i will try to do what i do all of the time, and move things all of the time. and so maybe he has the interest of one juror in the time, and

that one juror can hang a juror, and that is what it s. and the two-minute arraignment is the shortest thing in the case, because now we get into the issue of the pretrial motion, and we're going to have likely appeals up, and rulings that are made, and so this is case is now -- >> well, michael, now, you say that one of the biggest things that challenging the tough reality of where this heads is the calendar, and not just for nauta, but the former president as well, and why? >> well s, there is a long-standing policy with the department of justice that they are not meddling in election, so six weeks or so that the government stands down on cases so it does not tend to favor one side or another, and that there is some preference who might win the election, but in this case, we are now talking about a trial

based on the late of the year, and you have the presidential primaries in the beginning of february, and the government has to do something to make the appearance they are not trying to knock trump who enters this case with a presumption of innocence. so they have to do everything that they can to show that they are not trying to knock him out of the election by make him sit in the trial and in on evidence, and that why think that the case won't happen after e , and we are

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this morning, we heard from president of belarus who said that man who led the rebellion against putin is in russia and living as free man and not in belarus as he previously claimed, and that is all from alexander lukashenko who said that if ever gainey prigozhin was in his country, but when cnn asked that story, the story changed. the kremlin is staying mum as to the wagner whereabouts as the russian media has launched a fierce campaign name him a fierce traitor. they have raided his home and office, and published the items in the raid, item such adds gold

bars, wigs, guns, stacksf cash, and passports with multiple aliases. matthew chance is joining us from minsk. give us a sense of that. lukashenko does not meet with any reporters on a regular basis. >> no, they are very infrequent these kinds of the news conferences that are called by the bella rue san. >> and so that lieu ken show could sit down with us in the presidential palace here in the middle of belarus to sit down and ask talk about anything that we wanted to ask him, and the first thing that all of us wanted to know was about wagner and ever gainey prigozhin, because he had brokered the deal to bring to an ent the dramatic

stalling and this is what alexander luke then coe told me when i asked him. >> reporter: i wondered if you could provide us with the whereabouts the wagner leader yevgeny prigoshin. >> translator: in regard to prigozhin, he is in pros coe or elsewhere, but he is not in the territory of belarus now. >> reporter: that was alexander lucieiuciucieu -- lukashenko wi

information. and he has characterized wagner leader as a traitor from putin, and so we don't know what will happen to him. i spoke to the kremlin earlier today, and they said that they will not comment on this deal, and so it appears that this previous deal is being re-negotiated. >> thank you for the reporting on that. kate? >> and yes, the backdrop on all of this is the war in ukraine. and rescuers are digging through the debris looking to find anybody who might have survived a missile attack in lviv.

this apartment building was destroyed and this video is someone rescued from the rubble, and the death toll is standing at five. to give you a scope of the damage, along with that apartment building, 30 homes destroyed, a dormitory, orphanage, and two other buildings as well. it is being called the most deadly destruction in that region since the war began. lviv, is long being seen as one of the safer places in ukraine, and what does this strike mean to this? >> it certainly means it is not so safe anymore. there have been attacks on lviv, but not with this death toll in what is a completely residential

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>> after he was arraigned in a federal documents concealment case, it took only two minutes for walt nauta to be arraigned. he is accuse of hiding documents that government officials wanted returned to them. i do want to mention that we are watching to see if he is coming out oft co court. the arraignment is short, and this is very different situation when donald trump went in to be arraigned. >> shout if you see something there, sara. we know that janet yellen is in beijing to discuss financial

topics. we are told they will discuss financial topics, and a wide-ranging group of topics. josh, how high is the administration setting for this round of meetings? >> well, just like the previous trip from secretary of state blinken. they say that it could not be lower. they want to have a thaw, and nobody could be against u.s. and china relations, and don't expect the tariffs iblg to a

return to the tepgss, because the baseline, the chinese is not willing to stop any of the economic aggression, and the united states will not let it go, and this a roadblock on the ever ascending relationship. nothing more. >> and jn net yellen is known to the chinese in her tenure, and how might they view her? >> well, according to the officials that i spoke to, they don't like tony blinken, and they are hoping that they are getting a more sympathy ik ear from janet yellen, and they are right about that, because she is going to have a more moderate stance, and she wants to make it better, and so unless the things that the united states is

concerned about, they will have a number of meetings. janet yellen does want the rates to stabilize, but we will have to wait and see. >> how much of the u.s. attitudes, and discussions with china and how much more do you see directly to russia? >> well, it is a shell game, and quiet donation that comes to the private companies rather than the government, but it is better than funding them openly, and if the chinese wants to say, you better not help the russians,

and so that is sort of something that is better than the alternative which is an open arming of the russians by china which is something that nobody wants. >> as they have welcomed the senior u.s. officials the last several weeks, i guess the question is why? is there anything that xi jinping fears from the open united states? >> well, that is fair, john. the communist party rules by a simple bargain with the chinese and without this, the.

he is going to want to get the janet yellen for cracking down on the american businesses, and that is why i want to see things getting worse before they are better. >> china cracking down. and there are some cards before depend before depoepding how it is unfoelgd. >> reporter:? >> the altercation is over, one palestinian soldier is over, and dozens of buildings are damaged and israel says that all of those are combatants involved in terrorism, but the united states nations are saying that the strikes and the ground operation may constitute a war crime. we have salma abdelaziz is there

with the latest. what are you seeing? >> well, lives are trying to be paesd back together, and the dozens of homes that are trying to make it more american, they only schools, and other places that are already impoverished and we saw images of anger and defiance, and resistance. these are images that took place when they returned to the camp which was a huge funeral procession for the 12 people killed in the ground incursion. that funeral turned into a demonstration. what is so striking to see is

that the armed resistance factions around and the very group that israel was trying to weaken were out in full force in that funeral procession making no attempts to hide it with logos sending a message, and they were out on a ground training exercise. they said they achieved the will of deterring combatants there, but is this going to be a temporary state of prooef. >> yeah, we don't know the answer of that before. >> and now a bit of rev ti here. i don't have to snap my fingers and do it by myself. look at who is in the houchlts lil john.

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for 15 years the pencils for promises organization has impacted a quarter of a million students around the world. the charity has built nearly 190 schools and delivered nearly 1,000 water filters to people in need. world famous rapper lil john has been working with pencils for promise for more than a decade now. we have him here. you know it is a special day when we have chairs here --

>> i was going to bring that up. >> on cnn "news central." this is so outrageously wonderful. and thank you for the chairs. >> thank you for having me. >> and the world knows you as the king of cronk, ayou know it is serious when you can get chairs on the dance floor here. >> and you know, i have been doing work for about 10 yeten minute, and then i went to a charity event and i was inspired about the number of people who had built schools in ghana and laos and another country they built schools in, but the country of the schools that had built the schools, and seated

places of the -- you know, the video of the presentation of the schools, and the kes face tis, and it and the fact that they were building schools in ghana, and i wanted to build two schools right away. so i knew what i wanted to do. we raised money, and i built two schools in gahghana. >> so in 2018, you broke ground. what is that like when you are there and you know that this is going to be something big, a chance at an education. >> it is like mind blowing where people are say, well, don't have or that, and then you go into the villages where they don't have running water, and they are living in huts, and you know, i saw the schools that, you know, some of thele schools that we

had before we came in and got involved, and there was like no air conditioning, and like a tree, they were doing the classes under a mango tree. like outside in africa. it is hot. animals are walking by, and the kids are easily distracted. to go in and see that, it just blew my mind, and now i can help these children go on the do whatever they want to do because of the power of education. >> and it helped a village. all right. now, i wanted to talk about something else that you are doing, because you are not just in the rap game and now you doing a show, and what is it that lil jon wants to do? >> lil jon wants to do what? it is a home improvement, and

myself and two others go and re-do shows. >> i have one you can do. >> you have to have a budget. >> and here you are breaking ground to build schools in ghana and now you are revamping people's houses. and what the heck got you doing this? >> well, i had to do my own home. i was in l.a. living, and i was still having my home in atlanta. a pipe burst and water running for a week, and i had to gut my house back, and i went to two contractors and then going through that process, i wanted to put my house back together in a way better way than before. one day i was watching the home improvement shows trying to get inspiration, and i was watching anitra and i asked if she would

be down with helping me on my home, and when we were done, her husband said that you work really good together, and second, your designs are insane and you need to do a show together. so we put together to show, and here we are with "lil jon wants to do what?" okay. >> that is a promo there. i need that for a little promo, please. >> thank you so much for coming in early and hanging out with us. >> it is all good. >> we will all be back. >> we got chairs. chairs. >> this is a first. this is a first for our show.

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a new government study finds that nearly half of the tap water in the united states is contaminated with what are called forever chemicals. scientists believe they may be more hazardous to our health than previously thought. cnn's jacqueline howard is with us now. what exactly are we talking about here? >> what we're talking about, forever chemicals are basically pfas chemicals, and they are part of items that we encounter every day. like you can find them in nonsticking cooking pans or in fast food containers. and they're called forever chemicals because they break down very slowly. now for this new study that just came out, what researchers did, they analyzed tap water samples from more than 700 sites across the united states. those samples included private

wells, public sources, and they found about 45% of water samples contained pfas chemicals. and they noted that most of these samples containing pfas were in or near big cities and near urban areas. and this isn't meant to scare people, but it's more so to raise awareness about how really prevalent these chemicals are. and we know that they have been linked to certain cancers, to thyroid disease. there is ongoing research looking into the public health implications here. but one takeaway for all of us, one way to reduce your own exposure to pfas chemicals would be to use a carbon filter for your water at home, or there are tests you can purchase on line or from certified labs to test your own water. we know that public utilities are doing a lot of work in this. epa is doing a lot of work in this. but these are forever chemicals, so that work will take some time, take some resources. but john, that's the takeaway is

just the prevalence of pfas chemicals in our water. it seems to be more widespread than previously thought. >> yeah. it was a very high number. thank you so much. kate? so meta is taking on musk. elon musk's twitter is facing its most direct threat really yet from none other than mark zuckerberg. thread launched overnight. joining us now is cnn's brian fung for more. zuckerberg just announced that some 30 million people have already signed up since it launched? >> reporter: yeah. truly a staggering level of growth here that we're seeing in this new app that is designed to take on twitter. it was ten million at first, in the first seven hours. now as you said, up to 30 million in the first 16 hours. by comparison, you can look at how many users twitter had the last time it was publicly disclosed, it was about 237 million daily monetized active

users. so we're really seeing twitter having -- feeling the heat from threads and the enormous numbers of people signing up for this massively popular app here. how does there app actually work? well, one of the reasons it's so successful is it works through instagram. so you use your instagram account to sign up, and after you've signed up you're presented with a very familiar twitter-like innerface where you can -- interface where you can post thread, which is what they're called on threads, and images. you can reply in nested threads, as well. all of this should be very familiar to anyone who's been on twitter and really the goal here that meta has it to make it as easy as possible to jump from twitter to this new app. and it seems like it may be working. there are some limitations here. the app only provides you with an algorithmic feed so you can't only see content from the people

you follow. there are limited search features and no hash tags or organizing tools just yet. some of that may eventually be developed, but right now it's a very bare-bones twitter-like client. all that said, we are seeing a lot of growth right now on this new app that everyone is wondering could this be a twitter killer. kate? >> i mean, you know that elon musk is hearing this, as well. and he's not one to be quiet, and he's not one to shy away from a feud that seems to be growing between these men. has musk said anything? >> reporter: all he's really done is just kind of liked some criticism of threads, and that's been pretty much it. so we may have to wait until this cage match if it happens to really see the outcome here. >> all right. brian, great to see you. thanks. you signed up. >> i'm a big deal on threads. i'm a very big deal on this new social media app.

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