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innocence. >> you want to get president trump at any cost in this before he knew anything about me. didn't know a thing about me >> we peel back the pages of the explosive indictment a $2 billion boost for ukraine. the u.s. announces another aid package ahead of a possible spring offensive and the third largest city in the country now has a new mayor. chicago voters ushering a new era with brandon johnson get ready to say aloha the demigod will be back i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. former president trump is back in mar-a-lago this morning after becoming the first president in u.s. history to be arraigned on criminal charges in new york on tuesday. mr. trump addressed his supporters from his home in florida and proclaimed his innocence after he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in a

case related to alleged hush money payments for more on this, we go to brie jackson in washington. take us through what happened on this historic day. >> reporter: good morning frances. a little after 1:00 p.m. on tuesday afternoon. former president trump made his way from trump tower to manhattan criminal court where he became the first u.s. president sitting or former to be arrested and processed on criminal charges while the scene outside the courthouse cloud protests in support of and against the former president, things remained relatively calm after a long waiting period, mr. trump and his legal team entered for the arraignment hearing presided over by judge juan merchan. mr. trump then pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after the indictment was unsealed by judge merchan. now these charges were part of an investigation brought against mr. trump by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg in a case

connected to trump's alleged role in a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star stor daniels the reading of the charges revealed that the case is focussing on two other hush money payments as well in what prosecutors are call ago unlawful plan to suppress negative information that could have affected mr. trump's 2016 campaign each charge carries a maximum of four years in prison as nbc reported on monday, trump did not have his mug shot taken at the courthouse. merchan also did not impose a gag order on trump at the moment but said that he should refrain from making statements that may incite violence. mr. trump immediately returned to mar-a-lago after his hearing and addressed his supporters from his home on tuesday evening. take a listen. >> the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it

>> reporter: d.a. alvin bragg also addressed the media immediately following trump's hearing. take a listen to this. >> these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct >> reporter: as far as what to look forward to next, judge merchan scheduled the next hearing in the case for december 4th. it is expected to go to trial early next year, just weeks before the first republican presidential primary election. back to you. >> brie jackson for us, thank you. this morning, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are reacting to the arraignment of former president trump nbc's kristin welker has more on that as well as what these charges could mean for mr. trump's ongoing campaign to take back the white house >> reporter: an unprecedented shakeup in the race for the white house, in an already-divided america.

a former american president and the republican front runner now criminally charged in the manhattan court. democrats reacting congressman adam schiff tweeting, a somber moment in the life of our country, adding, nobody is above the law. but some democrats could not contain their glee, congresswoman maxine waters tweeting "hallelujah". but this measured response from the white house. >> we are just not going to comment. we're not going to interfere we're not going to politically interfere from here. and we've been consistent. >> reporter: though the prosecution of mr. trump by a democratic d.a. largely uniting republicans, saying it's an effort to take out president biden's top challenger >> you cannot have a system where we're going after political opponents just because you want to play gotcha. that's not america >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy tweeting bragg's weaponization of the criminal justice process will be held accountable by congress. and this reaction from former trump attorney general turned

critic bill barr >> this appears to be just a pathetically weak case that is, i think, dem trably wrong on the law, which shows by the department of justice never pursued. >> reporter: and while it may be mobilizing trump's rivals to close ranks around him but it may not last forever. especially with other investigations looming though any sharpening in tone against mr. trump could be months away. mr. trump's next expected court appearance is in december, that's right when the gop primary will be heating up expect the former president to use this indictment as a focal point in his campaign to take back the white house back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. now millions of americans waking up this morning to severe weather threats days after tornados plagued the same area in the south and midwest killing at least 32 people over the weekend.

more possible tornados were reported yesterday in iowa and illinois over 60 million people are in the path of the system which may bring damaging winds, thunderstorms and flooding according to the national weather service, the extreme st storms are expected to continue throughout the day battering areas from the great lakes to the gulf coast washington state officials have ordered 30,000 doses of abortion pills ahead after court ruling that could limit its availability nationwide. that's about a three-year supply.jay.jay ensley says ensls they have gotten the supply. the city of chicago went to the polls on tuesday and elected a vocal progressive, brandon johnson, as their new mayor. nbc news projects that johnson, a former teacher and cook county

commissioner will defeat paul vallas in a runoff vallas ran ahead of johnson and mayor lori lightfoot in the initial round of voting in february but fell to johnson who ran on addressing racial and economic disparities the biden administration has announced another $2.6 billion worth of security assistance for ukraine. it includes $500 million of ammunition, vehicles and other equipment drawn from u.s. stockpiles the remaining $2.1 billion will be used to buy air defense missiles, artillery and tank ammunition, mortar systems and anti-armor systems antony blinken says it will allow ukraine to bravely defend itself an update was given on the reporter who was arrested in russia on spying allegations the editor in chief told the paper's staff that lawyers for gershkovich visited him for the first time on tuesday.

tucker added that gershkovich is in good health and gfl for the sup grfgrateful for the support he has received. the "wall street journal" continues to deny the charges against gesrshkovich. we're hearing from the brave officers who confronted the nach nashville school shooter our kathy park has the latest. >> reporter: these are the first responding officers who charged into the covenant school in nashville to stop a killer, firing more than 150 rounds. >> not knowing what i was walking into, i went through that door with purpose >> reporter: within minutes of arrival, they describe the urgency to save lives. >> saw shell casings on the ground bullet holes on the door so i immediately made entry. >> reporter: officers rex engelbert and michael collazo

ended the bloodshot. their body cameras giving us a glimpse of how they jumped into action >> once we started hearing the first shots, that's when everything kicked into overdrive for us we had to push past a victim because we continued to hear more shots being fired >> reporter: their quick response called heroic, as they put their own lives on the line without any hesitation >> they was so in tune with trying to get in and take this threat down that they didn't think about their own safety >> reporter: nashville police still have not released a motive in the shooting, but authorities say the attack had been planned for months and the suspect considered the actions of other mass murderers a search warrant of the assailant's nashville home uncover add trove of clues, including journals, yearbooks from the covenant school where audrey hale was a former student and a suicide note as the investigation pushes on, a renewed passion to protect >> me personally, i took an oath

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