time, queen camilla. it was previously unknown if she would gain the title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, april 5th, 2023. there is the "cbs morning news." >> i never thought anything like this could happen in america. in a mar-a-lago speech, hours after being indicted, former president trump speaks publicly for the first time about his 34 felony charges. severe weather. tornadoes touch down in the midwest leaving serious damage. hear from one man whose shop was destroyed by the storm. ai dangers. president biden addresses artificial intelligence. his warning to companies as the technology develops at a rapid pace.

good morning. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. former president donald trump is back in florida and defending himself publicly after becoming the first president in u.s. history to face criminal charges. last night at his mar-a-lago estate he lashed out against the manhattan prosecutor and judge. hours earlier he surrendered to authorities and appeared in a new york city courtroom where he was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. cristian benevides is in west palm beach. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, wendy. during yesterday's hearing the judge asked the former president to be careful not to incite violence. still, donald trump did not mince words during a speech at his mar-a-lago estate here in florida. >> there is no case. there's no case. >> reporter: a defiant former president trump returned to florida to address supporters following his arrest and arraignment in new york.

>> this fake case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election, and it should be dropped immediately. >> reporter: inside a manhattan courtroom tuesday, trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. a case brought on by manhattan da alvin bragg. >> the criminal is the district attorney. he should be prosecuted or at a minimum, he should resign. >> reporter: bragg's 16-page indictment alleges trump concealed hush-money payments to three individuals, threatening to reveal negative information about him during the 2016 election. they include adult film star stormy daniels, former "playboy" playmate karen macdougal, and a trump tower doorman. >> these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. >> reporter: so far former

president trump has not been barred from publicly discussing the case but was warned by the ast th45th o make statements president we ans .-hwi a . any wrgdoing in the case. >> frustrated. he's upset. i'll tell you what, he's motivated. >> reporter: his lawyers say they'll file a motion to dismiss the charges. we've now got the prospect of a criminal trial playing out right in the middle of the 2024 campaign. and wendy, another way that this is playing out politically, primary polling by yahoo! news shows that former president trump doubled his lead over potential challenger florida governor ron desantis following news of the indictment. wendy? >> wow. cristian benevides in west palm beach.

thanks. ahead on "cbs mornings," we'll have continuing coverage of trump's indictment. we'll take a deeper look at the 34 felony counts and talk with his lawyer, joe tacopina. millions of people are under the threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms stretching all the way from the great lakes down to texas. at least two tornadoes were confirmed in central iowa yesterday, including this one near pleasantville, about 25 miles southeast of des moines. a tornado in western illinois near the iowa border caused extensive damage to homes and businesses in the city of olona. >> the roof off the shell station flew into my shop and caved the side of my building in, and it collapsed. >> reporter: were you inside? >> no. i was at work when i got a call. >> authorities say two people were trapped underneath debris at the gas station and rescued. no injuries were reported. the storms could hit some of the same areas that were devastated by dozens of deadly tornadoes last week. voters in two midwestern

states went to the polls yesterday in a nonpartisan race. democratic-backed milwaukee judge janet protasiewicz won a seat on wisconsin's supreme court. the abortion rights supporter defeated her opponent who had the support of anti-abortion rights groups. the victory means liberals will have a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. it comes amid a pending lawsuit challenging the state's 174-year-old law banning abortion. in chicago, progressive former teacher and union organizer brandon johnson was elected mayor. the cook county commissioner defeated moderate school ceo paul vallas in a runoff. johnson succeeds mayor lori lightfoot who lost her bid for re-election when she finished third in february's contest. the last funeral for the six people shot and killed at a nashville elementary school will be held today. the head of the covenant school, katherine koonce, will be laid to rest. it comes as some of the officers who responded to last week's

shooting talked about what they encountered. janet shamlian has their story and a warning, some of the video is disturbing. >> reporter: we're hearing for the first time from police officers describing the harrowing moments inside that nashville school. >> it was readily apparent i was going to be the one to make entry. >> reporter: officer rex engelbert was joined inside the school by several others including detective mike collazo. >> once we started hearing the first shots, everything kicked into overdrive for us. we continued to hear more shots being fired. >> reporter: the police chief says some of the officers had never met but instantly worked as a team with little regard for their safety. >> they formed together, they got prepared and went right in. >> reporter: police released a search warrant revealing what was seized from the shooter's home. more than 47 items including a suicide note, several covenant school yearbooks, a school photo, as well as folders and journals with notes on firearms courses and school shootings.

investigators say 28-year-old audrey hale acted alone and fired 152 rounds in the attack which the journals indicate was planned over a period of months. the covenant school community has now laid five of the victims to rest. the police chief credited everyone from emergency dispatchers to the covenant staffers who had school keys at the ready. for those who ran toward the gunfire, the work comes with a personal price. >> my family sometimes comes second. it has to. i'm here to make sure everybody else goes home as much as -- as many can and stabilize the community as best possible. >> reporter: selfless actions. authorities say they're still searching for a motive. the items seized from the house are being reviewed by the nashville police and the fbi. janet shamlian, cbs news. russia is warning of retaliatory measures after its neighbor, finland, officially joined nato. the nordic nation's flag was raised outside nato headquarters in brussels yesterday.

it becomes the 31st member of the military alliance. finland and sweden applied for membership last year after russia invaded ukraine. but sweden's acceptance is being held up by nato members turkey and hungary. >> it is a big day for finland, of course. and it's a win-win situation. it's good for nato also. but our next goal is, of course, to get our good neighbor sweden to the full membership. >> finland has a more than 800 mile-long border with russia. coming up, baby shark punishment. how former jail guards used the children's song against inmates. and later, crying over coffee. the reaction from a long-term covid patient who smelled coffee for the first time in years. this is the "cbs morning news." who smelled coffee . taking the shawl off. okay i did it. for the first time in years. this is the "cbs morning news." my joint pain isn't too bad.

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>> ai can help deal with challenges like disease and climate change. but we have to address the risks to our economy, and national security. >> mr. biden said it remains to be seen if ai is dangerous. the white house said the president again called on congress to pass legislation protecting children and restricting the personal data collected by tech companies. and "usa today" says two former oklahoma jail guards were sentenced for using the song "baby shark" to punish inmates. an investigation revealed inmates at the oklahoma county jail were forced to listen to loud children's music played on a loop including "baby shark." both guards resigned. they were placed on probation, fined, and ordered to do community service after pleading no contest to misdemeanor cruelty charges. they were also banned from working in law enforcement. coming up, tea time. golf star tiger woods is getting ready for the masters. in a new interview he acknowledges his days on the course are numbered. days on th

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the dow lost 198 points. the nasdaq slipped by 63, and the s&p 500 was down by 23 lkswagen is recalling more ssenr airbags may fail sh.use atlas suvs made between 2018 ans sport vehicles are impacted. the german automaker tells nhtsa officials it will notify customers when a remedy is available. until then, owners are asked not to let anyone sit in the vehicle's front passenger seat. tiktok has been fined $15.9 million by a uk watchdog for misusing children's data. the group said in 2020 tiktok allowed up to 1.4 million kids under 13 in the uk to use the app despite the platform's own rules prohibiting kids that young from setting up accounts. the watchdog alleges tiktok did

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