i want to go to kristen holmes right now. kristen?t least one of them is related to a conspiracy charge. now, we don't know exactly what that means. but this is something that we believe the department of justice was trying to prove. we know they had brought in a number of lower level aides -- trying to prove this conspiracy theory that there had been a larger -- obstruction of justice. again, are we very clear? we don't know exactly what this conspiracy charges. all we know so far is that there are seven charges, and that one of, them at least is, relating to conspiracy. and we also know that the department of justice had brought in multiple sources trying to prove this point of conspiracy, trying to -- these lower level horses, essentially, from these lawyers, that i have talked to, trump lawyers, trying to prove that trump had a obstructed these lower level employees in some way, which would make for a possible conspiracy charge. again, we do not have details on this. all we know is that there are seven charges, and that at least o

kristen holmes is there. kristen, i want to go to you first. trump as responded to the federal charges for the first time in public calling them, among other things, ridiculous. what else did he say? >> reporter: yeah, alex, ridiculous, a joke, horrendous for the country. he said people were crying at night because of this indictment. i want to note one thing before we get into what he said in detail, he has been warned or advised by legal advisers about what he says, to watch what he says, this it could be used against him if there's a trial. it doesn't seem to be stopping him from saying anything. he spent the first 40 minutes talking about various legal battles, not just the federal indictment and talking about the 2020 rigged election. he said this is a joke of indictment. he said all it did is raise his polling and his fundraiser. he said they're not coming after me. they're coming after you. he called jack smith deranged saying he and his wife are trump hater. he also said after the document was unsealed saying he couldn't have done anyth

as our team is working the details. >> kristen holmes reporting serve counts and she's saying they'red through what they are and that's literally what's happening as we're having this conversation. >> i was reading this in "the washington post" two days ago, looking at an indictment, retention versus dissemination and i would be curious to see, what scott thinks about it. indictment includes other information. would it say that the department of justice believes that there's still documents out there in the wild that are either in trump's control or he's lost control of them? in terms of the national security implications of this case, does that also potentially change the equation? >> it certainly goes on what mike pence was saying yesterday that donald trump violated his oath of office and abused the constitution in his role as commander in chief. if there are national security imply implications for the documents and they're very sensitive and whatever we find out. you can southeasternly see mike pence even though he said trump shouldn't be indicted on this. when he had the power,

right now, we will go to kristen ho holmes who is in new bedford, new jersey. any signs of movement? >> rahel, no movement yet, and we are keeping a close eye, and yes, we expect him to leave now, but as we know the former president runs late, and what we have learned about walt nauta, and we have seen him all weekend, and walt was by his side and has been for months and if not years, and what is important to note about this, there are questions as to whether or not nauta would continue to stay by trump after they were both indicted. and would he cooperate in some ways with the department of justice, but it appears he is staying by the former president, and traveling with him as he said, and what we do know is when he lands in florida, he is going to doral resort, and the political team will be there to meet with him, and suzy wile his campaign manager, and others, his lawyers, who are trying to beef up the florida-based team. two of the lawyers resigned, and he is looking for lawyers who are barred there who can help with the case. again, the big thing here is

actually we're going to go to kristen holmes first because we're having some issues there.sten, tell us more about this ad, and actually let me start -- let me play a little bit more -- play another excerpt ad. >> here's a question for you. just how far are the radical left and inside-the-beltway ban kits willing to go to stop him? we all know they hate him for wing the fight to protect life, for exposing their deep state, for draining their precious swamp, and they already know he'll crush biden. >> so much there to fact check and dispute, but what are they trying to accomplish with that? >> well, in thisaled ad, it's t first time we seat images of jack smith, a special counsel, really severs as a preemptive strike and i've been told by sources close to trump that he's been, as he does, crowd sourcing opinions on whether or not he's going to be indicted. i have been told by trump advisers that they are bracing for an indictment without specifically saying that they believe they will be indicted in this, and the defense we're likely to see. they are not just calling it poli

let's go back to kristen holmes. o are in this crowd, right? major donors are people who just truly are among the most loyal supporters the former president has? >> reporter: absolutely, erin, these are some of the staunchest supporters. we've seen senator tommy tuberville, cash patel, many of which we know have had their own legal problems as well. one thing really striking to me that i have seen a handful of people who testified in front of that grand jury in that investigation that includes taylor -- who went before the grand jury just before that indictment came down, and it really goes to that question again of who exactly is going to be on the prosecutor's witness list who cannot communicate with the former president about this case. you have to remember that so many of these people are still in trump's inner circle, are still very close to the former president. as we watched walt nauta getting on that plane and going with him to -- and i am told it is going to be a shorter than average speech, but of course we'

what you had earlier in the day with kristen holmes, let's show the one in the control room with all the boxes on the stage in mar-a-lago because it just seems like i had assumed that there was at least some -- look at that. i mean, that's a room where everybody who is in mar-a-lago has access to. >> sure. >> i had assumed that there was some effort to at least put them in a room and lock them away. that looks -- that's incredibly reckless. >> if they knew what was in the boxes. >> but there have been at least two chinese national intruders. >> sure. >> because another con woman who pretended she was a member of the rothschild family, people can google this if you want, it's all out there, who got access to mar-a-lago. those are the three we know b this is a country club in florida, i have no idea who had access to t that's not secure, right? >> that's absolutely right, that is not secure and that's actually one of the reasons why -- separate and apart from whether an indictment is appropriate -- one of the reasons why we were pushing to congress to say there needs to be an amendment

kristen holmes was reporting who's there, mike lindell, tommy tuberville.erstand there's going to be some other done nors. we do want to know who they are. a lot of them have fled. big ones still remaining. this is his echo chamber tonight. >> absolutely. and for trump now, his defense is the campaign. his campaign is his defense. this is -- it's all the same now. and a big part of trump's campaign has always been the small dollar donors. tonight it's about the big dollar donors, the bundlers, people who can raise money in huge amounts the traditional way. this is something that's a little bit new to him. he's thrived over the years on being sort of the most prolific small dollar donor candidate in our party. i expect tonight to hear him lay this out in very stark terms. we've heard the language, this is the final battle. this is not going to be a campaign -- >> biblical. >> it's not a speech or a campaign about taxes and trade and immigration and this and that. this is basically, they're coming for me because they're coming for you. this campaign is about

. >> let's get straight to cnn's kristen holmes who is in new jersey, kristen, you've been working your sources like you always do and you've got some new information this morning, what are you learning? >> reporter: that's right, i spoke to a number of advisers last night and today on what exactly this indictment means, how are they going to move forward with their campaigning. i was told they feel they have a trump indictment playbook down. they believe they can navigate this. die want to say one thing, we know the former president does not complain about it he does not want to be indicted but they do feel they understand after that last indictment, after the manhattan arraignment how exactly to handle this. and this in part is taking control of the public narrative by playing it out in the court of public opinion. you saw that in part last night with donald trump when he took to the stage, take a listen. >> today, we witness the most evil and heinous abusive power in the history of the country. this is called election interference, this day will will go down in infamy, and joe biden

kristen holmes, cnn, concord, new hampshire. >>> let's bring in senior national political reporter at the boston globe. jess, mccarthy backtracking those comments to cnbc. what do you make of the tight rope that the xwop establishment is trying to walk here with trump clearly the frontrunner? >> good morning. what we saw -- >> and i think that we lost jess. we'll spend two seconds and try to get her back. she's been covering attention and former president trump in new hampshire, and we'll try to get her back up. in the meantime, we'll pay some bills and take a break. coming up, the supreme court rejects a bid to give state lawmakers unchecked power over elections and why some cities want to ban new drive-thrus. aded without fingersticks. manage your diabetes with more confididence and lower your a1c. it's covered by medicare for those who qualify. ask your doctor about the freestyle libre 2 system. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neu

kristen holmes, cnn, concord, new hampshire. >>> the trial of actor kevin spacey on sexual assault charges is set to begin today here in london. the 63-year-old is facing a dozen charges including several counts of shultexual assault. prosecutors say the incidents occurred between 2001 and 2013. he has denied any wrongdoing. salma abdelaziz is joining me here with more. i mean, this is -- people are quite gripped by this because it seemed to have gone on for such a long time but he denies everything. >> he denies everything and he has already shown up in court. i believe that we have the images of him walking into the court today. he showed up if you can believe it two hours early. these images were taken just before 9:00 a.m. the trial has yet on to start. it will start at 10:30 local time. he is absolutely keen he says to prove his innocence, reclaim his reputation and his career. kevin spacey has throughout maintained that none of the charges are true, they are fabricated and that they have cost him his very important, very award winning, very successful anktsing i ing acti career. he i

. >>> kristen holmes is going to be joining us now in washington, d.c., and she has been following this case, and obviously, talking with those surrounding donald trump, and have you heard anything from them since we have found out that they are, their lawyers are meeting with the doj? >> well, sara, we haven't had an official comment from the trump campaign, however, i did speak with two advisers on the background information on what exactly they are asking for, and you have heard evan asking for this being prosecutorial misconduct, and so, when i asked what this overreach was, they believe they have some evidence here, and the other thing that i am told by another adviser they are planning to argue is the best thing is to close this case before the election, and essentially alleging that this is going to lead to election interference, and this is what we have heard from former president trump, and a preview of what he could say if he loses the primary as i have heard from the advisers and they believe that the republican primary field is going to be completely set by the end of the we

kristen holmes explains.i can't difference for his campaign. kristen holmes explains. >> reporter: they say they have raised $7 million since the indictment on thursday, much of it coming from small donations, from digital fundraising, about 2.1 coming from the fundraiser he had tuesday night after he was arraigned in miami. this is significant because i spoke to a number of advisers and allies who weren't sure that he was going to be able to get the billing boost in fundraising after a second indictment. i've talked to a number of his allies today who say that this will carry help through the election. the indictment that is. and i spoke to a number of advisers who really laid out what they believe is a working playbook to help they will through the campaign with all these legal hurdles. the idea behind it is to essentially play this out in the court of public opinion, to change the narrative and that is what you saw when trump went to versailles, that was a planned trip. his team wanted that video out there. they knew there would be no camera

thank you to you, kristen holmes. now i want to go to senior crime reporter where they are meeting, and are you hearing there is going to be any new witnesses coming in? >> well, there was an aide of donald trump who worked as a spokesperson at the time he was making statements and there was a time when that man did testify, and we don't know what he said, because it is a secret procedure, but when you look back the justice department has left what appear nos stone unturned, because there are so many people here who could be witnesses and looking at ones who have confirm and testified and the list is quite long, and it is nearly everyone that you can think of, his trump's defense attorney, evan corcoran and the people who were managing the custodians of the documents and mark meadows, the former chief of staff, and other aides handling records or knew about records, and those who work for him at mar-a-lago, and those handling security footage and moving boxes and every single person that we can think of in this invest

. >> kristen holmes has more on the town hall, and kristen, it seems like, and sounds like haley made a strong impression with the voters in the room last night, but how well did she find herself differentiating herself from donald trump? >> yeah, that is right, we heard from one person in the room saying that haley was a breath of fresh air, and in this opportunity of the town hall was an opportunity for haley to reach a broader audience and differentiate herself from her former boss, and we have to keep in mind that haley is the first candidate to announce she is running in 2024 as a presidential candidate after donald trump, and at this early stage has yet to see her campaign take off particularly as ron desantis and trump have taken up much of the oxygen in the race. now, it was not just foreign policy and ukraine in which she used the issues to differentiate herself from the two men. another one we heard was entitlement programs. and both trump and desantis despite previously saying otherwise, they said they would not touch medicare and social security, and haley said that you ha

cnn's kristen holmes is on the trail with the former president in new hampshire, where he spoke earlier today and, kristen, in trump's response, did he get reiterate these were not classified documents? >> reporter: well, actually, he did not talk about this document at all. you heard that clip that sara just played for you from the brett bear interview where he talks about how that was no classified document. there wasn't anything there. notably in this response, he doesn't talk about that at all. instead, he says this, he says he had a whole desk full of papers that included, quote, copies of different plans and news articles covering, quote, many, many subjects. again, not saying there is no classified document there. i want to note we have reached out to trump's team to see what he meant by copies of plans because as we understand it, a copy of a classified document is still a classified document. and trump was ordered to turn over not just the originals, but any copies and notes that he had as well. this is the first time we're seeing this response. but, again, he says he did nothi

kristen holmes is live here trump's club where he will be hosting a fundraiser.l media to speak out here ahead of the arraignment. what's he saying? >>. >> reporter: what is he not saying? he's calling this a witch hunt, election interference, he's going after jack smith personally. he said this is the thug that overturned big cases that biden and his corrupt injustice department stuck on me. he's a radical right lieutenanttive and trump hater, as is all his friends and family who probably planted information in the boxes given to them. they taint everything they touch including this country, which is rapidly going to hell. even he couldn't go as so far to say they planted information, which there's absolute hi no indication of any impropriety so far. they have alleged prosecutorial conduct, but they have not given us any examples despite asking multiple times. this is the kind of language we are expecting to hear from the former president tonight when he takes that stage in bedminster. he will be cheered on by soum of the most loyal supporters. it's going to be

i want to go to cnn's kristen holmes who is in bedminster, new jersey. fund-raiser last night, as we mentioned. i know you have new details about what happened there. >> yeah, that's right, brianna. i spoke to a number of people who were present there. they said trump was walking around, wining and dining these high-dollar donors, asking about his arraignment, what did they think, even at some points asking how he looked on camera. he was reveling in all this kof rachlkt i did notice that trump's team a lot more relaxed this time than when i saw them after the manhattan arraignment. they say they believe it's because they have this playbook down, how to deal with these multiple indictments and run for president. part of that was really playing it out in the court of public opinion. that begins by changing the narrative. that's what we started to see yesterday. the trump to versailles was a planned tripped by his team. they wanted positive visuals out for this day. there were no cameras in the courthouse, so they wanted all the visuals to be supporters fa

kristen holmes is joining us from bedminster, and what more are you learning about this strategy? the 2024 presidential campaign strategy. now, of course, there are still so many unknowns, is there going to be a trial in the middle of the campaign, and what does this look like? so while they are attending multiple events announced around the off of this arraignment tomorrow, it's unclear whether or not that's actually going to be possible to stick with that. i want to note over the weekend something that we heard trump say in an interview with "politico." he said, i don't want to be indicted. i didn't ever want to be indicted. my whole life i went without being indicted and he called it political. the reason why this is notable, this is something that we had reported that trump had said privately behind closed doors. clearly now he's saying that outloud. that was really on display, how much these legal battles are looming over him when we saw him speak over the weekend. i was in georgia where he spoke for 80 minutes, 40 minutes of that was focused on the legal issues. it was the f

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kristen holmes reporting. what's going on wen wen strategist alice stewart along with david axelrod. alice, speaker mckarcarthy is trying to get back in trump's good graces. who needs more out of this relationship? would it be trump or mckarthy? >> it's a mutually beneficial relationship. every now and then in politics they say what they think and when they think about what they said they have to do a cleanup on aisle 4. someone as the speaker of the house that wasn't a bash on trump, but it was more he's not going to take sides in a primary, but anything short of a full-throated endorsement for donald trump is critical. in terms of the backlash of this, speaking with many people in the house, it's more in the media and the talking class, because, look, the house caucus is similar to republicans across the country. there are those that support trump and in the house caucus there are members of the house and the freedom caucus and those people tend to be more supportive of ron desantis, and then there are many

kristen holmes joins us with more. what do you know? >> currently, trump is with a small group of aids, but his senior advisers will be arriving in the next couple days. this is planned prp they were already going to be coming to bed minister. but his entire team believes an indictment is eminent. i did just learn from a source that trump's team has started reaching out to hill allies trying to get their support, trying to get them to back him. they are expecting top allies like jim jordan to play a prom nebt role in defending the former president. trump is sitting in bedminster. he's made calls saying he believe he is getting indicted. that is where they are. the team as well expecting this to come. it could come any moment. they are ready for it. >> they say they are ready for it. note worth thi, those calls to allies. trump asking to attack law enforcement, to attack institutions torks say donald trump has done nothing wrong. appreciate that reporting. let's walk through some of the nuts and bolts of the case, including the grand jur

kristen holmes in new hampshire for us, thank you very much. >>> analysis from cnn political directoryou make of this back and forth involving mccarthy? >> i think you did cleanup on aisle 6, clearly. he was hearing from the trump camp. but don't forget, this is the first time he's flip-flopped on donald trump. i remember after january 6th, we all did. he went on the floor of the house, and he blamed for the insurrection. before you know it, he was standing at mar-a-lago giving a thumbs--up with the former president. he also owes the former president. a lot of people believe that mccarthy would not have been the speaker if it weren't for donald trump twisting some arms at the 11th hour. >> certainly donald trump believes that. >> yeah, donald trump believes that. and we know that he was on the phone talking to people. so i think mccarthy really misspoke, and he had no choice but to take it back if he wanted to live another day. >> important point. it's interesting. trump and desantis trading barbs all day today in their dueling campaign events in new hampshire. does desantis have more

kristen holmes live in bridgewater. john. >> and now here to talk about the defense team strategy is laura coates, and also prosecutor nick ackerman, walt nauta flew to florida with donald trump, and ate with donald trump, and he seems to be wrapping him in a bear hug, and physical and metaphorical bear hug and why? >> because jack smith wrapped them both into one indictment. they are now considered co-defendants, and i would expect them to commntinue to communicate and why should they distance themselves. as co-defendants they will have counsel who will work together and decide what defenses should be, and how to present at trial, and he is going to have a separate attorney, but under a similar defense team, and the reason it is significant is because people talk about the expectation to flip this particular person. i hear about this notion of flipping someone as if you try to get the biggest fish in the pond, but it is essential to think about this indictment, and it says trump employee two, and employee walt nauta an

this special edition of jake tapper's "the lead," the aarrest and arraignment of donald trump, kristen holmesin bedminster, new jersey, where donald trump will give a speech to a select group of donors later tonight. kristen, trump has been defiant, obviously, about this indictment and interviews on social media. what are you learning about what he's going to say tonight? >> reporter: well, anderson, that stop that we saw is just the beginning of what will be him attempting to paint this and play this out in the court of public opinion rather than in an actual courthouse. this is straight from the trump playbook, and we expect to hear trump say the exact same things we have been hearing for the last several weeks, and particularly over this weekend. he's going to call it election interference, saying that it is a witch hunt, that this is all political, that this is all because he is running for president in 2024, and he's going to be saying it to a sympathetic crowd. this area is going to be filled with supporters, the bedminster club patrons as well as as you noted, those high dollar donors

i want to go to kristen holmes. you're here with new reporting. as so often happens when donald trump appears to be in legal peril, he tries to shore up support of the court of public opinion and you're seeing that happen. >> that's right, so we have sources who are telling us trump has already started reaching out to members on the hill. his most staunch allies trying to shore up support. it's not husband jim, his legal team and super pac and political team reaching out, they want to have a full-court press and want people on the airwaves defending him and even sent out talking points that go after jack smith and the other thing to keep in mind here, that it's not just trump who is saying that he's indicted. for the last several months we had heard he was asking people, what do you think is going to happen? that shifted in the last couple of weeks. trump himself saying i believe i'm going to get indicted and his team essentially saying that they think it could happen sooner rather than later. it is interesting to watch this unfold, because i've s

kristen holmes a bedminster force, so what do you expect from the former president?e a raucous crowd. >> yes, anderson, i think the former president is walking out, right now you can see him right, there but we expect this crowd to be -- it is not only as staunch as -- some of his highest donors, one of the things we have been reporting is that -- a lot of high-profile donors, so he really needs this, crowd he needs to be talking to this group. and we expect him to make this as extremely political as we have seen, if this is election interference, because he is the owner in the 2024 republican nomination. it remains to be seen if he will say anything about his experience in court today. now, i will note just a moment ago, right before trump came out, we saw a number of his staffers who had flown on the plane with him, that included his top campaign advisers, notably not there was walt nauta. now, there are other people in this crowd that i have seen who testified in front of the grand jury, so, there are a lot of questions as to whether or not these people are going

let's go to cnn's kristen holmes covering trump at his new jersey golf resort. break down the new numbers, the fundraising numbers for us. >> reporter: well, wolf, we were told by a trump campaign release that $6.6 million had been raised since the thursday indictment. just moments ago i got off the phone with the spokes person who told me the number has actually reached $7 million, the last bunch coming in just in the last hour. the breakdown here would be about $4.9 million in digital fundraising, the e-mail after e-mail that you see saying that you need to support former president trump, you know, a political witch hunt, etcetera. then 2.1 from the fundraiser last night, the high dollar donations, the bundlers. this is significant because there had been some concern among allies the big boost we saw in fundraising after the manhattan arraignment was not going to happen again. that people might get tired of donating, or legal issue after legal issue. that is not the case. clearly. they are saying they have raised $7 million since the indictment, $2.1 million f

kristen holmes, on that note. i want to bring in cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, many of the presidents allies are rallying against this indictment. rallying on his behalf, including the speaker of the house. tell me what you're hearing. >> yeah, rushing to his defense, similar to what happened in the new york case, even after and before they had seen any details of the indictment in the new york case. before they've seen any an indictment details in this federal indictment. saying that the justice department is wrong, calling it a witch hunt, calling it a sham investigation, and vowing to use the power of the house gop majority in their words, to hold the administration accountable. that is exactly what speaker mccarthy just said in a tweet just moments ago, going after this indictment, calling it a dark day in american history. he says that the republicans stand with president trump, against what he what mccarthy says is a quote, grave injustice. he goes on to say, house republicans will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable. now, it's not en

cnn's kristen holmes is in bridgewater, new jersey, that's of course near where the former presidentcnn's jessica dean she's here with responses from trump's 2024 rivals. kristen, first to the latest development, the indictment of the trump aide walt nauta, he was at bedminster when this came out. any response from him or his own legal team to this? >> not from walt or his legal team but we have heard from the former president who put out on truth social he praised naught at that, said that the doj was trying to ruin his life like they're trying to ruin the lives of others. i've talked to several members of trump's inner circle who are shaken by this news. naught at that was a military man, worked with him in the white house, was a valet and has been with him ever since he left office and he is very beloved among trump's inner circle. this has shaken some of them. i want to talk about that quote, that jacked up quote, what i think is interesting about that is that two things can be true at once. they can say they are energized, which this is going to bring in money and also be deeply

kristen holmes in bedminster, thank you. i want to bring in one of only nine members of the public, who is in the room today. granted access in that courtroom during president trump's historic arraignment this afternoon. joining us now is raj obiang or. thank you so much for being here. and i left you last night at about 11:00, i saw a line of people waiting to get in. you are one of those people. how long did you wait in line for? >> i got here at 10:00. pm. at night. there was not a long line. i thought it would be a much longer line. mostly there were journalists, people reserving their seats for journalists. i figured that this is a good time for me to stand and see if i could wait and try to get in. i thought i would come back in the morning. people around me said that no, you should stay here, because you don't know it will happen in the morning. >> you are just one of nine people who ran in the room today. i know you're here in southern florida, here accompanying your daughter to something. why was it important for yo

our colleague, kristen holmes, was told the trump campaign was blindsided by this news and she will not be taking a step back from the campaigning. >> we're also learning other developments in the investigation the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago documents case in florida is still active, still reaching out to witnesses. it's not clear if there could be a super seeding indictment, if other people could be charged. it's notable that's still an active and on going grand jury investigation. >> very interesting especially considering the former president continues to talk publicly about this case. paula reid, thank you very much. >>> a verdict in the case involving one of the worst school shootings in america, that happened to the school resource officer who waited 45 minutes before entering the school. tv: try tide power pods with 85% more tide in every pod. who needs that much more tide? (crashing sounds) everyone's gonna need more tide. it's a mess out there. that's why there's 85% more tide in every power pod. -see? -baby: ah. >>> in our law and justice lead, just the last hour,

kristen holmes is live in new hampshire. what are you hearing?porter: voters here still really like the form er president, which isn't that big of a surprise given the fact this is an event he's headlining. he's really still considered the front runner of that gop primary. the big question is whether or not florida governor ron desantis can make a path for himself, particularly given a series of perceived stumbles in this state. this is a unique state with unique voter who is have an expectation out of candidates. desantis was hit after he didn't answer questions from voters one time when he was here in new hampshire. we have seen him try to fix that. we know this luncheon is a statement after he said he was going to be having an event as the same day calling him out for that say ing this was unprecedented and it was going to take away from their event with the former president. desantis has a very fine line to walk here. trump is widely popular in the state. even if there are openings for other candidates, which some voters have indicated there

kristen holmes reports from that fundraiser, but first evan perez in miami with what happened inside the court. >> reporter: historic day here at the federal courthouse in miami where donald trump became the first former president of the united states to face arraignment and face these federal charges that he is now charged with. he spent just under two hours at the federal courthouse behind me. he was finger printed, he was processed by the u.s. marshals, and a ththen sat looking a litt dejected. he had his arms folded, dwindling his thumbs. mostly facing forward as the judge spoke to him about the case. his attorney todd blanche entered the not guilty plea on his behalf which is unusual in most cases defendantss are required to stand up and address the judge. and say for themselves that they are pleading not guilty. his co-defendant walt nauta is going to have to come back because he didn't have a lawyer present who could operate here at the federal courthouse in miami. one of the interesting developments in the court hearing today was the judge ordering the former president to not

cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is in bedminster, new jersey, where the team is strategizing where they were when he got the phone call that he was being indicted, and where are you this morning? >> that is right, sara. we have just learned with someone who is familiar with the travel, walt nauta, the aide who was also indicted is expected to travel with the former president for the court appearance. and once he gets there, it is unclear of what that is going to be looking like when they leave the doral country club which is trump's country club, and there are going to be questions whether nauta was indicted if he would stay by trump's side and cooperate in any way, but it appears now that the two are going to be sticking together and he is going to be with him traveling to florida on this important day, and as we have reported we know that trump is going to be staying at the doral resort and meeting with attorneys and discussing adding a lawyer to the legal team there in florida, and they need another florida-based attorney. unclear of where the conversations on, but they ar

president yesterday to apologize according to new reporting from our colleagues ma malani zanona and kristen holmesd the former president he misspoke and blamed the reporters for taking the comments out of context according to mckarthy and that isn't where it ended, sara. he had an exclusive interview with breitbart news to try to talk more about why he believed donald trump was the strongest candidate to beat joe biden. later, his campaign sent out a fund-raising e-mail saying that donald trump was stronger than ever. this just goes to show you that kevin mccarthy knows that his right flank is so important for him to hold on to his speakership. he cannot anger people in his conference who are getting behind the former president, who are fervently behind him at all times no matter what that means in term of defending donald trump and that is why kevin mccarthy went out of his way yesterday to go ahead and apologize to the former president and then in subsequent interviews make it clear that he does believe donald trump could be a strong contender to beat joe biden in the 2024 presidential election.

wealthy donors that he had during his 2016 campaign, but some sources are telling my colleague, kristen holmes and i that there are some concerns that some of these wealthy donors could defect and we have seen some of these defections already from some of these donors and the worry is that if these indictments continue to mount they could see more of that, but i should also point out that donald trump's team maintains that he still get his best fund-raising from the small dollar donor, the same thing that we saw when he was president and that they do expect him to bring in a lot of money and want just from that event last night, but in the days immediately after following the announcement of that indictment, sara. >> we should also mention that yesterday, it turns out, today is donald trump's 77th birthday, as well. i understand that you have learned he was not in the mood to celebrate. appreciate you from bridgewater, new jersey. john? >> legally speaking, what is next for the indicted former president who did sit through the 50-minute session yesterday. cnn katelyn polantz watched it all fro

cnn's kristen holmes was at trump's speech in columbus, georgia, earlier today. >> reporter: we've been asking questions about how this federal indictment the second time that'll the former president has been indicted, would play with republicans across the country. tonight if georgia is any indication, it is not going to hurt him politically. this is just one small subsection. but there was a packed house here ready to hear the former president speak. and they cheered. they cheered as he went after jack smith as he called this indictment a joke. after he went after fanny willis and the district attorney there. he spent roughly the first 40 minutes of the 90-minute speech talking about these various legal battles that he's facing. take a listen to some of what he said. >> they're ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration's weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most or inch abuses of power in the history of our country. jack smith. what do you think his name used to be? jack smith. it sounds so innocent. he's deranged. this is a political

. >> we should remind our viewers about cnn reporting, kristen holmes and others reporting last weekrmer president is telling people this -- if i become the nominee, this is not good for me, the notion of, as you were saying, manu, both of you were saying of supporting a national ban. that this will make independents flee. >> this is his legacy probably beyond anything else. he named those three supreme court justices, the end result was the end of roe and that's what no matter who wins this election that is what will be the issue that people remember donald trump for in large part. >> all right. thanks, everybody. and coming up we are going to honor a broadcast news legend, someone we were lucky to work with right here at cnn. stay with us. the first time you connected your godaddy website and your store was also the first time you realized... well, we can do anything. cheesecake cookies the chookie! manage all yousales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. (we diit) start today at godaddy.com >> woman: why did i choose safelite? i love my electric car, so when m

let's go straight to cnn's kristen holmes.us capture the moment and what you're hearing from your sources in trump world. >> reporter: look, they are taking this very seriously. here's what we know so far -- we just saw trump go by several minutes ago, he drove by here. they arrived at the newark airport. when they land in miami, they will be going up to his doral club. i am told there they're going to meet with lawyers, talk about their legal strategy going into this. remember, they lost two lawyers on this case, two lawyers resigned. they are looking for a strong florida-based attorney who can deal with the department of justice. someone who has experience with that. we know that they are making calls, trying to gauge interest in what attorneys or if attorneys would be interested in representing the former president. it is unclear now if they've already put out any offers or who exactly that they are talking to. my colleague paula reid said some forms are reaching out offering up their services. this is going to be part of t

well, a trump campaign spokesperson told cnn's kristen holmes that he was actually referring to political plans. but then, trump himself later told reporters this. he said, did i use the word plans? what i am referring to is magazine, newspapers. plants of buildings. i had plans of buildings. you know, building plans. i had a lot of golf courses. plans for golf courses. so i want to start now with cnn's senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid, as well as cnn senior political analyst gloria borger. so paula, let's start with you. brad raffensperger coming in to the interview today by the special counsel, seems pretty significant. especially coming after we found out that really giuliani was also questioned. what does that what does that tell us tonight about the state of the investigation? >> those two interviews, along with the rest of our reporting certainly suggest that they could be nearing a charging decision. we have seen an uptick in activity in recent weeks. with giuliani we don't know specifically what he was asked about, but we do know that he was subpoenaed for information

let's bring in jeff zellny and kristen holmes to talk more about this. i think we heard jeff the president kind of emphasizing in his speech today inflation is half of what it is a year ago but actually most americans, they're not sharing in the optimism that i'm sure that he and his political team would like for them to. there's a cnn poll shows three out of four americans believe economic conditions are poor. the same poll shows americans blame the president. two-thirds disapproving of his handling of the economy. is this going to be tough for him really focusing on the economy here in his message? >> it's something of an optimism gamble, i think. they believe the polls are a snapshot in time and people have moved on a bit beyond that. because of lower gas prices, lower grocery prices in some respects but there is still the specter of inflation hanging over the economy which also hangs over his re-election bid. without a doubt. so it's a bit of a gamble as i say, but he's going to own the economy when you talk to his advisers either way so they're tryi

with us now, we have cnn national correspondent kristen holmes and cnn chief legal analyst, laura coates. kristen, to you first. this is huge money he's raking in here. >> it is, and when you look at it, most of it is coming from digital fund-raising which is usually those small dollar donors. as we have been reporting, he's seen some major defections in those high-dollar donors in this campaign cycle, but they said they were going to get that money from small dollar donors and that's what he does. this is significant for a number of reasons. they did get a huge boost after that manhattan arraignment, and after the manhattan indictment. when i was talking to someone about this potential federal indictment, i actually had someone say to me on the campaign, well, i hope it comes before the fourth quarter meaning that they were hoping that they could get that fund-raising boost again if there was a federal indictment, and now we see they actually have, and i'm told they were a little bit concerned about it, that there had been a lag in those fund-raising numbers and they weren't sure, is th

cnn's kristen holmes was at trump's rally in columbus, georgia and has our report. >> reporter: former president donald trump appeared to be consumed by his legal issues when hearing a political speech talking to the georgia gop convention. he responded to that indictment, f that federal indictment for the first time in public, calling it a joke, saying it was horrible for the country, blaming biden and the department of justice. take a listen. >> the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration's weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. jack smith. what do you think his name used to be? does anybody -- jack smith. sounds so innocent. he's deranged. this is a political hit job. >> reporter: and that was just a snippet of what he had to say. he did again really seem consumed, spending more than 40 minutes of his speech talking about his legal battles. and again, it's supposed to be a political speech. however, while he was focused on those legal battles, the voters here in georgia di

of these stories with cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paul reid, cnn national xpoernt kristen holmes cnn national correspondent jessica dean. paula, you first. literally as we were getting started this hour we're hearing first time from the controversial jump eileen cannon overseeing this classified documents case. >> reporter: that's right. first time entered an appearance in this court case and she is directing the lawyers both for the government and for the trump team to consult with the justice department and expedite all necessary clearances for all team members. she wants an update by june 20th. this is kind of standard procedural stuff. right? you have proper clearances, because it's a national security case dealing with sensitive, classified information. the fact this is moving on quickly. right? just in court two days ago. giving a timeline of five days. so significant, because we've been saying a key way she can influence this case is through timing, and that's in ways big and small and one is scheduling. right? if you want to wait a week to make an announcement, give peopl

cnn national correspondent kristen holmes has more on the indictment and trump's response. >> reporterformer president trump using a bulk of his speech to talk about that federal indictment when he was speaking to the gop georgia convention. calling it a joke, saying it was terrible for the country, going after jack smith, stuff he put out on truth social but most the first time we actually heard it. >> the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration's weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country. jack smith. what do you think his name used to be? sounds so innocent. he is deranged. this is a political hit job. >> reporter: and that was just a small snippet of what he said. he also gave reasons why he couldn't have been doing something bad, went after joe biden, said it was unfair he was being prosecute nd and not bide. he spent the majority of his speech talking about them, not just the federal indictment, but the multiple legal battles that he faces. while he may be somewhat consumed

our colleague kristen holmes is getting great reporting, said her phone is ringing off the hook by people saying they are upset about it. it would not surprise me, jim, to see or hear some clarification from the speaker in the near future. >> a clarification, also known in washington as a walk back, but we will see what he says. i think you have anniversary tomorrow, work anniversary, is that right? >> i might. >> it's a big one. >> just a few years. >> just a couple years. we all love big ones. dana bash, legend at cnn. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. >> indeed she is. >>> today vladimir putin praised his russian forces for stopping a, quote, civil war when a mercenary group led by yevgeny prigozhin threatened to march on moscow this weekend. russia also announced charges would be dropped against the wagner fighters. belarus's president helping to negotiate a deal to end this rebellion. today he detailed those talks at length. alexander lukashenko saying at one point putin told him prig would not respond to his, putin's calls. lukashenko also revealed that he got prig on the phone and t