end of his presidency. john: the case is likely to up end the 2024 residential race where trump remains the gop front-runner and says he is the victim of a political hit job by the biden justice department. sandra: fox team coverage begins now. bret baier and martha maccallum moments away with analysis, but jonathan serrie is live on the ground at the federal courthouse. what is the scene right now? more people are gathering and you can feel the anticipation of the former president about to arrive at the courthouse and we have learned more about the booking procedures. he will be digitally fingerprinted, no ink involved, and instead of taking a new photo of him, they are going to upload an existing photo, but they are still not going to release the existing photo to the media, and at no time will he be placed in any handcuffs. a more streamlined process for this former president of the united states. he tells radio host howie carr he plans to enter a not guilty plea, an
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
proportions as law enforcement braces for a possible indictment of donald trump, jurors are sorting through conflicting testimony from key witnesses. so, who is the grand jury going to believe? plus, gut wrenching video showing the death of irvo otieno pinned down by law enforcement and hospital staff for 11 minutes before he stopped moving. what the county attorney is doing today to try to bring those responsible to justice. and more dangerous and destructive weather is hitting california, including another massive dose of snow and several more inches of rain. evacuation orders issued for neighborhoods like this that used to be along the san joaquin river, now essentially in the san joaquin river. a lot to get to. we start in new york, where the next grand jury date in the hush money case against donald trump is tomorrow. allowing the already massive sense of anticipation to build for at least another 24 hours or so. but jurors have a lot to digest between now and then
the court. also tonight we are expecting district attorney alvin bragg to set up the indictment in full. donald trump, we know, is due to go back to mar a lago, so we will have our eyes glued on the plane, trump forced one, as it is known, which is on standby at laguardia airport. tonight we have a top panel for you as well. with us tonight is brian lanza, former communications director for the brian lanza, former communications directorfor the trump brian lanza, former communications director for the trump transition team, marianne marsh, the democratic strategist. also tonight, we are also going to hearfrom the federal also tonight, we are also going to hear from the federal state attorney, dave ehrenberg, who is with our standing by as well. but we are going to stay with these pictures. netta, let sjust set are going to stay with these pictures. netta, let s just set the scene for our viewers tonight. the former president still in the custody of the da, so he is not fre