, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
manhattans, he will face a 34-count indictment related to hush-money payment made in the run-up to the election, jen psaki says democrats might want to consider restraint. where does that leave democrats? what should they be doing about the indictment news? let me start with what i don t think you should be doing. as much as you may want to, now is not lock them up t-shirts and mugs, that is what trump and his supporters would do. now is not the time to celebrate, brag, predict outcome of the legal cases. if you can, i would put your head down and stay out ever it for now. greg: moderate democrats have doubts about the case. it is a very, very sad day for america, very sad day, especially when people believe the rule of law or justice is not working the way it is supposed to and biassed, we can t have that. no one should be above the law. no one should be a target of the law. it will lead to political theater. greg: grab your bucket and mop, the media is wetting their p
and he s going to drop by before he goes to work. right? yep. steve: all right. did you get a free breakfast yet? yeah, i got one to go. steve: good boy. round of applause for my nephew. go to work. very good. [applause] steve: all right. we re here in kansas city for the big game is in nine days. and, do you know what? brian and ainsley, i know you are going to be a little jealous, right over here is a fellow by the name of ken cramer. ken used to be with the kansas city chiefs. he is a sports agent now. everybody calls him fuzz i have no idea why. it s a long story, steve. steve, on behalf of the bright futures fund here is a helmet for the super bowl for our running back pacheco signed it for you. steve: very, very nice. thank you very much, kansas city. [cheers and applause] everybody brought me something. [cheers and applause] steve: more of that in a little bit. ainsley and brian, we have breaking news. brian: yeah, we do. that is great stuff, steve.
and lots of questions to answe so let s get started buckle up for what i anticipated to be a wild ride. donald trump is set to arriv in new york city tomorrow as the former president prepare to surrender to law enforcemen in manhattan courthouse on tuesday afternoon. plus, a judge denying medi empire fox news s request to keep the case from going to jury my question, just how big of a legal lost in fox news suffe on friday? then later, the culture is a ipi woman. i sat down with some trailblazers to talk about wha it means to be an asia american woman in today america. all of that and more is coming up donald trump is set to arriv in new york tomorrow i had one of the biggest court appearances we have ever see in united states history it truly will be unprecedented a former president facin felonies will go before judge. trump is spending the weeken in florida and was only briefl seeing driving by the smal pockets of supporters that hav gathered outside of hi mar-a-lago estat
and whether his client wants to see the former president indicted. mr trump has been seeking donations. as you know, from his supporters fundraising off his claims he was going to be arrested this past tuesday and in a new series of statements on the social network is calling the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, quote, danger to our country and to quote animal he s also linked to an article with a photo of bragg next to a photo of himself with a baseball bat looking like he s ready to take a swing. brags office, meantime, sent a letter to house republicans who are seeking to investigate the investigators. the letter says. house republicans only got involved quote after donald trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact the letter continues is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry. here s how speaker mccarthy s reply. impossible. i don t understand why he only just poli