ahead. it was a busy night and you are waking up to history. america waking up to the historic news that president donald j. trump has been indicted. he is the very first president. we ve never seen this before in history. so here s the latest on this friday, march, 31st 2023 sources tell cnn trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud. this case prosecuted by the manhattan district attorney centers around the accounting of hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels. as of now, this is how it s supposed to go down because multiple sources say trump will turn himself in next tuesday. he is expected to appear in court for his arraignment in new york. the nypd getting ready for any sign of trouble. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform people prepared for deployment today. meanwhile republicans in the house senate and even some 2024 rivals are rushing to trump s defense, calling the case political and outrage and even one of them
Speaking on behalf of the administration on the message of that day. So in those instances, they feel like they dont need to have a press briefing. But as you and i both know, there have been many occasions where the president has a spray or something in the oval office, talks to reporters a little bit and they still have a press briefing. There are a number of questions that need to be asked, one of them being this daca issue. But wolf, as you saw early this morning, the president likes it when the news sort of fits his tailored message. That is why its no mystery, i guess, that he was defending Sinclair Broadcasting early this morning and going after news outlets like our own which, of course, like to ask those questions they dont want to answer at the press briefing. All right, jim, thank you. Jim acosta reporting from the white house. Were also following the progress of that caravan. The caravan, as its Accident Call as its being called, seek
asylum either in mexico or the United S
that, but the n y p d you know, has would would have wanted time to prepare as well. so tuesday is not that soon, and not that far off, either the first indication that something was happening. the nypd preparing downtown if you ve been down there it is a circus. i was down there last week. it is a circus around. um the courthouse downtown. thank you, john. good to see you. we re going to continue to contact whoever this historic indictment of former president trump. but we re also following other news here, including a military investigative team now on the ground near fort campbell, kentucky for news we brought you yesterday morning. they re trying to figure out why two blackhawk helicopters crashed, ultimately killing nine u. s service members with a live report on the ground ahead. morgen stanley. we see the world with the wonder of new eyes. helping you discover untapped possibilities and relentlessly working with you to make them real. because great and vision