good morning it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific i m jose diaz-balart i ll be joined by the next two hours by yasmin vossoughian live outside the manhattan da s office in new york city where we re facing a week certain to go down in history about two hours from now former president donald trump is set to leave florida for new york city where tomorrow he will become the first former president arraigned on criminal charges. this, of course, centers on the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels who says she had sex with trump which he denies sources tell nbc news the former president faces about 30 related to documents fraud the major security prep is under way in follower manhattan has authorities gear up for the unprecedented arrest of a former president. trump s former fixer, michael cohen, making his own prediction over the weekend mayhem. i expect complete and total mayhem we begin in manhattan with my colleague, yasmin vossoughian ahead
now. trumpis such a strong and dominant force in the party which is why you see all these republicans rush to his defense, even in the middle of this scandal and controversy. it s a con stra strategy we ll see if it works out for asa hutchinson chris sununu might try to take that lane as well. carlos, in many ways so far it s been actually positive for trump. the trump campaign said they ve raised more than $5 million since his indictment news broke. desantis says he s raised $30 million in the last month. is this a situation where with every single day going forward all 100% of the political oxygen is taken by trump jose, this is when donald trump is at his best whether you love donald trump, whether you hate him or despise him, you have to recognize that when he is making headlines, when he s the center of attention, he exploits those opportunities. he relies on the intensity of