alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
if you re a ron desantis or nikki haley, you certainly mike pence obviously live on cnn last night, you have an opportunity to criticize. the d a. on here. even the washington post is as criticized this indictment, saying, this is the wrong way to get donald trump while in a few months from now, ultimately saying exactly what asa hutchinson is saying today that this has been too much of a distraction, and maybe donald trump was wrongly prosecuted, but we need a we need a president who s focused full time on the mission ahead of donald trump just can t do that. i wouldn t be surprised in the debate to see one of these republicans in some months from now say something like that. and karen on the democratic side do should democrats just sit back and watch or do they need to be worried in some way about this case it being seen as too political to petty worried about people rallying around trump? no they you know they can t be worried about that democrats need to do is very much what you ve