my body clenched up. my stomach was in knots. and i just began praying. i just began praying for the return of them. a frndiend of the four americans kidnapped in mexico describing the moment she knew something was terribly wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with one trump investigation that could be close to a dramatic end. the new york times reporting that the manhattan d.a. s office has offered to let the former president testify next week before a grand jury. the times saying it is a signal that criminal charges are likely. this all has to do with that $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the adult film star claimed she had an affair with trump a decade earlier which he denies. investigators are looking into whether that payment for her silence broke campaign finance laws. trump has denied knowing about that payment. want to bring in david a
to the courthouse. he is being closely guarded by the secret service. this is a pretty fluid situation, but here s what we know so far. former president expected to get fingerprinted once he s inside the courthouse. it remains unclear if you will have a mug shot taken. they have been going back-and-forth on that today. we do understand he will not be handcuffed. remember, i told you on tucker couple nights ago that no, the secret service would decide the tone of all of this. the tone would include whether to handcuff him which is a completely different visual for the nation to see or not. he will not be handcuffed. he will then be escorted to the 15th floor of the main courthouse where the hearing will take place. it s expected to last less than 30 minutes. video cameras have been banned from the courtroom today but there will be some still photographs taken. during the arraignment, the indictment will be unsealed, and those charges will finally be revealed, although andy mcc
occasional issues as well. you are taking a live look at where more than 40 million americans voted early, and as always, it s the turnout today that will make all of the difference. steve kornacki will look at the early clues with how this vote could go. our reporters are spread out across the country talking with folks at the polls as well with control of congress and the leadership of several states on the line, it could be weeks before we know the final results, supporters, candidates and allies all dialing up the urgency of this election with quite the range of closing messages. take a listen. they will be shaped by what happens in the next year to three years. if the people of georgia show up, i win. runoff? are you talking about a runoff? no, we re winning this. i believe in democracy, and i believe in a fair election. we are going to take back america, and in 2024, most importantly, we are going to take back our magnificent white house. quite a day we have a
we have a movement, guys. this is a movement. it s not a campaign. it s a movement of patriotic arizonians who are sick of the crap, right. there are too many extreme positions in washington. too much out there pulling us away from where the real answers lie. i will bring balance to washington, but john fetterman, he ll bring more extreme. and every day i feel better and better. by january, i ll be even better. but dr. oz will still be a fraud. we re going to have factories and jobs in america again. we re going to secure our border again. we ll put criminals in jail again. prosecutors will prosecute again. things will be affordable again. we ll save the greatest country in the history of the world. regardless of who you are, the color of your skin, where you might live, how much money you might have, your sexual orientation, sexual identity, our religion will have an opportunity to succeed. and that is just some of what we heard last night from the most watched c
in the same location with five republican governors who pledged to keep their states open to growth their economies, and to protect that basic freedoms of the presidents. we never had eight statewide mask mandate. far left at the democrat party who believed that government should control all decisions made by all americans and that is something that we have to do be willing and able to stand up and pick pushback against. we will give parents 100% option to have their child in the classroom five days a week and every school district in the state of iowa is going to adhere to that. it does not matter your color or background. texas is the land of opportunity, we want to united everybody could not divide. we are not having vaccine passports and that state. and not just saying government can t make you. private businesses can t make you because here s the thing. you have a right to participate in society without them asking you to divulge of this type of health informat