i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
yet, i ll add the context that you pay already know, in fact, i bet you already know, because all of this comes amidst the unprecedented news that broke this weekend. donald trump for the first time ever going to post online that he says he expects to be arrested tuesday, that is now tomorrow and then calling for protests. this is the first time anyone who s held the office of president has done that and hasni coahuila and i have discussed right here sometimes going to the 6:00 hour or as we ve discussed when i m a guest on deadline or the beat, we know part of what s happening even though it s a new version. he tries to up end the rule of law in many different ways. his new post appears to be both an effort to try to make it look like he is the one driving this process when actually if he faces indictment he is the one powerless, reactive with no control over this part of the possess. indeed, many have noted since saturday s news broke how really does feel like an echo of how he