could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
hi, everyone it s 4:00 in the east. we can forget about being on the verge of a generational moment in our country s history because, as we meet this afternoon, we re living it donald trump is now a once indicted, twice impeached, forever disgraced ex president and he s expected to surrender to law enforcement in new york next week. we understand it will happen tuesday. there was some misinformation, confusion this morning trump s attorney told nbc news earlier the office of the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, who is overseeing this case, wanted trump to turn himself in today that lawyer, joe tacopina insisted that the secret service needed more time to prepare. our reporting does not support that assertion that he made. sources within the secret service told us that trump s detail could transport trump at a moment s notice. there s a lot of news developing this hour. we re taking you through all of it donald trump is expected to fly into new york monday night he
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decision, but this will be viewed over and over again the unprecedented nature of this moment in nation s history many of us will remember where we were on that day. on the day president trump was arraigned and whether or not that mug shot will be taken of him. then what happens next when this trial will begin we know the former president has a way of being able to delay things and how long that will take of course, we will be live from outside the courthouse tomorrow morning as well. indeed, we will thank you very much. thank you, all, for the privilege of our time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, the breaking news in florida. former president and 2024 republican nomination front-runner, donald trump, heading to the west palm beach airport this hour to board his private plane for the flight to new york and tuesday s historic court appearance where he will become the first former president to be raarraige on crimi
and lots of questions to answe so let s get started buckle up for what i anticipated to be a wild ride. donald trump is set to arriv in new york city tomorrow as the former president prepare to surrender to law enforcemen in manhattan courthouse on tuesday afternoon. plus, a judge denying medi empire fox news s request to keep the case from going to jury my question, just how big of a legal lost in fox news suffe on friday? then later, the culture is a ipi woman. i sat down with some trailblazers to talk about wha it means to be an asia american woman in today america. all of that and more is coming up donald trump is set to arriv in new york tomorrow i had one of the biggest court appearances we have ever see in united states history it truly will be unprecedented a former president facin felonies will go before judge. trump is spending the weeken in florida and was only briefl seeing driving by the smal pockets of supporters that hav gathered outside of hi mar-a-lago estat