that donald trump has hired a new lead counsel. criminal defense attorney todd blanche, will take the lead for trump in today s proceeding. cnn s kara scannell is outside the court in manhattan, where she s been for days and days. now the moment really, kara is about to take place. what have trump and his team been doing. i understand you have some new reporting. yeah john, so one of trump s attorneys told me that they were huddling last night, and they were huddling again this morning before trump takes this historic trip down to the criminal courthouse just over my shoulder where he will be arraigned this afternoon. now the attorney tells me that trump s mood is upbeat that he s resilient and that he s vowing to fight these criminal charges and also learning that trump is expected to speak to the cameras and remember this is going to be a very unique situation where the former president will enter the hallway and enter the courtroom . there will be a camera there to capture this mome