where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.
with a partner that puts you first. godaddy. coming up this hour on fox & friends. nikki haley s fox news town hall digging into the issues. and even getting some laughs in iowa. i think i m going to out myself here at the beginning saying i voted for trump in 2016 and 202020. me too. [laughter] ainsley: she says being a good mother and being a good wife helped her succeed. steve: we have highlights coming up. and get ready to flip out over. this flippy, the robot cook is working overtime as the world s first artificial intelligence powered restaurant gets ready to open in california. would you go? brian: wow. plus generosity no mystery. james patterson is here this morning after donating $300,000 to independent bookstore employees. so, remember, to get dressed, the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, mornings are always better with friends. steve: all right. we re going to begin hour two of today s fox & friends with a flashb
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r
war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraine s two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclear s defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the state s primary ballot. later in the program, we ll be joined by maine s secretary of state to talk about her decision there and charlie sykes with his new piece that asks, is disqualifying trump anti-democratic? we ll get the answer along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent to bbc news, katty kay, and founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes is with us. willie, we are going to start with some political snapshots of where the race stands, and then we ll get to all the big major news breaking overnight. we have a lot to
we are continuing to follow the breaking news now in miami where for the first time, u.s. president has been arraigned on federal criminal charges. just a few hours ago, donald trump turned himself in for what is his second criminal indictment. the first, of course, having been in new york. in miami he made his first appearance in a federal court room charged by special prosecutor jack smith related to the handling of miss classified documents along with his co-conspirator for moving dozens of boxes all while being caught on video then lying about it to the fbi. at no point did trump say a word to u.s. magistrate judge john goodman. it was his lawyer who pleaded not guilty on his behalf. the only restriction, placed on trump by the judge during the brief hearing is that he is not to have any contact, specifically about the case, with any possible witnesses including nauta, who still works for trump. i guess that will be based on the honor system. the date will be set for the