welcome to bbc news we go straight to new york where donald trump will be in court in the next few hours, to face criminal charges. that has never happened before and as you d expect huge focus on the former president. these are live pictures from manhattan outside the courthouse. there s a heavy security presence as you d imagine. the charges relate to hush money paid to a pawn starjust paid to a porn starjust before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. the full details of the charges will become clear when the indictment is unsealed. the former president with his legal team having added a prosecutor to his team making their final preparations. when were speaking with our correspondent a little while earlier he was telling us about some last minute moves they were anticipating when proceedings get going with the defence team going to ask for the trial to move out of manhattan to staten island so interest in the tactics there in terms of a little more supp
huddling with advisors in new york as he is about to make history as the first president to formally charged with a crime. and just hours, trump will head downtown and he will turn himself in. and at this late hour this monday evening, we re still waiting for the judge in the case to rule on two important motions, and this could come at any time. the first of these is whether to allow cameras in the courtroom. trump s legal team opposes that move. they say it would create a circus like atmosphere. that s the first motion and then the second one that we re awaiting a ruling from the judge on is the motion to unseal the indictment before tomorrow s arraignment. again we are told that these rulings could be issued tonight and if they are, it would be an incredible cap off to what has been pretty unbelievable day. the former president, leaving his home in mar-a-lago this afternoon followed there in his convoy. supporters lining the roads flying to new york, where he made his way
miller showed a graphic of all the attorneys and former president trump s orbit and how they work. in some cases, their work. some cases overlapped one of the people in that graphic lanny davis called in a few minutes ago to say, well, he and joe tecca pena have been friends for years, he never formally represented him. he also said that robert costello never represented mr davis s current client, michael cohen. the news continues. erin burnett outfront starts now. outfront next. we are awaiting two key rulings from the judge and trump s hush money case, and we are now just hours away from trump s historic arrest. as our jeff zeleny has new reporting from inside trump s camp this late hour this evening, plus, i ll be joined by a reporter who s talking to trump insiders and why they are worried tonight about the protest tomorrow. a new word about the american journalists jailed in russia as one of evan gorski, which is closest friends is here. whatever is said to him the night
there were police there. it looked calm. lots of media cameras. it is happening. new york is stungling to house more than 40,000 migrants bused from the southern border over the past year. the city is also plagued by crime and homelessness. the president will be talking about infrastructure. bill: he will announce $3 hundred million in funding for a new tunnel under the hudson river. critics say it s distracting from issues. dana: a new poll reveal what voters say the country s biggest problem is. not infrastructure. it is poor leadership. bill: just a few blocks from the west side rail yard where the president talks today, the migrants crisis is boiling over. talking a few blocks now. authorities trying to relocate adult male asylum seekers from one hotel to a new shelter in brooklyn to make way for new families coming in. some of the men, though, all of them coming here single, are refusing to leave. dana: the president should visit the hotel. they won t hold their
speaker to question whether there is more to come. with welcome to fox news live in washington. i m gillian turner, bill, great to be back with you today. bill: this is the story that keeps changing by the day, right gillian: at this point by the hour. bill: certainly is, i m bill mel gun, a republican led panel set to look into this matter by counsel that was appointed by doj. father or mother team coverage with lauren blanchard, charles watson following the president s trip to atlanta and lucas tomlinson live from the white house. are we hearing anything from the white house today or are they laying low? it appears laying low. on sunday talk shows republicans are talking and republican tony gonzales says he wants to see this probe into for president biden widen. i think biden has highlighted incompetence for the world to see and i m concerned about the vice president, vice president harris hasn t necessarily showed level of confidence as border czar has anyone looked to