there is, of course, the fall-out from what trump is accused of doing when he is facing 37 criminal counts for doing and the potentially grave national security implications of that. we ll get to that in a minute. but there is also a legal process that has been kicked off, which begins in earnest tomorrow when the e-president surrendered for his court appearance. the political world s eyes will return to miami when president trump is expected to surrender. after leaving office, he obstructed efforts to retrieve them and that he made false statement. the event will be the former president s second courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant after his arraignment in april in a new york courthouse on state larges that he falsified business records in connection with a hush money statement to a porn star just before the 2016 election. one of the big outstanding questions, though, ahead of tomorrow s appearance, who will be there representing donald trump? nbc news reports that t
we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
new year s celebration across america are well underway pretty good evening i am bryan llenas and for jon scott and this is a box report. annette new york city nypd is hard at worst beefing up for the ball drop celebration. hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are expected to gather in times square tomorrow night. that may include pro- palestinian demonstrators who could try to spoil the celebration for everyone else. cb cotton is live in times square with more on security preparations or tomorrow night. good evening brian. nypd certainly wants to reassure partygoers there are no credible threats to the celebrations here in times square. the crowd continues to grow by the hour the party is not even begun. security includes k-9 units, drones, surveillance robots thousands of uniformed officers. but also a big number of undercover ones you see the rehearsal happening around me. nypd says it is prepared as you mention for pro- palestinian rallies to pop up.
the resolution is adopted. the house votes to formalize 0 an impeachment inquiry of president biden. i think the evidence is compelling. even though republican lawmakers have yet to present any evidence linking the president to a crime. we don t know what the crime is. while the president s son defies demands he testify before congress. my father was not financially involved in my business. plus border battle. republicans call for major changes to u.s. border security in exchange for sending more aid to ukraine. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must prove him wrong. the border is an absolute catastrophe and this is because of the policies of this white house. how far is president biden willing to go to get a deal? and reluctant voters. some democratic voters in michigan say if 2024 is a biden-trump re-match they ll grudgingly support mr. biden. there s no way i m going to vote republican, but reluctantly, yes,
beautiful shot of st. patrick s cathedral right here in manhattan. i never get tired of seeing that beautiful church. it s beautiful on the inside as well. great to be the here. will: great to be here with you and joey jones here with us. morgan wallen, we re debating, mainstream country. not necessarily, you know, you and i like, i think both of us like a little bit of offshoot country, but morgan wallen, as good as mainstream gets country, that s fair, right in. joey: absolutely. , no i think my what i said was is he bro country or, you know, to me, kind of fits more into the i call genuine country genre. and i think that s because i listen to the words of the song, and you take a step back and you re using a song with rap beats, it is mainstream/bro country, but he s at least singing about things that i experienced, and that s fun for me. will: he s good. as is easter. joey: yes. yes concern. [laughter] we ll listen to some easter songs by morgan wallen later. [laughter]