first president to stand in front of a judge facing criminal charges. that s right. caitlin is right there out front of the courthouse in lower manhattan where this will all happen, caitlin. yeah it s notable. the building behind me is 100 center street that is the building where just hours from now president for president trump will enter as he surrenders to local authorities on charges related to business fraud in the building next to it is where the grand jury has been meeting for the last several months before voting last thursday, as we all know now to indict trump, making him the first former president or sitting president to face charges, while the latest details on what to expect, and we re also following a lot of other news today. let s get started with the five things that you need to know for this tuesday, april 4th 2023 donald trump, as we noted, expected to be arraigned this afternoon before returning to mar-a-lago for a news conference later on, he added a new a
first president to stand in front of a judge facing criminal charges. that s right. caitlin is right there out front of the courthouse in lower manhattan where this will all happen, caitlin. yeah it s notable. the building behind me is 100 center street that is the building where just hours from now president for president trump will enter as he surrenders to local authorities on charges related to business fraud in the building next to it is where the grand jury has been meeting for the last several months before voting last thursday, as we all know now to indict trump, making him the first former president or sitting president to face charges, while the latest details on what to expect, and we re also following a lot of other news today. let s get started with the five things that you need to know for this tuesday, april 4th 2023 donald trump, as we noted, expected to be arraigned this afternoon before returning to mar-a-lago for a news conference later on, he added a new attorney to
first day on the job for todd blanche, that new defense attorney that trump is just added to his team. what a day to be taking over trump s defense, caitlin and buy in a last minute shake up, trump added new attorneys caitlin minute to is just mentioned to his legal team on the eve of his surrender. he is a former federal prosecutor who once represented trump s campaign chairman. paul manafort. let s discuss that morrison and senior legal affairs correspondent is paul reach. he joins us now, paula. good morning to you. what do we know about this new attorney, todd blanche, very experienced white collar defense attorney. and while we described it as a shake up, i think you can also be described as the natural progression of things. we re in a new phase of this case now, before this indictment, the big decisions that the former president s legal team needed to make our well should he go before the grand jury to testify . probably not a good idea. they made the right decision there and th
team is eager, they can file those motions as early as they want, but usually you ll be today. they will not be filing motions today. no today is just the arraignment. i mean, if they do, it s just for show. i ve never heard of a defendant filing a motion to dismiss on the day of the arraignment, okay, we ll see what they choose to do, leoni. we re gonna be watching it all together very closely today, don and poppy. obviously it s notable just the fact that this is the building behind us where trump will go in today. it s the building to the right of it where the grand jury is in meeting and then, of course, is ellie was noted just a few doors down as well. that s the ny offices. yeah you know, ellie said he s never seen someone do it on the day of the arrangement. but you never know this is this is the former. i think it was this weekend, joe tacopina, one of the main lawyers said on state of the union. essentially we re gonna look at the charges first, before we put you know what kin
she was the city s first black woman and the first mayor who identified as gay in chicago. it was the first time a full term incumbent had lost reelection in that city in 40 years, but obviously as voters head to the polls today, a lot on the line burn burn. yeah you know, you know chicago history snow up, but you don t get reelected member. you re talking about that. i appreciate it, caitlin back to where it s all going to be the center of attention today. as you said, history in the making will be said a lot. yeah 100 center street. that is where trump is going to be in a few hours. he s starting the day at trump tower ahead of that historic arrangement. of course, he is doing a last minute shake up to his legal team. he s adding someone to the legal team. we should note. we ll tell you what to expect in court. that s ahead.