that kid has touched more lives. if we touch as many lives as he did in the next 20 years, this world would be a better place. he was an amazing kid. gadi schwartz, nbc news we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, the fight of his life, the plane carrying former president trump set to land here in new york city soon, ahead of his arraignment tomorrow we re live from the courthouse, and trump tower where it s all hands on deck. how the nypd and secret service are preparing for the former president s arrival, and how trump is gearing up to walk into the courtroom not just as a defendant, but a 2024 presidential candidate how much money he says he s raised since the news broke, and what we know about his post arraignment, prime time address at mar-a-lago. plus, a day of firsts, including the first time we ll hear the charges read against the former president in court what we can expect tomorrow and for the
hush money scheme. it may very well also be a court appearance that proceeds an indictment of a former president of these united states michael cohen, donald trump s former attorney and fixer went before a grand jury in manhattan today in what may be alvin bragg s end game a years-long investigation based on hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels payments made nearly seven years ago. here s what cohen had to say earlier today before he went in for his grand jury testimony this is not revenge, right? what is this is about accountability i don t want to see anyone, including donald trump, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. new york times reports this, quote, the manhattan d.a. s office has already questioned at least seven other people before the grand jury, hearing evidence about the hush money deal that s accor
to, as we know, denver and washington, d.c. by the end of the day. well, the important thing is everybody is okay. allie raffa, thank you so much for that. in florida today, governor ron desantis signed a bill that allows people to carry concealed loaded guns without a permit desantis signed the bill with little fanfare in a nonpublic ceremony notably the only people present were the bill s sponsors, legislative leaders and gun rights advocates, including representatives of the nra the majority of states have passed some version of permitless carry legislation. meanwhile today in nashville, students walked out of classes to rally for more gun safety regulations metro national public schools asked students not to walk out, encouraging walk-in rallies on campus grounds instead, but thousands of students joined by their parents and activists from around the country protested at the capitol building anyway. this is the second demonstration there since a mass shooter
florida s republicans stand opposed to permitless carry legislation. in fact you might never know it considering republicans there recently put a cap on public comment on the measure to one minute, 60 seconds, per person, limiting first amendment rights to ram through a law that misinterprets the second frank guttenberg is joining us his daughter was killed in the parkland school shooting and he is company author of the book american carrage. and with us at the table david jolly. and fred, i follow you and so i first saw this story following your twitter feed. tell us what happened. so florida under our di dimwitted honestly weak minded governor is on the path to passing permitless carry and what they have done is they