a former president donald trump. mr trump landed at laguardia airport, just a short while ago. the former president expected derives soon at trump tower. he is expected to spend the night there ahead of his arraignment tomorrow afternoon at the manhattan criminal courthouse, where mr trump is expected to voluntarily surrender sources tell cnn that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud that we should note the indictment. remains under seal. these charges come after a years long probe. into a hush money payment made to adult film star and director stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, and let s let s uh we re looking. let s let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz right now she s outside trump tower and caitlin . it s odd watching this kind of for want of a better term like o j. bronco coverage of donald trump coming into manhattan for this criminal matter, and i know that media critics are taking issue with the way t
this will be the scene of the action, the formal arrangement over the first 30 plus indictments. how are things looking there, bryan? neil, things here are relatively subdued. more action at trump tower as the former president makes his way to his residence there. what we can talk to you about is these charges. this is what we know. the reality is the diamond is under seal. so the former president and the world doesn t know the exact charges. sources tell fox that we can expect trump to face more than 30 counts related to business fraud, including at least one felony. we expect these charges to be related to adult film star symptom my daniels, the $130,000 hush money payment made to her and a payment made to karen mcdougal. legal experts the indictment will include the falsifying business records charges and could be updated to a felony in the state of new york if they find that trump falsified the records with an intent to commit another crime. that crime could be the viol
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
former president donald trump has left florida he is expected to touch down at laguardia airport any moment now, ahead of his historic arraignment in a manhattan criminal court tomorrow. what things will look like inside the courtroom after his booking and how much of it we re actually expected to see, all of that is coming up for you. and officials are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to security across this city. we ve got our reporters on the ground in manhattan where barricades are already up, protesters are expected to start gathering as well. almost every member of the nypd s 36,000 person force is now in uniform and on stand by and as donald trump continues to lash out on social media, how much more room is there for him to damage his own tastes we have got some new reaction from alvin bragg s predecessor coming your way shortly. join me right now from outside that courthouse in new york. we have nbc news correspondent garrett haake, outside of trump tower, nb
. thank you so much for joining us to night. and now we report on the eve of the arraignment of a former president. tomorrow marks the first court hearing in this case, new york versus donald trump, defendant this is the legal process which compelled trum topp to come to w york today from florida because he had to. the only alternative would have been resisting arrest and making the nypd come get him which they re capable of doing for any defendant. tomorrow trump goes downtown and like any citizen or any criminal defendant, he ll surrender, temporarily, to the custody of the lawful authorities there we know a bit about that process. the fingerprinting, booking, and like anyone, afforded rights and given an opportunity to enter a plea authorities ramped up security including thousands of members of nypd that are on a stand ready order. but lately donald trump has been trying to promote and fundraise off the charges and it s worth recalling tonight as we know more than we us