status, about his health, about his conditions. we ll work further on this. bill: thank you for that. president biden en route no mississippi meeting with the tornado victims today made comments after leaving the white house. maybe more coming up later today. we ll watch it. thank you, greg, nice to see you in london. shannon: the president picking up some support within his own party. 52% of democrats say they want someone else at the top of the ticket in 2024. that s still a majority but down a point from last month. martha maccallum is here this morning. good morning, martha. it wasn t that long ago that what we heard from both sides they don t want a rematch of trump/biden. as we creep along the numbers are moving in that direction. it looks like that s what we are going to get. ill is early in the game. one of the things that strikes me about the situation surrounding the indictment for president trump, there is a feeling out there that everything is kind of upside down land
surrender today. the president pushed back on that and expected to happen on tuesday. bill: let s begin now. chad pergram on the hill. andy mccarthy with analysis. bryan llenas joins us outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, new york city. hello. good morning. last night s historic announcement of an indictment by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg came as a surprise to trump s own lawyers who don t know the charges and likely will not know them until his arraignment despite reports that trump is facing 34 criminal counts related to business fraud. he was shocked because we really i was shocked. i ve never been angry but the new york times told us he was indicted and we got confirmation and 34 counts. we find out next week. on truth social the former president reacted writing these
committees information about his investigation. republicans contend the local prosecutor has no business investigating a former president let alone a candidate for 2024. hunter biden and joe biden could be prosecuted under this theory if they were on vacation in south carolina and made a call to china. this is a danger to the presidency and turning the rule of law upside down to destroy a man, donald trump, who the left fears. do not let them get away with this. fox has told three house committees investigating bragg will likely take a pause until mr. trump is arraigned but promised to probe the motives of the inquiry. democrats have defended bragg. you can t find any example of congress interfering in a local d.a. s investigation and where would that end if we actually opened it up to that? the indictment compels republicans to rally around
this is america s newsroom. a years long investigation. a grand jury brought an indictment to president trump. the charges are under seal for now. the counts number in the dozens. bill: that s sparking a firestorm of criticism for the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. known as a soft on crime prosecutor. since he took office in january, he has downgraded more than 50% of felonies in new york to misdemeanors. he appears to be taking the opposite take against the former president. republicans calling it political persecution. manhattan d.a. s office is in contact with the former president s legal team. they re working to coordinate his surrender. a logistic call nightmare. one of the president s attorneys said the d.a. wanted when im to
now-president did, right? and i heard from people all across this country as we were covering that campaign i just want something normal. we want adults in the room. now they have to ask themselves this question. in institutions in america. are there adults in the room? is that what is going on? is that what we ve got right now? i think there is a very unnerved environment in the country right now people aren t sure. i hear it across the spectrum. what is going on here exactly? would alvin bragg have charged this exactly the way it is laid out in this case against anyone other than donald trump? bill: good questions and try to have answers for all of this. see you at noon. yes. see you on outnumbered and 3:00 on the story. thanks you guys. good to be with you. bill: top story, former president trump calling the case political persecution accusing the manhattan d.a. of election interference. how does the case impact the