Hutchinson, one of the few republican candidates who has been critical of trumps legal problems despite the fact the former president seems to be gaining, not losing political strength with each and every indictment. Were keeping also a close eye on the Security Situation surrounding the courthouse as a mix of federal and city Law Enforcement blanket the area ahead of trumps rapidly approaching arrival. Were also learning new details about the latest indictment that appears to rely on testimony from high level Trump Administration officials including former Attorney General bill barr and of course former Vice President mike pence. So lets start the hour with nbcs Aaron Gilchrist outside the court, Peter Alexander and kristen welker, the cohosts of weekend today, former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann, kristy greenberg, and former u. S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg on set with us. So aaron, kick us off from outside the courthouse. Whats the atmosphere out there as we get closer to Pre
i don t think its are you ready for this for alarming? the new york times sienna poll this past week, i wrote about it for the bulwark, mike pence is under water with republican voters. more republican voters dislike him than like him. robert f. kennedy jr., on the other hand, the vaccine conspiracist democrat, republican voters love him. they re plus 30, so robert f. kennedy jr. is more popular with republican primary voters than the former vice president. the only thing mike pence has done to earn that unfavorability is stand up to donald trump one time, one day over this coup, so good for him for being honest and putting out that t-shirt, but no, i don t see it helping him much in the primary. sabrina k i come to you now? as we continue to watch these pictures, live images of trump landing here in d.c., as he gets ready to have that arraignment, which is now just about an hour away. you have been covering the biden white house, and we haven t heard much from the white house