richard who will give his legal analysis but first we go live to laura ingle, fox senior correspondent who is live in front of the courthouse in lower manhattan, laura, good morning. good morning to you guys. we have tight security here. we have a line of people that have been queued up here they started yesterday afternoon just to be in line to get a space inside of the courthouse for this historic arraignment this morning a former president donald trump. now, mr. trump arriving at trump tower yesterday and waving at his supporters. you see the tape. he is expected to arrive at manhattan court sometime around 1:00 this afternoon. we learned last night that trump s arraignment not be televised. only photos will be permitted to appear this after the defense argued it will create a circus light atmosphere with security concerns inconsistent with president trump s presumption of innocence. law enforcement including nypd and fbi working to make this process as smooth and safe a
it is surreal and shocking. we don t know other than we will plea very loudly not guilty before the judge and go from there. brooke trump is expected to arrive at 11:00 a.m. today, streets are expected to close around 1 p.m., an hour before the arraignment is set to begin. trump could finish up by 2:30 p.m. the former president hired an additional attorney, todd blanche who defended trump campaign chairman paul manafort. blanche defended manafort from a case by cy vance. the former president says alvin bragg should indict himself. security has been stepped up to prepare for today s indictment. todd: the question becomes what is the trump legal strategy going forward? one of trump s impeachment attorneys had an interesting analysis, take a listen to that. three motions they should file after arraignment, one is motion to dismiss on statute much limitation grounds and motion to dismiss and disqualify district attorney bragg. based on his campaign statement targeting preside
taylor greene who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you are in town be on your best behavior. okay, then, new york city mayor eric adams control yourself. just going right there with that warning ahead of a historic day in manhattan. donald trump, former president, will become the first former president to face criminal charges. we will get a live report from outside the courthouse in just a moment meanwhile, there is new reporting this morning on how the manhattan grand jury is impacting the fulton county da s investigation into election interference in georgia. also ahead, we will break down what is at stake today in wisconsin as voters head to the polls for an election that many are calling the most consequential in decades. that is a huge state supreme court race that has national implications regarding gerrymandering, regarding just the laws of that state, which has become the most consequential swin
president trump s arraignment in new york city, it is the first time in our country s history a former president faces criminal charges and cameras will be in the courtroom before the hearing begins. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. the day of the dawn ahead of the proceedings being called the big circus. brooke singman has more. brooke: former president trump will not be put in handcuffs at his arraignment later today. he is facing charges from alvin bragg s office, the charges will be revealed at the arraignment later today. one attorney joe tacopina detailing what we can expect. listen. joe: he ll be in the courtroom about three or four rows back, what is extraordinary is that tomorrow is actually happening.
seven years later we ve still learned nothing. it s like that moment hillary clinton was actually at the fair that day and it was like everyone in her entourage and there were others who were running for president there and staff, everyone was sort of awe struck you heard this utterance where people looked up in the sky, oh, it s trump it s trump the helicopter just got it gave him this different status in the race among his competitors, not just among the media, and you re exactly right, it s like yesterday it was like he was running the helicopter play again it s a thing that the press could easily avoid a lot of hard calls to make in terms of what to cover and what not to cover over the course of the next 24 hours, 48 hours new york city the phi tour if you ask yourself am i just falling for the helicopter stunt again and if the answer to that question is yes, turn away. chuck rosenberg, let s put the big circus to the side and