acknowledging he took those documents and claiming he had every right to take them. under the presidential records act, which is civil, not criminal, i had every right to have these documents. in other words, whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. it s an absolute right. this is the law. independent legal experts say that s not true. it could hurt him at a trial. is he betting on an election victory for republicans and getting the case dropped? i will speak to former top cia attorney jeff smith about the legal strategy. are more republican politicians, including some rivals, now willing to criticize donald trump s handling of national secrets? the handling of classified materials is a very serious matter. i had a chance to review the indictment over the weekend. this indictment contains serious charges. i can t defend what is alleged. the former president has a right to his day in court. i know he pled not guilty. i will
his club. we ve got all angles of the story covered including new reporting that the arraignment could be delayed. meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the governor expected to issue a disaster declaration today after a tanker carrying gas burst into flames causing a section of i-95 in philadelphia to collapse. this critical stretch of highway could be shut down for months. a miracle in colombia, four children found alive deep in the amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. we ll bring you a live report from bogota. and a major clarification from the biden administration, how china has been spying on the u.s. for years with help from the cuban regime. we begin with breaking news on preparations for what could be an historic court appearance in florida. this hour former president donald trump is set to leave his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, for newark airport. there you see these live images of the group of automobiles that will be carrying the former president to
i m dana perino. bill: i hope you had a good weekend. quite relaxing. bill hemmer, good morning. the biden campaign getting off to a slow public roll-out and republicans are busy courting support coast to coast focusing on important primary states. desantis telling voters why he wants to send biden back to the basement in delaware. you have to recognize our country is in decline right now. i don t think decline is inevitable and i m running for president to reverse that decline and to put us on a path to american renewal. we can do it and we ll get it done. i know it can be done because we did it in florida. dana: bret baier joining us in a moment. first rich edson live in washington. you have an update. good morning, rich. good morning. republicans are courting primary voters across the country. governor desantis campaigned in oklahoma where he picked up the governor s endorsement. his first from a sitting governor. we have an opportunity to get a big coalition tog
here is what we know at this moment. the former president has been federally indicted on seven charges, it s all in connection with trump s handling of classified documents discovered at his mar-a-lago resort in florida last year. sources tell nbc news that those charges include false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and even one charge relating to the espionage act. we also know that trump has been summoned to appear in a miami court this tuesday at 3:00 p.m. along with the special counsel s team. secret service agents are meeting today with trump s team to begin logistics planning. we don t know the specifics of those charges as those are still under seal, but speaking on the today show this morning one of trump s lawyers made clear how the former president plans to respond. he was upset for the country, but in terms of him, he is a fighter and he is going to come out swinging and he will be fine. he will appear in court on tuesday, no doubt. he is not afraid of thi
major highway collapse. it could big impact on travel. and the supply chain. we have a live report on that coming up. comprehensive coverage of the indictment of donald trump as he faces a tuesday arraignment on 37 criminal accounts connected with his hoarding of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the former president at this we can get his first public defense against the charges and a familiar refrain, he now has his 2024 primary opponents singing along with. the ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the biden administration s weaponize department of injustice. when i m your president, we will and the years of politicization and the department of justice. you can t have one faction of society weaponizing the power of the state against the factions that it doesn t like. not everybody in trump s orbit apparently got of the memo. it s very damning. they say d of presenting trump as a victim here. victim of a witch hunt is ridiculous. we re gonna have much