makes history charging donald trump with more than 30 counts connected to a hush money coverup of his alleged affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. all those details are still under seal. but republicans aren t waiting on the facts and are rushing to defend the former president. this is legal voodoo. you got a misdemeanor that s been made of felony. this case will follow, like a cheap suit under legal scrutiny. plus team. trump plans to mount a loud defense in the court of public opinion and to keep a list of who is defending him. and who isn t. but first the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump manhattan grand jury, returning a 30 plus count indictment against the former president of the united states. sources are telling cnn and the arrangement and the charges are expected to be on tuesday in a hold your breath moment for the entire country. but today, trump s attorney says that his client plans to plead not guilty, and he puts the odds of a plea
the state emergency response that includes recovering debris . shelter operations, paying overtime for first responders, setting up fema disaster recovery centers all of this too short resources and get them to residents. urgently now, of course, abby. all of this. this visit in particular comes against the backdrop. of president trump s or the indictment of the former president. trump president. biden has declined to comment on that, as he has done with other ongoing legal cases and the focus today, though, the white house says is going to be on these recovery efforts and making sure the residents here have exactly what they need now and moving forward. abby. and priscilla, uh, the white house made some announcements this morning as it relates to federal aid for those communities in mississippi. what can you tell us about that? well that s going to include ways in which the residents here can get the resources they need again by
it s also impacting an area of the company, and already experienced heavy rainfall over the past several days. wile new englanders are used to dealing with tough weather, this storm has potential for widespread consequences across the region, with significant flooding, power outages that could affect hundreds of thousands of people. so we re doing everything we can now to help those states prepared, respond and recover. i can t think of anyone better to lead this operation than chris well. fema. before she headed up fema, she led the emergency response in new york city. she was one of the key federal officials in response to super storm sandy. she nose this area very, very well yesterday i talked with the administrator, and each of the
the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. shannon: fema says all of puerto rico could be without power for months after taking a direct hit from hurricane maria. the small island is dealing with massive amounts of damage and flooding. meanwhile the national guard and other federal entities are gearing up plans for relief. president trump offering his support to the governor on twitter saying this, we re with you and the people of puerto rico. stay safe, #pr strong. carl higbie is with us this morning. we have talked during a number of these storms here in the u.s. the mainland and through the caribbean as well about the enormous needs and how volunteers and what you all do can help fill in the gaps. when you have so many things back the back how in the world do you begin to address all the needs? we have to prioritize it.
we re in places for five, six, 10 years trying to build communities. if you go down to louisiana and people see an it is the best investment people can make to rebuild any type of infrastructure. shannon: i think a lot of people don t understand what you do or what you are or how they can get involved. go to national service.gov. if you are sitting in your parent s basement eating cheetos. get skills that you can bring to the private sector afterwards, serve your country. we are a volunteer force who backs up fema, the national guard. we re in there for the long haul. the cameras are leaving. we re still there. shannon: for anyone has gone a relief trip it changes your perspective on the world when you can reach people at their lowest, worst places and really