russia is targeting the u.s. while strengthening ties with china. lead u.s. hostage negotiator is here to weigh in coming up. sandra: we begin, however, with the breaking details in the historic indictment of the former president. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, a good friday to you. john: and you as well. the news never quits, does it? i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. a manhattan grand jury sending shock waves through the country. sandra: after they voted to indict former president trump relating to the alleged hush money payments made in the run-up to the 2016 election. marks the first time a former president has ever faced criminal charges. john: a source saying fox is expected to be arraigned next tuesday at 2:15 in the afternoon. he will not be placed in handcuffs after an agreement struck between alvin bragg and trump attorneys. sandra: bryan is live outside the courthouse here in lower manhattan. how is l
this is outnumbered. i am emily compagno it s kayleigh mcenany, and joining us, martha maccallum, anchor of the story, kennedy, host of kennedy, i m fox business, and bill hemmer. also joining us with analysis, fox news senior political analyst, brit hume. law enforcement source tells fox news former president trump is expected to be arraigned on tuesday at 2:15 eastern time. we are told the d.a. initially wanted him to surrender today but that timeline change due to arrangements they needed to be made by secret service. we are also learning that trump will not be handcuffed. the charges are related to hush money payments leading up to the 2016 campaign. they remain under sealed and are not yet public. republicans calling the indictment political persecution and un-american. democrats say no one is above the law. fox news peter doocy asked president biden what he thought of the indictment this morning. mr. president, do you think the charges against trump are politic
we ve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so let s get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful over price jerry six insurrection in d.c.. we re going in-depth on all those trump troubles ahead. later, desantis drama, florida governor ron desantis arrives at the white house, while the house memos hits him with the federal lawsuit. we go inside the drama and how it will impact his presidential aspirations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today s show with the standoff over the debt ceiling. speaker kevin mccarthy is taking a premature victory lap after house republicans narrowly lashed
disrupting an official deliberation at the state capital in what some are comparing to the insurrection, ignoring the 2020 riots, 574 that nobody wants to investigator arrest people for. anyway, a full report straight ahead also coming up, a big development from the beg us indictment on donald trump now breaking today, the house judiciary committee jim jordan issued a subpoena to a fanatical trump hating attorney who worked under alvin bragg under this case. pierce morgan interviewed stormy daniels for 90 minutes. and i have one big question for pierce. it s a big one. now he confronted her about the signed document, 2018 where she said it was not i took the money but i never had an affair. now, if you are on a jury and somebody signed that document and then says no, i didn t mean it, would you believe her then or now? who knows. also later tonight, giving into the woke crowd, nike and bud light are facing a wave of criticism after partnering with a woke trans activity that
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra