alex marquardt in washington. thank you so much for joining us today. we begin this hour with new details surrounding the indictment or former president donald trump. he is now the first ex president in us history to face criminal charges. trump is expected to travel to new york on monday, then surrender and appear in a manhattan court on tuesday. that s when charges against him of which sources tell us there are more than 30. that s when they will be. formally unveiled. attorneys for trump say he has quote ready to fight and will not accept a plea deal ahead of his appearance in court next week. the nypd is preparing for potential unrest. all officers are being told to report to work in uniform and to prepare for deployment today. cnn s kara scannell is outside the manhattan courthouse and cnn s leyla santiago is near trump s mar-a-lago home in west palm beach, florida. karen i want to start with you in new york. what more are you learning about what may be in this historic
say no one is above the law. and democrats would say even presidents have private lives. we re going to see the party switch on this over the coming weeks and months as republicans defend donald trump and democrats criticize them. we re going to see them switch on this. yeah karen, we are seeing trump and his allies flooding the zone now, um, attacking the indictment attacking the district attorney. of course, there s a lot that we still don t know and won t know until next week. the district attorney he s at he s at the office today dealing with another case, according to our colleague, kara scannell. the conversation largely now being driven by one side, the pro trump side. so what impact do you think that that has when it comes to the public opinion. well clearly they re trying to influence public opinion, but i think one of the areas of peril for the republicans as remember there was an npr poll that just came out this week. concerns about protecting our democracy still a top issue