marine veteran will face trial for the chokehold death of jordan neely on a new york city subway train. ashley strohmier is live in the newsroom with the breaking information. ashley? reporter: hi, there. a man who put a new york subway ride in a fatal chokehold will be returning to court. daniel penny will be arraigned following an indictment by a grand jury that he has been out on bond after being initially charged by manhattan prosecutors for manslaughter. in the second degree after the death of jordan neely on may 1st. the grand jury indictment is a procedural step that will allow the criminal case to move forward. penny s attorney maintains the defense that his client believed neely was a threat to himself and passengers. the standard in new york state is not you don t have to wait until someone physically attacks. you don t have to wait until somebody is lying on the ground or worse. the standard is whether a reasonable person in my client s position would have fe
what is he in for, my friend? well, he s in for a historic court appearance. we ve never seen one like this. the first former president to be indicted on federal charges. neil, he s on the ground in miami. so it will be underway in less than 24 hours. after arriving here in miami, the president drove to his club where he s expected to meet with his legal team. trump did not speak when he landed. he has spoken quite a bit hammering the indictment on social media posts and campaign stops over the weekend. painting himself as a victim. it appears neil that message is being heard on capitol hill back in washington. here s speaker mccarthy earlier today. listen here. the idea of equal justice is not playing out here. so that s a real concern to all americans. but neil, facing 37 counts including willfully retaining national defense information, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice, his former attorney general bill barr says these charges are very seriou
were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley and then vivak, larry elder, asa hutchinson, tim scott, and now ron desantis, who by the way is only 44 years old. by biden/trump standards, he s got three more decades to run for president. so why run now? why get into the steel cage with a wrestler who always carries a foreign object? mike pence said he ll soon make a decision. chris christie sure sounds like a candidate. sununu might get in. even glenn youngkin is taking a second look. so what s going on? maybe that they don t think they ll have to beat trump. that that work will be done by a combination of alvin bragg, fani willis, jack smith and merrick garland. this week trump appeared remotely in a manhattan courtroom in connection with the stormy daniels case. the judge told the parties not to make any plans around the scheduled start of trial, march 25, 2024. trump reportedly reacted by shaking his head. the
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. 2024 revs up ron desantis aligned super pac answers what you might call a sticky add by asking why donald trump is now spending his time attacking other republicans . this week, the florida governor heads here to washington to capitol hill that after a donor defects from his campaign in waiting, plus class field trip tries to turn up the pressure on alvin bragg. house judiciary republicans hold a hearing in manhattan d a s backyard to call him soft on crime and yes to deflect attention from brags prosecution of the former president and a delay on the eve of a billion dollar trial, or fox and dominion, perhaps headed for a settlement, or will it s anchors, some of whom bread, blatant lies on the air have to take the witness stand. but up first for us congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. the house speaker kevin mccarthy, u
todd: brooke singman with the latest on this morning s hearing. brooke. brooke: a number of key witnesses will testify at this morning s field hearing on violent crime. madeline brame, will testify this morning, along with victims rights new york founder jennifer harrison. we will hear from democratic city councilman robert holden and president of the endowment association. the star witness is jose alba, the former bodega worker charged with murder after stabbing each witness is expected to testify about district attorney alvin bragg s policies, how he enforces the law in new york city and how it impacted their lives. felony convictions are down from three years before alvin bragg took office and the da declined to prosecute 1200 felony cases last year. despite figures, democrats say crime is not an issue in new york city. mayor eric adams insists the big apple is the safest big city in the country. listen. we should be clear, new york city is the safest big city in a