. thank you so much for joining us to night. and now we report on the eve of the arraignment of a former president. tomorrow marks the first court hearing in this case, new york versus donald trump, defendant this is the legal process which compelled trum topp to come to w york today from florida because he had to. the only alternative would have been resisting arrest and making the nypd come get him which they re capable of doing for any defendant. tomorrow trump goes downtown and like any citizen or any criminal defendant, he ll surrender, temporarily, to the custody of the lawful authorities there we know a bit about that process. the fingerprinting, booking, and like anyone, afforded rights and given an opportunity to enter a plea authorities ramped up security including thousands of members of nypd that are on a stand ready order. but lately donald trump has been trying to promote and fundraise off the charges and it s worth recalling tonight as we know more than we us
off the charges and it s worth recalling tonight as we know more than we used to, no more than we did last week, this promotional effort by mr. trump is actually his plan b after the calls for protest repeatedly fizzled there were no large crowds for donald trump in florida or new york today compared to the infamous influx of visitors which did gather for the convicted sedition of january 6 in d.c new york authorities say this time they see no signs of that they will deter and confront and arrest any arrest disruption or violence tomorrow. that is the terrain tonight as the united states embarks on this fundamentally legal process. i can tell you a few more updates, donald trump now swiftly beefing up the legal team he tapped a new former federal prosecutor as lead counsel todd blanch to lead his lawyers on this new york case