of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
6th criminals in an effort to stay in sync with voters. and the house speaker sounding positive as the outline of a debt deal emerges. it looks a lot like a traditional give-and-take. rumblings on the right do raise a question whether speaker mccarthy can make a deal and keep his job. and some new and critical reporting about the special counsel s classified documents investigation. among the revelations in the washington post today trump employees move boxes of papers one day before investigators arrive at mar-a-lago and that trump himself produced a dress rehearsal of moving sensitive materials out of sight. a first for up us, though, ron desantis gets pointed and personal criticizing donald trump on a wide array of issues while trying to sell himself at the same time to trump voters as better than the original. it is an understatement to call this new strategy risky, but the florida governor is all in, issuing a statement this morning with links to 11 different thursday
category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfall as a
that, as well as the real needs surrounding the issue of immigration, and how to address. that then, the rollback of more women s rights in more multiple states. how abortion advocates are responding to new demand new bans now in effect. and why senator lindsey graham s national abortion ban proposal might be about more than what meets the eye. you are watching simone, and we have got a lot to get to. lots of developments in the litigation between donald trump in the department of justice. all surrounding the documents seized by the fbi from mar-a-lago last month. the doj failed to convince trump appointed to district court judge a lean cannon at a court appointed special master not only wasn t necessary to review the seized material, but it could be even harmful to national security. cannon appointed a former chief federal judge, raymond thierry, to pour over the thousands of documents, including classified ones in order to weed out any potentially privileged information. ju
also, a district judge has granted a request by former president trump for a special master to review all the documents seized from his mar-a-lago estate last month. what this means for the investigation into the former president. the united kingdom has a new prime minister. just hours ago, liz truss met with queen elizabeth who officially appointed her to lead the nation and new nbc news reporting about how republican senate hopefuls are planning to launch a vigorous push to try to win control of the senate as we re now just 80 days from the midterm election. we ll break down where things stand. and we begin this morning in uvalde. a community starting a new chapter despite unimaginable grief. fear and anxiety surround the beginning of the school year there. children will not be returning to robb elementary. the scene of the massacre. instead, relocating to other schools. the school district is adding new security measures, but many families say that s not enough. most a