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an historic day in washington. the former president and current g portion front runner will be arraigned for eallegedly orchestrating a a plot to overturn the free and fair election that he lost. we re keeping watch as donald trump gets ready to leave new jersey, board his private jet and make his way to a federal courthouse just steps away from where democracy was under siege during the january 6th insurrection. hundreds of protrump rioters already face justice inside that very same courthouse. and that s where we begin this hour with paula reid and evan perez. what can we expect to unfold in that courthouse out of the public s view? once the former president gets into washington, he will be brought into the federal courthouse. we re probably not going to see much of him before he finally gets into the courthouse. he will be processed by the u.s. marshals as they do with everyone who is arraigned. he will be under arrest. and then he will be brought in at 4:00. the w ....
erin? the arraignment is in a courthouse that s already handled hundreds of january 6th defendants. it is those lies that are central to the prosecution s case. the man behind it all, the man who has been a target of a public smear campaign by the 45th president is jack smith. you see him there. paula reid is outside that courthouse right now. paula, how will all of this play out, the logistics of this once trump arrives where you are? reporter: well, erin, this courthouse is accustomed to dealing with vips, security details, so he has the option to pull underneath the courthouse in a garage. we may not be able to seen him at all. once inside, he will be placed under arrest. he will be processed. we expect fingerprints, but there won t be a mug shot. federal authorities have said they already have a mug shot. and the hearing should be pretty short. he will hear the charges filed against hi and he ll have th opportunity, as expecting to enter a plea in florida he had ....
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening tonight on the eve of the iowa caucuses, donald trump is delivering his closing arguments with a heavy dose of insult, mockery and more lies including hateful remarks about immigrants, making strange comments about jimmy carter, insisting a president has and words about the city he hopes to call home in 2025. we re taking in murderers and drug lords. we re taking in people that are very, very sick. with diseases that will be spread all over our nation. we re doing the wrong thing for our country. it s going to be very hard to recover from that, but we re going to start on day one from deportation. i always say jimmy carter is the happiest man alive and it s good because he s somewhat elderly, what. my wife went to the funeral of roslyn. beautiful funeral. you can t be worrying about something when you re doing the right thing but if it doesn t work out, you re going to end up in prison. th ....
and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being abo ....
plus, an update on the other investigations he s facing and were economic for 2024 then, an arrest warrant good evening, i am alici menendez in for stephani ruhle. we may be days away, but we re finding out whether donald trump will be indicted by grand jury in manhattan. tonight, nbc news has learne exclusively that local state and federal law enforcement is preparing for a possible indictment as early as nex week five senior officials to nbc that they ve conducted preliminary security assessments and assess the potential security plan. here is more no charges have bee announced, but behind th scenes, officials are focusing on how to secure the are around the criminal cour building in norman and for wha could be an unprecedente moment, a former president i court arranged before a judge. nbc news reached out to all of the agencies involved, all hav declined to comment. the crux of the grand jury investigation, it 130,00 dollar payment that cohen made to stormy danie ....