we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
candidatsenatoe senator tim scos will join us . he confronted the ladies of. the view today and he exposed hg their hateful rhetoric. we have full highlights coming up. also, chairman jim jordan and chairman james comey on together. they will joinchairmanes comer . coma is now preparing to hold she fbi director , chris wray, in contempt of congress. and tonight, in a possible effort to shield president biden from a congressional investigation, director wras ty is refusing 12 to hand over that official.3 ten docu, twenty three document that purportedly describes a criminal foreign bribery sch. scheme from biding his time when he was vice president .fb now, fbi officials have been in possession of these allegations since june of 2020.f they have also been in possession of biden s laptop since december of 2019il. they have seen emails and texts from hunter biden detailingto pp possible foreign payouts to the big guy and half the money going pops and complaining about paying for
to cnn s, garrett tuckerman. what we learned gary? anderson, just about ten minutes ago a police officer in cobb county georgia said the alleged gunman, diane patterson, is under arrest and this gated community behind me here in smyrna georgia, which is a suburb about 11 miles northwest of where the shootings happen today, this is waterfront place, there are police cars behind the gates as we speak. we know that because we are following them as we arrived. we were about five minutes down the road. we saw police cars swimming bias. we then followed them. we came here. a police officer was sitting down there. i asked him what is going on inside. he told me we have apprehended the suspect. and he is alive. there was no shootout. it appears that he surrendered peacefully. about an hour ago, there were about 100 police officers and swab the echoes about five minutes in this direction next to truist park, with the atlanta braves play baseball. the braves are playing on the road t
sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course we ll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it s expected he will surrender to authorities early next week. that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, it is 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sources familiar with the matter that there are about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment. the case, of course, involves a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels who said she had an affair with trump, when he denied. we expect donald trump to surrender to the manhattan d.a. s office to be arraigned next week. he ll have his fingerprints taken and will be ph
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g