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sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news donald trump faces about 30 counts of document fraud-related charges in the indictment of course well know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as its 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. im josé diaz-balart, and we begin this fri...

Whats happening here. republicans are doing the performative thing they have to do because donald trump requires it, that fealty piece, right that fear of their base piece, conscious, i dont know, whats right, all of that doesnt matter its all about the performance >> and michael, its not just in the house of representatives i mean, a strong ally of trump senator lindsey graham gave this plea to his supporters last night on fox take a listen to that. >> you need to help this man, donald j. trump...

That back -- but ive interviewed so many people who dont like -- this one woman sticks in my head, i dont like the fact that the taxi drivers now are all brown people and they are all people from northern africa. it is columbus, ohio, what are they doing its not going to change. no matter what happens in congress, that fact is probably not going to change. but people really think its going to change. >> i know people hate getting into the weeds of process here. . but this is a screwy process. we...

Not a lot of enthusiasm for in the democratic party. shes popular a lot because of her personality, kind of like chris christie. people may disagree with some things shes for, but they like her personally. and if mcauliffe loses, it would be really bad for hillary, but if he squeaks through, theyll say, its another victory for the clintons, lets move on. lets ask you about the base piece. because in the end, whatever these big factors this money are, it will come down on an off year election to ...

Tonight for gun control advocates if this reporting is true that they will have background checks in the base bill. >> im still making the push, because they have to vote for the bill even if its in the bill. let me ask you about the reporting here. does this mean that the senate majority leader harry reid from nevada does believe he can get 60 votes for a bill which includes tougher, broader background check program? >> reporter: thats exactly what it means, the whole idea was to put some base ...