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
say, we now have two standards of justice in our country. the democrat communists who want to jail their opponents while they protect the murderers who prowl our cities day and night, and other brazen criminals. the linking, rather, his own complaint about its own prosecutions with his views on crime, in line the way the republicans written in 2022. he s also gonna say, either we have a deep state, or we have a democracy. either the deep state destroys america, or we destroy the deep state. yasmin, that goes back to 2016, the same kind of grievance about being investigated by the fbi, by robert mueller. and now by the special counsel. we ve heard from the former president since he was, in fact, the president of the united states. a speech getting underway here today, we ll see whether former president knows anger and frustration about his indictment overcomes the written words prepared in front of him by aids. and what they hope will be a speech that taps into more of the vie
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
2024 election year and president biden returns from vacation to a long list of major issues and brutal polls. we re breaking it down for you. head-scratching new law in california forcing retail stores to have gender toy sections or pay up. and did you see this? first down. and scores. [cheering] todd: michigan and washington punching their tickets to college football national championship. forget pop tart, new viral mascot in town tlchl he is, or her. wrapping up big bowl games for you. fox and friends. welcome to 2024, i m todd piro, carley shimkus has the day off. we ll have those stories for you, but we begin with this fox news alert. expecting major jeffrey epstein document dump this week revealing names of 200 people who had too is with the pedophile. bill clinton is on the list and apparently he is not the only big name. doug luzader. douglas: there have to be dozens of people awaiting the names that are expected to include bill clinton and andrew. epstein was
closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,