Nomination making his way down the steps as he prepares for another afternoon in court. Its an extraordinary situation to say the least of a former president and someone who is currently running. We have amazing fox team coverage. We have dana perino, Shannon Bream and jessica tarlov. First, lets go to david spunt live outside the federal courthouse where we expect the former president will pull up a short time from now. Hi, david. Hi, martha. Its symbolic here today. You cant see it on camera. Were just feet away from the u. S. Capitol blocks away from the white house. The former president will make his way here, as you said, in motorcade. He will head before the Magistrate Judge. He wont be placed under arrest in handcuffs or mug shots. We know he will specifically be fingerprinted. Once hes here, hes in the custody of u. S. Marshals. Hes not in the custody of the fbi. Hes not going to have his hands behind his back. He did say he would be arrested today. I want to put up this truth
federal courthouse in washington where former president trump is now inside to be arraigned on four charges today involving efforts to overturn 2020 election. that s the nature of these charges. griff jenkins, national correspondent live in washington d.c. hi, griff. hi, martha. good afternoon. that s right. the former president inside the courthouse now. he did not come, martha, down constitution avenue, which we were showing you the last hour. the proximity with which this courthouse sits just a few blocks from the capitol where the january 6th riots happen. instead, he came down third street and turned in to the garage. the motorcade went in there. what is happening at this moment is the processing. before he goes before a magistrate judge, he will be processed, have his fingerprints taken. there s no mug shot. he will not be arrested. once he s in the hands of the
give you thoughts, what are your thoughts on the cancellation of the parade? thank god. no reason that all of our troops who serve overseas have to march down constitution avenue to appease donald trump s ego. costs a lot of money and affects training and readiness and donald trump established where it s establish to the stuff that we d see in north korea. it s obvious why he likes a parade. but of no benefit for our military. we re proud to see it canceled and we applied next year on veterans day to have a 5k run on the exact same day. this is outstanding you applied for a permt to be on the mall in a year from now on veterans day so they can t have a parade. so we can show donald trump what veterans day is about which is helping veterans. there are probably about 40,000 homeless veterans around the country. veterans are experiencing very high suicide rates.
extent because of what i witnessed, we may do something like that on july fourth in washington down pennsylvania avenue. well, he diddant get the military parade on the fourth of july this year so the white house started looking at a special veterans day parade but now that s not happening either. the president canceled the parade citing the expense which noted could cost more than $90 million. here with me now is john, an iraq war veteran and the chairman of vote vets, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of veterans and sam cedar msnbc contributor. john, let me start with you. what are your thoughts on, i don t even know if i want to give you thoughts, what are your thoughts on the cancellation of the parade? thank god. no reason that all of our troops who serve overseas have to march down constitution avenue to appease donald trump s ego. costs a lot of money and affects training and readiness and
honor veterans. yeah, we re not a banana republic or a former soviet bloc nation who uses the military to promote strength. soldiers, airmen and marines are taught to speak lightly and carry a big stick. i would argue in a military that has military operations going on all over the world spending $12 million of their money to watch 7,000 u.s. troops lose veterans day with their families to march for him down constitution avenue probably isn t the best use of our resources right now. it s unprecedented and something we haven t done since we won the war in 91. explain, john, to civilians who are watching why it so matters for a president, any president, to visit military theater. what message it sends to our troops. our president didn t serve in vietnam. every military commander whether you re a lieutenant or an ensign