that s a bus in new york city and behind that is trump tower. there we go. former president trump about to depart for closing arguments today in his civil fraud trial. the judge has barred him from speaking in court. he wanted to make his own closing argument. the judge said forget about it. so he has been known to talk to reporters on the way in. we re watching that. no buses or trucks, good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana: just us. that s all you get for right now. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we had a wild day yesterday. see how this one turns out. the fraud trial culminating as iowa casts the first votes in the presidential election. the former president was there last night for a fox news town hall and tried to assure voters his second term would not be focused on revenge. i m not going to have time for retribution. we ll make the country so successful i won t have time for retribution. our ultimate retribution is success. dana: bill melugin is
investigate the death of a pro kremlin blogger and an explosion in st petersburg. and a return to the moon with the return of artemis to. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. it is eight in the morning it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here - it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here in - it s newsday. it is eight in - the morning here in singapore and eight in the evening in new york where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. i want to show you the scene live in new york and as we understand that he is in his suite in the trump tower in and hatton, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that s before never that is because never before has a us president sitting or previous face criminal charges. we will be looking at what could happen nextin looking at what could happen nex
playground for your misplaced anger. although we have no specific threats people like marjorie taylor greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you re in town be on your best behavior. new york city mayor eric adams with a warning ahead of historic day here in manhattan donald trump will become the first former president of the united states to face criminal charges. we ll go through the time line of this arraignment and tell you about the new member of his legal team plus there s also new action in the classified documents investigation as special counsel jack smith sends subpoenas to people who are always with the former president and later voters in wisconsin today will decide what many are calling the most consequential race in that state in decades we ll explain why that description is not hyperbole good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for star
case to allow cameras in the courtroom for the arraignment. lawyers for soon to be the independent donald trump argue against having cameras, they r claiming it would create a circus like atmosphere, and we know how much he hits that tonight, since we ve been on the air, the judge has jus issued a ruling in this case i will tell you exactly what the ruling says. i m just reviewing it at m desk right now five photographers should be allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes unti they re directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can
allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes until such time they re directed to vacat the jury box by cour personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can t use them once they are in there. and again as described in th ruling that i read to, you still photos will be allowed until the proceedings begin. and then court personnel wil tell photographers that they can no longer use thei cameras. i should tell you that we will have special team coverage o tomorrow s historic event here on msnbc, starting at 8 pm eastern, i will be part of tha same coverage. i will see you tomorrow ni