to gaza with israel reportedly agreeing to a deal that would free hostages held by hamas and bring a complete cease-fire to the gaza strip. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin this morning with the fallout from last week s historic verdict here in new york city, where donald trump was found guilty of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up a hush money payment to an adult film star. on friday trump derided the case while speaking at length from a rambling news conference from the trump tower in manhattan. and in a much different tone, president biden also discussed the verdict on frida at the
success. dana: bill melugin is in deknown. let s begin with nate foye in new york. police on long island investigated a swatting incident at justice arthur engoron s home. already a contentious day as day 45 of this $370 million civil fraud trial is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. donald trump is not expected to say closing argument after they couldn t agree on restrictions about what he could say. trump s legal team will be arguing on his behalf. that will be led. defense is starting at 10:00. trump spent the night at trump tower in manhattan. when he arrives at the courthouse within the next hour not a surprise to hear him speak on his way inside the courtroom.
criminal charges. we will be looking at what could happen nextin looking at what could happen next in just a moment when we hearfrom our next in just a moment when we hear from our correspondence next in just a moment when we hearfrom our correspondence in new york and from a legal expert we begin today with this report from our north america editor sarah smith. it s not quite a presidential motorcade, but as donald trump leaves his florida home, he is still deliberately grabbing attention. there he is! cheering. american tv stations carried live his arrival in newark. american tv stations carried live his arrival in new york. as a former president, donald trump gets the secret service to escort him into town, and he is obviously relishing being back in the spotlight. no president in the history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks he is already using his claim that the case against him is a politically motivated witch hunt to raise funds. his cam
home in mar a lago here to trump tower in new york. the whole way, the secret service escorted him here and it is where he will prepare this evening to face the criminal charges against him tomorrow, even on his flight over he was tweeting, repeating this notion that this entire case is a witch hunt against him and i can tell you, there have been a few supporters of the president here. not as much as in mar a lago in florida where he lined the streets where they lined the streets where they lined the streets and she had for him. they repeated his narrative that this isn t a case worth bringing, that this is all about influencing an upcoming residential election and harming him. on the other hand there are those who say the president has for a long time had this coming and that nobody is above the law and that he will have his child to