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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 we'll know more when the indictment is nsealed, and of course next week will be a big week as it's 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. i'm josé diaz-balart, and we begin this friday in uncharted territory, a former u.s. president indicted moments ago we learned from two sour...

What's 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 don't know, what's right, all of that doesn't matter it's all about the performance >> and michael, it's 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. they're trying to drain him dry. he's spent more money on lawyers than most people spend on ...

That back -- but i've interviewed so many people who don't like -- this one woman sticks in my head, i don't 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 it's not going to change. no matter what happens in congress, that fact is probably not going to change. but people really think it's going to change. >> i know people hate getting into the weeds of process here. . but this is a screwy process. we didn't have a base piece of legislation that you had hearings on and you have amendments and y...

Not a lot of enthusiasm for in the democratic party. she's popular a lot because of her personality, kind of like chris christie. people may disagree with some things she's for, but they like her personally. and if mcauliffe loses, it would be really bad for hillary, but if he squeaks through, they'll say, it's another victory for the clintons, let's move on. let's 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 go-tv, to getting that vote out. who's better at that these days? the democrats or the republi...

Tonight for gun control advocates if this reporting is true that they will have background checks in the base bill. >> i'm still making the push, because they have to vote for the bill even if it's 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: that's exactly what it means, the whole idea was to put some base piece of legislation on the floor that could pass. they wouldn't put a provision into the bill if...