right now. in america this morning historic indictment of donald trump the first time a former or sitting . s president has ever faced criminal charges what we're learning about when trump is expected to surrender the seriousness of the potential charges and the political fallout this morning word overnight. trump is already making phone calls to republicans in washington to firm up support. while police in new york where he will be charged. brace for protests are expert walks us through the massive security operation that will be required abc news live coverage trump indicted continues right now on america this morning. new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, rmer president trump is uner. tt

seal. that means wesure what chl face until his arraignment that to happen early next week, possibly tuesday. security will be unprecedented, and we'll head to that courthouse in just a few moments. but first the developments overnight, including reaction from both sides of the aisle and new insight into what we can expect in the coming days. this morning. former vice president mike pence, not mincing words in his reaction to the indictment of former president trump the first former or sitting us president to ever face criminal charges. i honestly have to tell you that i think this is an outrage. pence calling the indictment a disservice to the country and it appears to offer millions of americans. to be nothing more than a political prosecution that's driven by a prosecutor who literally ran for office on a pledge. to indict the former president overnight. trump's plane was parked in west palm beach, florida, sources say . the former president is expected to surrender in new

york next week, possibly tuesday for arraignment. trump who recently launched his 2024 presidential run, calling the indictment in attack on our country, political persecution and saying they are trying to impact an election is not loving the idea of going to criminal court. but he's looking forward to it. he wants his day he wants the visual as one campaign aides said to me over the weekend. uh you mug shots get released in new york because we're going to take that and put it on a t shirt almost immediately. last night heavy security surrounded district attorney alvin bragg as he left the manhattan courthouse . the charges against trump remained sealed. but bragg's investigation has centered around a hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels before the 2016 election, prosecutors are looking into whether trump falsified business records, typically a misdemeanor in new york. but legal experts say bragg could bumpthe charge up to a felony. if the falsified business records are tied to another crime, such as campaign finance violations. remember that to prosecute someone for crime. they not only have to have committed a criminal act,

you have to show that they did it with the state of mind that they intended to do that, and this is the hardest element to prove, often, especially in white collar cases. trump's lawyer saying the former president was shocked by the indictment is ready to fight. you know, he's the toughest guy. no, my 33 years in this business, both the prosecutor and defense attorney i've never been more angry about the charge because today the rule of law in the united states america died. in addition to the stormy daniels case, sources say, the manhattan d a is investigating trump's alleged payment to playboy model karen mcdougal, who, like daniels, claimed to have an affair with trump. michael cohen, trump's one time fixer and former lawyer claims he made the payments to daniels and macdougal at trump's direction. by the way for donald, since we're talking about convicted felons see on tuesday, pal. cohen served jail time in a federal case for arranging the payments, pleading guilty to campaign violations and tax evasion. as for the case against trump, michael cohen's lawyer claims there's more to it

than many people expect. there will be a lot of people surprised at the level of evidence that the detail of evidence based on my experience in watching this group of prosecutors developed this case that this is about facts. documents text messages, other witnesses, not just mr cohen. it's a very strong factual case . trump denies having an affair with both women. stormy daniels reacted to the indictment tweeting. i have so many messages coming in that i can't respond and don't want to spill my champagne. meanwhile donald trump jr coming to his father's defense, calling the charges communist level, this is stuff that would make mows. stalin. pol pot. it would make them blush. according to politico, the d a wanted trump to surrender today, but his lawyer said the secret service needs more time to prepare. let's turn now to a bcs morgan norwood outside of that courthouse here in new york city, where security is being ramped up. morning.

good morning. good morning to you, ryan and here in lower manhattan. after more than a week of preparations, the nypd is deploying all across the city to tighten security. this morning police on high alert on the heels of trump's indictment . what's important now is to keep an eye on certain areas which people will gather the nypd out in full force today, with all officers ordered to reniform at seven a.m. preparing for potential unrest. we're not going to see this this kind of mayhem we saw elsewhere, so these places will be really tightly monitored to aviation and rooftop observation posts. we have a lot of assets out there that can help us as well as video cameras in and around lower manhattan, so i don't think anything will close to what happened as what happened on january, 6th. trump called for protests after claiming he was going to be arrested last week that call to action fell flat, with only a handful of demonstrators turning up at the manhattan courthouse. and while officials say there are no credible concerns right now, the biggest concern is next week. i

think the day that we're both concerned about is the day that donald trump surrender. during trumps surrender, he'll be joined by secret service agents and could be fingerprinted and photographed, but he's unlikely to be handcuffed, given the nature of the alleged crimes will have pictures taken, and he will be fingerprinted and then brought before a judge at that point. bill or or a day. probably no bail at all. a date will be put forward for him to return and this will be the end of it, and he'll be released and that'll be the end of it. and the increased security measures are expected to be in place for weeks to come and entry that includes at trump tower, andrew . thank you, and reaction has been pouring in from washington , where trump has been trying to drum up support. here's a b cs andrew fuji. this morning. politicians on both sides of the aisle, reacting to former president trump's indictment, republicans rallying behind him . this is literally legal voodoo . this is political persecution

. this is a combination of political hatred and selective prosecution on steroids. trump wins in court and he wins the election. that's how this wins ends. house speaker kevin mccarthy questioning manhattan. d a. alvin brags timing tweeting alvin bragg has irreparably damaged our country and an attempt to interfere in our presidential election. democrats hopeful trump will not get special treatment how this comes politically, i really don't know that to me is very secondary. what's most important here is are we treating this man as we would treat any other defendant , congressman schiff of familiar face from the trump impeachment battles also responded last night to democrats who worry this case is the weakest of the investigations targeting trump compared to the january 6th and the classified documents case is being handled by the justice department partner justice as moved very, very slowly in its investigation. it's more than

two years since the events of that day, and you know, i think if we were in a logical system and we're not the most serious charges would have been brought first and been brought by the justice department. and i think the justice department only has itself to blame for moving so slowly. we learned overnight that since the indictment was announced, trump has been making calls to congressional allies on capitol hill, urging them to go on the offensive and defend him . andrew rhiannon, andrea thank you. our coverage continues in about 10 minutes, with more on the politics of the trump indictment and what it could mean for the 2024 campaign. the state department says it could be several more days before us diplomats can visit wall street journal reporter evan herskovits . he was arrested in russia accused of spying. he's the first first american reporter detained in russia since the cold war. the white house calls the charges. ridiculous ceviche is a russian speaker whose parents came to the u. s from the soviet union. he is due back

in court in may, and the military is investigating the crash of two blackhawk helicopters near fort campbell, kentucky. nine soldiers were killed during a training exercise. investigators are believed to be looking into whether the choppers collided.ld were wearing night vision goggles. tense moments at the tennessee state capitals, parents and students demanded action on gun control. officers had to clear a path for lawmakers crowd. it follows monday's school shooting in nashville. that left six people dead. we're now hearing the 911 call made by a teaching assistant hiding with her students in a closet during the attack. somebody's shooting guns. okay you're still hearing shot. you're still hearing shots. no, it sounds like they start at the moment, okay? a new report says this morning that one or two staff members at the school carried guns turning now to the weather in parts of the south and midwest are bracing for severe storms later today, and in california. they're finally drying out and clearing the snow after several

consecutive storms there. let's check your friday forecast. morning, a powerful storm making its way into the midwest today. gonna spread severe weather from missouri eastward. there'll be snow and wind on the northern side of this storm. this is an area of the country that's going to be impacted st. louis down to memphis up to chicago. severe wind, including tornadoes. make sure you know where you're safe% places in case a tornado warning gets issued now. on saturday, the storm municipal slide east thousands will lose power on the east coast this weekend. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. targeting people with smart tv. but first the dramatic rescue of a snowboarder buried upside down after falling into a massive hole. paltrow saying after the verdict in her ski crash trial.

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verdict, saying he's disappointed by how he was characterized. during the trial. paltrow released a statement saying, i felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity. i am pleased with the outcome leaving court, she reportedly told sanderson. i wish you well. a fraud alert this morning for anyone with a smart tv scammers are targeting people using rocco amazon fire stick and netflix. they prevent users from logging on and then send a pop up message with a website and a phone number. users have been tricked into paying fees, giving up remote control of their device and clicking on a link that exposes their personal data to watch those scammers, a safety recall this morning involving a popular brand of scooter hoverboard jetson is recalling 42 volt rogue hoverboards that were sold at target because of a fire risk. that has been linked to the deaths of two children. for dto ourebte coming up a closere trump indictment. what e can expect in the days and you can't always avoid migraine triggers

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and support .com. and no matter indictment, what the grand juryo pour gasoline on the raging fires of our political polarization. that is a bcs terry moran, discussing the indictment of former president trump on nightline. terry said the indictment will answer the prayers of some but will infuriate many others. 74 million americans voted to reelect trump in 2020. earlier i spoke with abc's political director, rick klein, about the sharp divide among voters. former obama aide david axelrod said this indictment will help cement trump's base, but it could also cement his ceiling. what do you make of that? is this really beneficial for trump politically at this point? yeah, i think the way to think about it is that it's possible that people rally behind him people that were there already, but it's hard to identify people that were on the fence about him or we're not on the trump train before that are now going to say

indicted or more likely toump e support him because he was indicted? i think more likely than that is you have some people that might be so suorrs who are asking, is it worth it? is it worth it to go through this all over again? that said we've seen former president trump used, uh, legal scrutiny and ethics complaints. um anything that's done a short of actual removal from office when it came to impeachment. all that added to his political appeal, donald trump has defied expectations so many times in the past florida governor rhonda santa's tweeted this florida will not assist in an extradition request, given the questionable circumstances at issue with his sorrows, back manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda. no extradition will likely not be a factor here. but what do you make of the sentences reaction considering he's trump's biggest rival for the 2024 nomination. yeah there's some really interesting jiu jitsu going on with this because on one level most republicans feel like this is a moment to attack the prosecutor. they think it's politically motivated on another level, though they may not so much care if there's scrutiny to

hush money to porn stars in the like, i think the santas now is responding to particular possibility of florida, given the donald trump lives there. in in positioning himself this way , he can say he stood strong against the prosecutor threatened not to not to help with extradition, even though we know that they're likely to negotiate a surrender and a and a booking that wouldn't involve that tru and his allies insthisl investigation, and a quinnipiac poll out this week shows. most independent voters also share that opinion. 70% believe d a alvin brags investigation is politically motivated. do you think anything can move those voters? no i think if i think if you're inclined to think it's politically motivated, it's going to be something that leads to put people back in their corners and just kind of adds to the divisiveness around this. i think the district attorney is in a tough spot if he identified illegality we like to say that no one is above the law and that presidents are just like everyone else. the fact is that things are different, especially former president that is now thinking about running for office or currently running for office. so circumstances are that of course, politics have to

be brought into view in terms of bringing charges or not bringing charges and one last quick question here. if trump is convicted, do you think he keeps running for president is nothing that keeps them from doing so. the constitution says that if you're 35, a natural born citizen, and you haven't served two terms already, you can run for president and you could conceivably do that, under indictment under conviction in a jail cell. again trump's doing things that no one ever did before, but he is saying that it makes it more likely that he gets the support he needs and he stays in 100% and there's no indications that that he's doing anything but that thanks there to political director rick klein coming up in the pulse, bizarre crime at a dairy queen, plus something you never knew about something you never knew about your house plants. martial arts is my passion. i work out whenever i can. but with my moderate- to-severe eczema, it can be tough. now, i'm staying ahead of it. dupixent helps heal your skin from within. so you can have clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems

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it's never happened in america history. a former president indicted by a grand jury. donald trump becoming the first president ever charged with a crime. >> this is uncharted, unprecedented, but very much the norm now. he will try to use this to his advantage. reggie: everyone is talking about it. no shortage of responses to this in the case that is making headlines around the world. kumasi: on employee -- an employee of the san jose police office will be in court today accused of a drug smuggling case. a bay area woman taken in mexico. what we know this morning and the reward being offered in the case. reggie: plenty to talk about on this friday. kumasi: we are going to start with a check of our forecast withdrew. drew: another dry day on the way today. live doppler seven showing ua disquiet out there. we are storm-free.