>> LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> OFF THE TOP AT 6:00,
SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ANSWERING HIS CALL FOR
PROTESTS AS THE GRAND JURY
WAVES POSSIBLE CHARGES AGAINST
HIM.
TRUMP SAYS HIS ARREST IS
EMINENT AHEAD OF AN
INVESTIGATION INTO HUSH MONEY
PAYMENTS MADE INTO ADULT FILM
STAR STORMY DANIELS.
>> BUT THERE’S NO OFFICIAL
WORD FROM THE GRAND JURY JUST
YET.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE,
TERRELL FORNEY IS STANDING BY
LIVE NEAR MAR-A-LAGO.
WE BEGIN WITH WHAT’S AT STAKE
FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT FROM
OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
BEN KENNEDY, BEN?
>> AT THIS HOUR, THE GRAND
JURY HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION.
THAT BEING SAID, HOUSE
REPUBLICANS ARE ACCUSING
MANHATTAN’S D.A. OF PLAYING
POLITICS.
THE NYPD BRACING FOR POTENTIAL
UNREST.
AS BARRIERS ARE PUT UP OUTSIDE
A NEW YORK CITY COURTHOUSE
AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP CALLED FOR PROTESTS,
MAKING AN UNVERIFIED CLAIM HE
WOULD BE ARRESTED TUESDAY, A
PART OF THE MANHATTAN D.A.’S
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOCUSED
ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS
TIED TO HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS TO
ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
CASTELLO?
>> ATTORNEY ROBERT COSTELLO
TESTIFIED THAT TRUMP COMMITTED
NO CRIME BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
MONDAY.
>> THE ONLY THING I’M DOING IS
TRYING TO TELL THE TRUTH TO
THE GRAND JURORS.
IF THEY WANT TO GO AFTER
DONALD TRUMP AND THEY HAVE
SOLID EVIDENCE, SO BE IT.
BUT MICHAEL COHEN IS FAR FROM
SOLID EVIDENCE.
>> MICHAEL COHEN, TRUMP’S
FORMER FIXER, SERVED FEDERAL
PRISON TIME, IN PART FOR
$130,000 CHECK HE WROTE TO
DANIELS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
HE SAYS AT TRUMP’S DIRECTION.
>> DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE $130
THOUSAND PAYMENT TO STORMY
DANIELS?
>> BUT TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM
LATER SAID HE DID PAY DANIELS
TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY.
AS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARGUE
THE INDICTMENT IS POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED AND AN ABUSE OF
POWER.
>> I THINK IN YOUR HEART OF
HEARTS YOU KNOW TOO THAT YOU
THINK THIS IS JUST POLITICAL.
I THINK THAT’S WHAT THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY THINKS AND
WE’RE KIND OF TIRED OF THAT.
>> TRUMP’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE
WILL NOT REFUSE TO SURRENDER
AND WILL LIKELY TURN HIMSELF
IN, BE PROCESSED, ARRAIGNED
BEFORE A JUDGE AND TURN IN A
PLEA BEFORE BEING CALLED IN
FOR A FUTURE COURT DATE.
BEN KENNEDY, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> SUPPORTERS HAVE HIT THE
STREETS NEAR MAR-A-LAGO AND
SECURITY IS ON ALERT.
LOCAL 10’S TERRELL FORNEY HAS
MORE.
>> SECURITY IS TIGHT ON A
ROUTINE DAY GIVEN THE FORMER
PRESIDENT IS AN ACTIVE
RESIDENT HERE.
BUT WE KNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY,
BECAUSE OF THOSE PROTESTORS
THAT ARE ALONG THE STREET HERE
NEAR THAT ESTATE.
POLICE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THINGS.
THEY ARE ENFORCING SOME VERY
STRICT PARKING MEASURES.
BUT SO FAR, EVERYTHING RUNNING
VERY SMOOTHLY.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
>> MUSIC MAKES YOU WANT TO
DANCE.
>> THEY’VE BEEN OUT HERE ALL
DAY, WAVING FLAGS THAT SAY
TAKE AMERICA BACK AND CRYING
FOUL ON A POSSIBLE CRIMINAL
INDICTMENT.
>> WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE
DOING IS --
>> THE GROUP PROTESTING NEAR
DONALD TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO
ESTATE HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY
SMALL, JUST A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE
BY MIDDAY.
AFTER WORD TRICKLED DOWN THAT
ANY MOVEMENT TUESDAY BY A
GRAND JURY WAS UNLIKELY.
DESPITE WHAT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT INDICATED DAYS AGO.
>> I DON’T REALLY THINK IT’S
GONNA HAPPEN, I REALLY DON’T.
I’M HOPING AND PRAYING IT
DOESN’T HAPPEN.
>> SOME DEMONSTRATORS HAVE
BEEN OUT HERE SINCE THE
WEEKEND PROTESTING DAILY.
HE SAYS THOUGH IT’S NOT ABOUT
POLITICS.
>> I DON’T SEE THE TYPE OF MAN
THAT DONALD TRUMP IS HAVING
THOSE KIND OF RELATIONS WITH
SOMEONE.
I JUST THINK HE’S MORE OF AN
HONORABLE, MORE RESPONSIBLE
MAN.
COULD I BE WRONG, I COULD BE
WRONG.
IT’S NOT MY PLACE TO JUDGE IT.
>> YOU COULD SEE FROM THE
DISTANCE THERE A LIVE LOOK AT
THOSE PROTESTORS.
THE NUMBER APPEARS TO BE
THINNING OUT AS THE EVENING
HOURS NOW APPROACH.
WE’VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF
THOSE PROTESTORS WHO TELL US
THAT THEY DO PLAN TO BE OUT
HERE WEDNESDAY, A DAY THAT
COINCIDES WITH THAT GRAND JURY
RECONVENING.
THAT IS THE LATEST OUTSIDE