Hi everyone, I'm Nicole Wallace. It's 4 o'clock right here in New York where right now you are watching on the other side of your screen.

A motorcade escort of the indicted twice in peach disgraced ex-president Donald Trump. He is en route from his airplane,

which landed at LaGuardia to Manhattan to his apartment in Trump Tower. He will reportedly stay the night there ahead of his history-making

arrangement in the alleged hush-money scheme. Tomorrow there are a lot of open questions, a lot of vital considerations being made, even at this late hour.

First security, as you might will imagine, the NYPD is well aware of the possibility, the potential for violence tomorrow,

somewhere, as Trump has previously called on his supporters to protest. In a statement to NBC News, the NYPD reveals this,

quote, officers have been placed on alert and the department remains ready to respond as needed. They add this, quote,

there are no current credible threats to New York City.

Ahead of the big day tomorrow, we're on the lookout for any specifics related to the actual charges that Trump now faces.

Sources telling NBC News, he faces about 30 criminal charges, very likely related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels back in 2016.

It's something Trump has previously denied. As of this moment, the actual indictment remains under seal.

We should tell you, because this is one of those things that could change over the next two hours. NBC News this weekend joined a coalition of other news organizations in making two requests,

in the interests of transparency and the public interest. The first, that the indictment be immediately unsealed.

The second, that cameras be allowed to watch Donald Trump's arraignment live as it happens. This afternoon, in a letter to the judge,

Trump's lawyers insisted that cameras not be allowed inside the courtroom.

So whether or not we get to watch this historic moment in court is just one of a number of open questions at this hour about how tomorrow will go.

It is all fluid. We expect Trump to be processed at the courthouse. We expect has been reported that he will be fingerprinted and then he will hear the charges.

We do not expect Trump at any point to be handcuffed or put it in a holding cell. DNA will likely not be collected.

And whether or not a mugshot is taken is still one of those unknown and unclear issues.

We do know that Trump will leave court under his own free will and that he plans to travel back to Florida before speaking out very publicly about the case against him tomorrow night.

The eve of an unprecedented moment in American history is where we begin today. Former US Attorney, former deputy assistant attorney general Harry Lippman joins us.

Also joining us former R&C chairman Michael Steele plus former senator Claire McCaskill is back and with me at the table for the hour, Basil Smichel.

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