They're trying to put my father out of business.

They're trying to take all his resources that he would otherwise put into his own campaign

for presidency.

This is New York State.

This is what we're seeing.

Letitia James campaigned on this promise.

And now they're making him do something that's not physically possible.

Putting up a half a billion dollar bond, bonds that size don't exist in this country.

That's Eric Trump complaining yesterday on Fox News about the massive bond his father needs to pay in his civil fraud case.

But it's not the only legal issue for the former president today.

We'll get into all of it in just a moment.

Also ahead, the latest on a potential deal between Israel and Hamas that would free

hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for dozens of hostages. And plus, we'll go through

the Republican-led chaos in the House after a far-right lawmaker laid the groundwork for possibly removing Speaker Mike Johnson.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Monday, March 25th. I'm John Flemere. Thanks for starting your day and week with us.

And we'll begin with what is a huge day legally for former president, Donald Trump. Trump is expected to be in a

New York courtroom this morning for a hearing on the

hush money case. That trial, you'll recall, was supposed to start today, but it was delayed earlier

this month after federal prosecutors turned over thousands of documents, which the Manhattan

District Attorney's Office says are largely irrelevant to the case.

The judge is now expected to set a new start date for the criminal trial, potentially sometime next month.

Meanwhile, today is also the deadline for Trump to put up a bond of nearly half a billion dollars in his civil fraud case.

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