kristen selina begins our coverage from new york. adult film star, stormy daniels and her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump is at the center of the criminal case against the former president. after she threatened to go public about the affair, in the final days of trumps 2016 presidential campaign trumps, then fixer michael cohen paid her $130000.00 to keep quiet. cohen, who testified before the grand jury has said he made the payment at trump's direction, and in 2018, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws for which he served time in prison. not revenge. right? what this is is about accountability. i don't want to see anyone including donald trump indicted, prosecuted, convicted incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them. this is all about accountability . he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. the former president has always denied the affair. he also initially denied any knowledge of the payment, but now says it took place as a legitimate legal expense ah, under new york law, it is the falsification of business records, not the pa

when i speak to christine selina, she's outside the manhattan district attorney's office in new york for us. kristen just, how soon can we expect to see trump inside that court house there? ah, we expect president trump to appear here at the court house for the district attorney of manhattan on tuesday for an arraignment for seating where i held go before the judge to formally be presented with these charges. at that time we expect that he'll be fingerprinted. and bugs shot, i'd like any other criminal and we'll know exactly what is in the sealed indictment that was put forward by the grand jury. exactly what he's being charged with. at that time of like other accused criminals, he could also be put in handcuffs to appear before the judge. but unlike other accused criminals, he is of course, the former president of the united states, someone who is running for office yet again. and he will have a secret service detail around him charged with protecting him i. and that is something that the court system has never had to deal with before. so we know that security is going to be tight. new york police