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any moment Donald Trump is expected to

arrive at a New York City Courthouse he

faces quite a day he does one case that

could land him behind bars the other

that puts his fortune his properties and

honestly maybe his pride at risk Trump

will appear in front of a judge for a

hearing in his criminal hush money case

this involves adult film star Stormy

Daniels and his former fixer Michael

Cohen the judge today could set a trial

date we do expect Trump to speak before

he go goes into court now this is a

location he has been known to rant but

that's not even the most pressing issue

today for Trump the deadline has arrived

today for the former president to pay

the

$464 million bond in his New York civil

fraud case if he is unable to do that

New York's AG is set to go after his

bank accounts and business properties

CNN's Caitlyn Collins is outside the

court in New York City for us uh Caitlyn

what are you expecting today how is it

going to play

out I mean that is a great question

Sarah could really be anything that we

are witnessing today as these two crises

are facing Trump and confronting him

both here happening in the same city but

is is at this Courthouse here behind us

where we are seated here in New York

where Trump could soon find out when

exactly he could be the first former

president to go on criminal trial but as

we are waiting to figure out what is

happening with that case of course Trump

is facing something that is consuming

him much more and that is this bond that

he has been unable to have a giant any

kind of insurance giant underwrite it

his attorneys have not said in the last

several days whether or not he has been

able to find any solution to that and we

know today is when that 30-day grace

period lapses which means that the

Attorney General could move here to

enforce that soon and you can see that

this is what Trump is much more

concerned about when you just look at

his own social media on Truth social

posting just in the last half hour about

this saying that he could be forced to

sell his quote babies obviously a

reference there to his assets that could

be on the line is he is now trying to

figure out how to handle this solution

but right now his legal team and the

former president himself are preparing

to enter this Courthouse behind us we

have CNN's Paula Reed and christien

Holmes here with me as we are often

always so out here in front of the the

courthouse and Paula obviously we'll

talk about what's happening with the

bond but what's happening behind us is

remarkable in and of itself because

today supp to be the first day that

Trump is going on trial and instead now

his team is trying to get it dismissed

at least we know there is going to be a

delay until April 15th what is going to

happen inside that court house today so

this morning Trump's lawyers instead of

beginning the first criminal trial

against former president Trump they're

going to argue for why this should be

postponed even further they want 90 days

or dismissed outright because just a few

weeks ago the federal government so the

justice department handed over a 100,000

documents new pieces of evidence now

this is a state case and this new

evidence came from the justice

department related to its investigation

and prosecution of Michael Cohen who is

at the heart of this hush money case

where they alleg Trump paid hush money

to stormo Daniels ahead of the 2016

election to help his chances they say in

that race and then they charged him with

falsifying business records to cover up

why he was paying Michael Cohen back so

Cohen is a key part of this and Trump's

lawyers argue look we need 90 days to go

through all of this we believe that some

of this is exculpatory or helpful to our

client the district attorney though says

no actually only a small portion of this

is relevant and if it helps anyone it

helps us so we think it's a long shot

bid for them to dismiss this case but

what we are looking for today is if they

set a new trial date and if so is it 30

60 or even 90 days out and if it's

delayed I mean that's the question but

they are ultimately seeking to have a

dismiss but does Trump's legal team

really think that that that could be

what they walk out of this Courthouse

today with I have not heard that I mean

when I'm talking to the legal team I

think that again we know that they'll

throw anything at the wall and that's

what they should do right they are

exhausting every Avenue that's what

Donald Trump pays them to do is to try

and delay each of these cases to go down

every single pathway that they can and

there's a lot of stuff even when you

talk about the immunity case in the

Supreme Court that they don't believe is

actually going to be successful but one

of the things they are hoping for here

is more and more delays particularly

budding this up against that November

election when they're talking about

heading into November they already feel

like this case of the multiple criminal

trials or cases that he is facing is the

most easy for them to paint as political

so particularly the closer they get to

the election that for them is a win can

we talk about what's actually in these

documents because I know all of it

relates back as it seems to always with

this case is to Michael Cohen and

Michael Cohen himself has said you know

these are his text his phone calls all

of these documents that they were unable

to get their hands on before I mean and

clearly the pr ution here realizes that

that were there was a bit of a mistake

with that because they agreed to at

least a 30-day delay in this so they

could sort through it do we know if it

actually would be anything that's

exculpatory for Donald Trump well again

there there's fingers being pointed both

ways right for why there is a delay and

for who will actually benefit here it's

our understanding that most of these

documents are related to the search

warrants uh that were uh executed in the

Cohen investigation so these are things

going back years about his investigation

for campaign Finance violations and tax

violations it's unclear who this would

exactly help in this case the biggest

question right now though is why the

justice department took so long to hand

this over we know the Trump team

subpoena this information in January the

Trump team has suggested that somehow

the district attorney the state level

prosecutors have delayed them receiving

this evidence but the district attorney

points to them and says no you

intentionally delayed this you waited

till January to subpoena this as part of

your delay delay delay strategy so right

now there's a lot of confusion about

exactly what is in these documents who

will help and why it took so long I've

talking to I talked to former Justice

Department officials folks who have

worked in the southern district of New

York and and they agree this is very

unusual and it has already had the

effect of delaying what was expected to

be the first and possibly the only

criminal case to go before the election

and we know we're going to see Donald

Trump he's expected to leave Trump Tower

shortly we're preparing for for him to

arrive here obviously this is a

courthouse he's become intimately

familiar with but it's clear Kristen

that what's bothering him much more is

what's happening with this bond that is

only growing by

$100,000 a day with the interest his

team so far has not said that they have

found someone you know magically to to

be able to help that after saying that

they had approached 30 different places

and not been able to find anything what

have you heard from people about what

what they expect to happen today yeah

almost entirely radio silence in terms

of whether or not he's going to be able

to post that Bond and how he would get

that money or get those assets now

obviously you've heard from Donald Trump

I mean this goes to the core of who he

is this essentially for him is an

embarrassment because you're talking

about seizing assets you're talking

about not having the money to the point

where he's posting online actually I do

have the cash but it's really hard I was

going to put towards my campaign and

then you have lawyers being like no no

no he he doesn't actually have the cash

we should not he he hasn't spent money

on his own campaign since 2016 exactly

and and there's been no indication also

from his campaign since early on that he

was going to spend any of his own money

in fact at one point I was told that he

offered very early on when there was

very very little money to give a little

bit and they told him not to because

they didn't want to go down that pathway

so no indication at all that he was

going to give this kind of cash to his

own campaign but again him claiming he

has it because here we are talking about

the fact that Donald Trump does not have

the assets he needs does not have the

money to post the bond and that to him

it hits him at his core because he wants

to be portrayed as a successful wealthy

businessman well and I think what

everyone wants to know is is what the

Attorney General is going to do today

because today she can bank accounts she

could start seizing assets but it it's

much more complicated than that it's not

as simple as just going up to Trump

Tower with the sheriff and then she has

the deed because how Trump has

structured his ownership it's something

that would take a a complicated process

to actually unwind that what's our sense

of what the AG is going to do so there's

legal and then there's political legally

we know she is laying the groundwork to

possibly seize assets in Westchester

County outside Manhattan she has filed

certain P certain pieces of paper that

would allow her to go after ask that's

there but like you said it's a process

and seizing property is much more

complicated than trying to seize cash

assets within Banks but this is a legal

Avenue she can pursue it's a process

like you said we don't expect it to

happen today but there's also the Optics

there's the political I mean there's an

argument to be made that if you start

seizing some of Trump's buildings

particularly the more iconic ones that

politically that could help him because

the idea of seizing personal property in

a case that they have tried so hard to

paint as politically motivated that's

something that that could really not sit

well potentially uh with certain groups

of Voters so she has a lot of options if

he can't post this Bond cash is easier

to get uh with the proper paperwork than

it is to seize property but she's

clearly laying the groundwork and it

appears that she's eyeing his properties

in Westchester County if she has to go

that way yeah and even if it's

politically beneficial it's still

something that is clearly uh struck a

nerve to say the least with the former

president Kristen and Paulo we will be

here all morning John of course talking

about this and waiting to see when the

former president himself self arrives

here one thing to note John he has filed

an appeal and is trying to an appeals

court to either wave that he has to put

up that entire Bond we have not heard

from them yet John they typically only

rule on Tuesdays and Thursdays yeah it

isn't clear when or if or how they would

rule today but nothing on the schedule

it's also not exactly clear when or how

or where the Attorney General of New

York latia James would actually start to

begin seizing assets or even money so

we're watching that very closely too as

the day continues Caitlyn we'll come

back to you in just a second in the

meantime there is the breaking news we

got word that the CEO of Boeing Dave

Calhoun says he is going to step down by

the end of the year in a letter to

employees Calhoun called the Alaska

Airlines door plug incident a quote

watershed moment for Boeing he said he

intends to leave by the end of the year

so too will the company's chairman and

the head of the commercial Aviation unit

let's get right to CN it's Pete montine

who's got all the latest here Pete what

if you he learned well the irony here is

that Dave Calhoun came into Power after

the max 8 incidents of 2018 and 2019

that killed 346 people abroad now he is

leaving as a result of another incident

on the max line the January 5th Alaska

Airlines door plug blowout the NTSB

found in its preliminary report that

Boeing forgot to reinsert the four

critical bolts at the Renton Washington

Factory something that Calhoun self

described as equality escape the irony

here is very significant also the

surprise that Calhoun is not leaving

immediately and did not leave any

earlier after he made this personal plea

on Capitol Hill to the top Senators

overseeing Aviation that Boeing

airplanes are safe and that he's made

pleas to Airline CEOs that have

apparently lost faith in Calhoun leading

to his departure at the end of 201 24

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says it

is in question about whether or not the

airline will fall through follow through

with its orders of the max 10 plane also

there's been a lot of questions from

Alaska Airlines CEO Ben minucci they

want $150 million in repayments from

Boeing and damages following the door

plug blowout they had to cancel a few

hundred flights each day as a result of

those issues there's also some big

questions here about whether or not this

should have happened a lot earlier

there's been so much criticism of the

workers on the factory floor and they

did a safety standown and minded by

Boeing to make sure that every part is

in place also leaving with Calhoun our

Stan deal the head of commercial

commercial airplanes division for Boeing

also Larry Kelner the board chair at

Boeing the only other person to leave

Boeing ahead of this was a relative

no-name to people uh at home uh the man

who led the max program uh this is

really significant here John the fact

that Calhoun is out now is really

underscoring the fact the trouble that

Boeing is in yeah it really shows you

how seriously they are taking it though

there are still questions about how

he'll manage to stick around for the

remaining weeks and months that he says

he will Pete montine thanks so much for

this information Sarah all right former

president Donald Trump we are seeing now

leaving Trump Tower heading to face off

in two cases one which could be the very

first criminal trial he faces if there

are no more delay

and the other that big bond hearing

where he has to pay $464 million or else

the AG may start trying to seize his

assets also the former president lashing

out on Truth social this morning more of

our special coverage of head as you see

Donald Trump heading to that Court we

may hear from him even in the next few

minutes we showed you Donald Trump

leaving Trump Tower and we expect to see

him arrive any moment at a New York

courthouse for a hearing in the hush

money case against him also today he is

supposed to secure 600 400 excuse me

$464 million uh for the bond in the

Civil fraud judgment case that is now

pending against him yeah he's got until

today to come up with that money or else

although isn't exactly clear what or

else is right now with us now former

Manhattan prosecutor Jeremy San and

former Federal prosecutor Jennifer

Rogers and I do want to be transparent

here one of things we're watching for is

to see if Donald Trump talks at the

courthouse where he is right now in a

hearing in the criminal case why because

I suppose it's possible he announces you

know what we're not coming up with a

bond conclusively today we don't have

the money which means that attorney

general latisa James is in your court

and then Jennifer then what well the

problem here is there are assets all

over the place right so Tish James has

to decide where to go first do you go to

a bank and you issue a judgment with a

bank and try to seize freeze and then

sees a bank account the real estate

takes more time so it's not even like

just one thing where she walks into a

clerk's office and plunks down the piece

of paper and says we've done it right so

what she would do I suppose is disperse

her people around to the assets she's

decided to prioritize which are going to

be I think the bank accounts and they'll

start filing the papers so I think we'll

probably hear from her she'll probably

make a statement when she does that if

she does it today tomorrow whenever

Jeremy this case also though is pending

because there is an appeal um and

they're asking asking either to just

throw it out and say look trust him he's

a guy that's got a lot of properties and

money you don't have to worry about this

uh or to knock down the number will the

judge or will she wait to see what

happens there or do you think that this

is something that she's like We're going

for this this is the 30day Mark um we've

already put she's already put in a a

plan to try to seize at least one

property absolutely I I think it would

be smarter move to wait if we think a

judgment pardon me the appeal is going

to be decided in this week or or soon

there after after because you don't want

to start that process only to roll it

back so I think though that she will go

to the banks first because that's easy

you've identified that asset you can

sees that asset you send in New York

City would be a sheriff or you can send

a marshall they take a piece of that pie

and the rest of it goes to the state of

New York it's fairly simple but I think

she waits it would be the smarter move

though certainly politically it would be

a big statement if she did it just now

and Jennifer again we are waiting to see

if Donald Trump chooses to speak as he

heads into the criminal court right now

he has said some things over the last

several days that raay alos number one

he has said he has the money before I'm

wondering when he speaks out loud what

he could say that would be a problem

going forward so we have this appet

division motion right where he says

please knock down the amount we can't do

it it's impossible his lawyers have said

but then he comes out and says I have

the money I just would rather spend it

on my campaign so if you're an appell at

division judge and you're sitting with

this motion saying it's impossible we

can't do it that has to give you pause

about the truth of that right so I think

it does make it less likely that the

court will intervene if he's saying I

have the money it's just that I want to

use it for something else and to be

clear he has not put any money towards a

campaign yet um so interesting wording

there in his uh in his through social I

do want to ask you about the case where

he is going right now and he's headed

there at this moment we're watching his

car coming up to the courthouse um you

know this has been delayed already till

April 15th but there were 100,000

documents the doj sort of held on to

last minute hands them over his

attorneys say hey we have to have time

to go through this and they have what

else might cause this to be delayed

because they're asking not only for a

delay but they're asking for it to be

thrown out as any defense attorney would

yeah I think the biggest issue is the

timing and I know there's could there be

more documents that 100,000 on its face

seems like a lot it may very well not be

a lot may not all be relevant some of it

may be easy to parse through but I think

that's going to be the main thrust of

his argument because you already have a

decision I believe it was March 18th

Maran issued a decision and it addressed

what we call Malo about certain things

coming into evidence so he's already

addressed a lot of the substantive

issues or underlying issues so I think

today it's just what we've said many

many times that Big D not Donald delay

delay delay but what have we learned

from this judge so far Jennifer in terms

of of how he's approaching this case in

general so he's working towards a trial

he he issued a tur order when all of

this kind of came to light about these

documents saying if necessary I will set

a trial date after this hearing but

since then he's ruled ruled on some

motions and he seems to be moving

towards a swift trial here but he's No

Nonsense he's very experienced I think

he's a good choice for this trial not

that he was chosen it was wheeled out

but it it's a good draw like judge

Kaplan was in the egene Carrol case

because when you have a jury you have to

be very careful about controlling the

courtroom and controlling this defendant

in particular I think judge maran's

going to be up to that you think we'll

know by the end of the day the trial

date I do right Jennifer Rogers Jeremy

San we are standing by for that that

will be big news when it happens also

big news Donald Trump will arrive at

that course shortly we do expect him to

speak he likes to talk SL rant on the

way in and as you just heard from from

our esteemed Law Firm here what he says

could be potentially dangerous not for

this case necessarily but for the huge

civil judgment against him so we are

standing by to see how we approach

it and right now we are seeing Donald

Trump arrive here at the courthouse in

Manhattan and in just moments the door

will open inside that courtroom for a

hearing on his criminal hush money case

and we are expecting to potentially hear

from the former president any moment as

he exit his exits his motorcade and is

going to walk into that courtroom this

is a critical morning not just for that

case and as the judge is expected to

decide when and whether that trial can

begin next month or whether or not it

will be delayed again but it also comes

as that 30-day grace period from the

attorney general for Trump to put up

that bond in his civil case has now

lapsed meaning she could potentially

move to enforce it as soon as today we

have Paula Reed and chrisen Holmes back

here with me and obviously christen this

is something that has been so sensitive

for the former president because it

speaks to this public perception that

has always defined his identity which is

his wealth and how much money he has and

he was falsely claiming the other day

that he had half a million dollars and

that he was expecting to use it for his

campaign even though we know he doesn't

have that much based on what he has

personally testified and his lawyers

have said and his lawyers and he wasn't

expecting to use it for his campaign

based on what we had seen but but talk

about how he's been approaching this

deadline himself personally I mean this

has been a really big Doom for him

because this idea that he doesn't have

the funds that he's going to show that

he doesn't have the funds is something

that to him is deep-seated and

humiliating it's embarrassing to think

that he's not this wealthy businessman

and as you've seen from Donald Trump for

the last eight years and really for the

last several decades one of Donald

Trump's biggest parts of his brand is

being a wealthy businessman being the

owner of Trump Tower being the owner of

trump Force One now the big plane you

know he doesn't even do by the way press

conferences on a Tarmac unless he has

his big plane that's branded so he can

show off that he's flying in the big

plane this is all part of his identity

so the idea that he's going to come up

short on $500 million is embarrassing to

him and it goes to the point of why he

then is lashing out on Tru social in a

way that actually impacts him by saying

I do have the cash now I almost have the

cash then you see his lawyer stepping in

saying no no no we don't have the cash

remember the argument is that it's

impossible to get this kind of money now

there is a kernel of Truth when you're

talking to these Financial experts who

say it is very difficult to come up with

that kind of cash no matter how rich you

are people just aren't that liquid the

other part of this is that it's an

unprecedented amount so these

Underwriters are saying no not just

because it's Donald Trump but because

they've never had to put up that kind of

a bond before they were saying they

would do $100 million but not 400 or

$500 million but again this all goes to

the core of who he is and you're going

to see that today I assume he'll go to

the cameras I assume he'll start talking

about at some point that money that Bond

and how he thinks this is unfair is it

clear Paula how it affects the appeal

itself because essentially why he had to

put up that money is so he could carry

through with the appeal if he can't put

up the money can he still appeal this

decision yeah I think he still has the

right to appeal but then that's where