i-95, the highway remains closed in both directions to traffic, firefighters are trying to extinguish an ongoing fire that you can see there, we will bring you more on the updates as soon as we get them on the story. straight ahead, we are going to miami for a report on what to expect ahead of trump s arraignment on tuesday. plus, the twice impeached now twice indicted president, is telling his followers that the justice department is not just coming after him, it s coming after them to. i m going to talk to the person who literally wrote the book on authoritarian strongman about his dangerous line of attack, another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, i m ali velshi, in today s trump suspected to surrender himself to authorities in a miami courthouse where he will be arraigned on a 37 count indictment regarding his mishandling of government records and obstruction of justice. it will be the second time in about two months that the twice impeached former
national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us
behavior. if it were up to me, nobody would take classified information or endorsing him for president of the united states. donald trump lands in miami on the eve of surrender. glass defied, confidential, i think they are probably all over the place. i think they are gonna find the treasure trove. i can t even imagine. tonight, the second trump arraignment in two months, as the disgraced ex president issues a familiar call. and we need strength at this point, and everyone is afraid to do anything. they have to go out and they have to protest peacefully. blessed, michael cohen on the charges against his old boss, and the decisions trump s alleged coconspirator faces. then maya wiley and elie mystal on that refusal of judge aileen cannon. and congressman jamie raskin on a new june from an infamous trump defender. if even half of it is true, then he is dusted. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. tomorrow afternoon, a
federal criminal charges. in the next few hours in a miami courtroom donald trump will be charged with 37 counts in a case brought by jack smith. at this hour the former president is in miami after spending the night at his golf resort. he s expected to motorcade to the federal courthouse nearby where he will be processed and finger presented and then appear before magistrate john goodman to enter what he said will be a not guilty. trump-appointed judge aileen cannon will preside over the trial. her past decisions on the mar-a-lago classified documents were twice overturned by the 11th circuit court of appeals with scathing opinions. trump has been striking a defiant tone since being indicted for the allege crimes including making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president will be joined in court by attorney todd blanch, as well as attorney chris kise. co-defendant walt nauta is expected there too. he s the personal aid accused of moving aroun
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the