to make sense of the latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering at long last after 23 years of n increasingly consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. david remnick will be joining us live on that story in a moment. we are also keeping eyes tonight on our own supreme court where in the midst of their own serious and expanding ethics scandals among conservative justices on the court, that court is nevertheless expected to issue yet another round of hard right, very controversial,e possibly very unpopular rulings. we ve got more on that ahead tonight ahead of what is expected to be a big day at the court tomorrow. we are also watching one rr particular federal court in south florida. tonight the trump appointed judge who will apparently be tr overseeing the federal criminal trial of former president trump issued an order about witnesses in
christian dog ran, nbc news. teamwork making the dream work. and on that note, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. it s really good to have you here. before he became the editor of the most important english language magazine and the world, david remnick was a moscow correspondent for the washington post. he in fact won the pulitzer prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time russia fell apart at the end of the soviet union. david remnick is gonna be here joining us live in just a few minutes, as we all try to make sense of this latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering, after 23 years consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. again, david remnick will be joining us live on that story in just a moment. we a
coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the southern district of florida and i invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united states intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. our laws the protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united stat
good morning and welcome to the couch. you are looking at saint paul, minnesota. one of the two twin cities and to do my best steve doocy looks like 31 degrees there and mostly clear. a good morning for this time of year and so are we, carley. carley: it s nippy in saint paul. joey: is that what you call it? carley: a little nippy. are their mountains in minnesota? carley: one. is he going to quiz me on pooing toography? i draw a blank. joey jerry i don t know if there are a lot of mountains in the midwest. giant lakes. griff: i have been there and seen lakes i haven t seen the mountains. carley: it s 43 degrees here. so it is 12 degrees warmer here and very warm because i just turned on the space heater underneath this desk. sorry, joey, he hates when i do that. joe: he gets it so hot here my feet are burning up. griff: is that because you want caribbean temperature? carley: why would we talking about the caribbean. someone will be experiencing caribbea
we begin tonight with breaking news straight from capitol hill. we are getting word that the white house and house republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. one week before the u.s. runs out of money. what do we know right now about where the deal stands between kevin mccarthy, house republicans and the white house? i think we should caveat by saying nothing has been agreed upon yet. nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen progress over the last 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that s been something that has been really bedevilling the talks. they started floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as essentially a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what house republicans had proposed in their debt ceiling plan in the house. then instituting spending caps for two years. caps on federal spen