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
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. the beat with ari melber starts now. happy monday. thank you very much. i m ari melber and of all of the important items that begin this week, we have one our office is buzzing about that we are lighting up about, if you will, if you ll take the visual entendre. the man you see there rainn wilson from nbc s hit the office will join us live by the end of this hour and that is some office news. believe me, we think it s worth sticking around for that. the top story of the news, though, is a loss for a trump-era prosecutor who has been trying and failing to find any deep state conspiracy against donald trump after getting his special political assignment from trump attorney general bill barr. i m talking about a special counsel, you may remember, was tapped originally in that trump-barr doj before the biden administration and the project was to investigate the investigators to hash and re-li
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midfield set up to score a stunning goal for arsenal as they seized the initiative in style. it s 16 years since arsenal won europe s top prize. they remain the only english team to win this competition. here, they displayed the level of intensity required on the biggest stage with their dominance rewarded again. had and kate s cross. more chances came and went on a rainy night. in the end, two goals were enough. having already won the domestic league cup, they remain on course for a trouble. on course for a treble. adam cottier, bbc news. indonesia will not host this year s under 20 football world cup after fifa stripped the country of its right to stage the tournament. last friday s draw for the 24 team competition was cancelled by the indonesian organisers following protests earlier this month in the muslim majority country against the participation of israel. fifa have acted following a meeting between their president, gianni infantino, and the chairman of the host countr
against the world cup semi finalists as they take on latvia in cardiff. tomos daffyd reports. no wonder they re in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead brilliant on his debut, according to the captain. aaron ramsey said the new players are showing players are showing they re ready to make their mark after some high profile retirements. players are making their own history, so for nate to come in and win in the last minute was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia shot on target in the last seconds of the game. at 2a, nathan broadhead had to be patient for this opportunity. after the bonus of picking up a point in croatia, latvia tomorrow already feels like a must win match. latvia are the weakest side in their group latvia are the weaker side in their group more than 100 plac