good morning, it saturday apri 1st. i am ali velshi, this week marked another inflection poin from the state of th democracy. donald, trump the rookie politician who somehow made it into the white house with zero political experience, only t be disgraced as the firs president to be impeached twic while in office. it is now the first current or former president to be criminally indicted in u.s history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud, that s classified a misdemeanors and the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge stemming from the manhatta district attorney, alvin bragg s investigation of the former presidents role in th hush money payments made to th former adult film actress, stormy daniels with whom he allegedly had a affair, donald trump denie that there wasn t a fair and any interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday, daniel sa
disappointing that is. it s strange because this i his moment to be able to say, don t subscribe to the stuff he sort of comes out on thre quarters, says it sometimes, and then, you know, push comes to shove, he goes goes bac into this unusual mode olivia, thanks 1 million a always olivia troye is a former homeland security adviser an counterterror adviser to the vice president, mike pence right after the break, the stormy down such money case is not the only legal battle that donald trump is fighting may not even be the first want to make it to trial, believe i or not we re going to have more on th other investigations after this this s. let me tell you about the greatest roster ever assembled. the monster, the outlaw. and you can t forget about the boss. sometimes- you just want to eat your heroes. the subway series. the greatest menu of all time. family is just very important. she s my sister and, we depend on each other a lot. she s the rock of the family. she s the person who ho
relationships. it s not alvin bragg on his ow doing this in a silo it s how the judicial proces works but the problem is the people that need to hear i aren t hearing it because al of these people are on these networks pushing the same lies every single day yes, and the law is interesting to me because even those who have sort of bee mentioning a few times in th last hour or so, people who ha the opportunity to say, alas the rich a justice, system wil be a jury of his peers, a judg supervising this you will have the ability to o his lawyers in court he will have his day and h will be proved not to be guilt of these crimes but that is no the response the response tends to be a witch hunt, bullet eli s asian george soros, lefty radicals whatever the cases i am puzzled why republicans aren t just putting forth like i said, i read a quote from do bacon of nebraska, the only on who is that i trust a lega system there are checks and balance what the juries, judges an appeals. president tru
actually critical for th survival of the our democracy, moving forward that s exactly it and m greatest fear is that, shoul some of these people return to office and gain power, in term of these inner circles, yo will see the decline of america, as we see it today we will no longer be tha country. we are already on that path an i can t, i feel like it s no hyperbole. this is where we are we have a choice today, as americans, and i m asking th republican leaders out there conservative leaders, to please, look, we need to take a stand. we need two functioning partie to survive as a democracy, right? i mean, that s what our system is based on right now. where better with a stronger honest, cooperative republican party. that is what is needed right now. the only person i ve actuall seen someone speak with trut and bacon on a statement about this whole situation i possibly governor hutchinson
and that s interesting because this is a guy who is central t the prosecution and donald trump has been attacking witnesses to this case you have been one of those people that has been sort of o the wrong side of th government while you are in it yes, i appreciate you bringing that up because thi week, those of us who have bee in touch with each other, yo know, while people think tha we might be celebrating behind the scenes, this has been very anxious and very draining week, personally, for many o us, who keep waiting, waitin for accountability for someone who has done s many bad things along the wa and i have to say, there s bee a heaviness across all of us and yes, there were tear across some of the circles o maybe finally relief that ma be the rule of law wil actually catch up and play a role in this but it s also been disheartening when i watch wha