ground. and down to the wire. with nine days until default, where negotiations stand right now as the white house and capitol hill race to strike a deal. plus, a ground breaking new agreement to manage an incredibly precious but endangered resource. the three states working together to ensure the colorado river doesn t go away. also back in court. any minute, former president trump expected to appear virtually in court for the first time since he pleaded not guilty to felony accounts of falsifying business records last month. we ll have a live report from outside the courtroom. our reporters are following all the latest. i want to start in new york. ron allen is there. ron, what s the plan as we know it for today? reporter: well, this begins around 2:15, very shortly. as you said, mr. trump will appear virtually. he is not required to be here. most of this is going to be about a protective order. an order designed to protect the evidence and integrity of the case. it spec
have a longer interview soon. we really appreciate it. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. for donald trump, it has been a winning strategy his entire life. when you re in legal trouble, go on the attack. so, can a criminal court judge convince him to change course, keep quiet and play by the rules? that question at the heart of a court hearing less than 90 minutes from now. plus, a missouri teenager charged with threatening to kill or harm president biden after plowing a u-haul into security barriers near the white house. the latest on what the secret service says the 19-year-old was trying to do and the disturbing evidence they found inside that truck. and speaker mccarthy reportedly telling house republicans they re nowhere near a deal on the debt limit. that as a sense of pessimism begins to take hold among some lawmakers and the cale
advice. talking to them. getting encouragement. now they re passing that experience and knowledge, everything they learned in germany on to the other troops. these are a lot of very, very young guys. some of them of course have kids at home. one of the things that really kind of challenges them when they re on the front lines is thinking about their families back home under those intense russian ariel attacks. but these guys, again, what you hear is training, all will be heading back out to the front lines and getting ready for that counteroffensive any day now. back to you. thanks. we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. t to it. growing fear inside florida following sweeping crackdowns by the governor who signed a strongest antiimmigration law in the country. what immigrants and advocates are telling our team on the
good evening. tonight, mitt s taxes. now, romney is caving in to the mounting pressure. fz. i think both president obama and hillary clinton released their taxes in 2008. just strikes me that governor romney ought to step and follow the same procedure. i don t know what my effective rate of tax is, but i m fairly confidence it s a lot higher than 15%. mitt, we need for you to release your income tax so the people can see how you made your money. we know why releasing is so hard for mitt. he plays a tax rate closer to 15% and part of the reason why is a loophole. not only legal, but pretty standard, but it doesn t feel fair and square. when you re a partner in a private equity firm, you get a cut of the profits you make. usually, 20%. now, stay with me because what happens here adds up to tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for america. say my buddy, will, you ve probably heard me talk about him. say he invests $5 million in bain capital. and mitt romney, a
sb-1070 considered the toughest antiimmigration law in the country and the target of a federal lawsuit by the united states justice department. even if you only had political rhetoric as your guide you know the united states is growing more diverse. in 1980 the number of those two said they were hispanic just over 14.5 million and 6% of the population but by the year 2000 that number more than doubled. the hispanic population then at over 35 million. now making up 12.5% of the population. columnist ruben naveret has been watching the census data coming in. hispanic people don t usually trust census workers to answer questions so the hispanic population could be even bigger, right? absolutely. my friend george lopez would say these are the people who answer the door when the census guy knocks. i think a lot of possibilities