Special counsel. There is a whole lot here that we have never before seen. 165 pages laying out the case against donald trump. There are many dozens of bombshells here and people right now are poring over them. And what he did on january 6. At the prospect of mike pence being killed or harmed, donald trump, what jack smith found was donald trump s response was, quote, so what? 35 days before the election, new details on how the republican candidate for president tried to overthrow the last election. Rachel maddow and lawrence o donnell join me live tonight. Then did he lose the 2020 election? tim, i m focused on the future. Senator murphy on the republican plan to subvert this election. Plus the threat of regional war as israel invades lebanon. My interview on his brandnew book, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. Just 34 days out from the election and voting has already started in a number of states. The judge in donald trump s january 6 specia
They name. But certainly the former president s team has spent the day bracing for bad news. They appear to believe that this could potentially reference him. That his name could be one of those on those ten indictments that were returned. Theyve issues taken just a few moments ago. Lashing out at the District Attorney, fani willis here. Something that we have seen the former president doing repeatedly on social media in recent days. They are actually accusing them of Election Interference. Which we should note is, of course, ironic given that what the heart of the indictments potentially. Lets go back to cnn sarah murphy who has been outside the courthouse in atlanta all day. Sarah, obviously we are waiting to see when we are going to potentially hear from baku District Attorney, fani willis, that trump has been attacking here. Whats the latest that you have heard . , thats right, i mean, she is still expected to make remarks to the press this evening. But obviously they want to get t
cia, the new warnings to china not to help russia in ukraine. and people are getting a first look at how bad the storms were. and a new decision of abortions today, and the impact could be immediate and nationwide. this is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the concern over china and ukraine tensions are growing every hour. first there was concern that china was going to provide russia with weapons to help with the war in ukraine. but the biden administrator told that they are strongly considering sending drones and ammunitions to russia to defeat ukraine. and so we will start with m.j. lee who is live at the white house. m.j., what is and isn t the white house saying about the latest assessment? well, kate, the administration is openly warning that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia in the war against ukraine, and talking about drones and while china has not made a final decision of whether to go down this path,
the judge could decide to say, house arrest or even jail. how do you face what look like? one of my lawyers on the television the other day said you don t want to do that to the president. you don t bed for anything, that s just the way it is. and trump s a lawyer also on the talk shows today outlining the defense appeal and strategy and why is changing his position on judge merchan s jury instructions. i think when you look at the jury instructions here, judge merchan essentially, i wouldn t say it rigged the deliberations, but certainly steered the jury toward the verdict that he clearly wanted when the jury it was against you, the judge made a mistake? i hope for the best plan for the worst, george. and stormy daniels, the actress at the heart of the case is breaking her silence. in her first interview since the verdict, she said she wants to see trump jailed or used as a punching bag at a women s shelter. completely out of touch with reality. you have to fi
presumptive republican nominee, defiant tonight, proclaiming his innocence, calling the process rigged, and accusing president biden of backing a political persecution as he addressed cameras outside the courtroom. the biden campaign saying, quote, we saw that no one is above the law. and how will a nation driven by political division react? our complete historic coverage, coming up. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. guilty on all counts. donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states, was found guilty late today in a new york courthouse on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments to a porn star just before the 2016 election. the stunning verdict was delivered by a manhattan jury of seven men and five women, who deliberated for two days, making mr. trump the first former american president to be convicted of a crime. he remains the presumptive republican nominee in the close race for preside