hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicolle wallace. the potential indictment of donald trump which would be unprecedented for this country is a story that is playing out in both new york where a grand jury could issue an indictment any day now and in washington where republicans are quickly mounting a political defense of the former president, let s begin with the developments in the case itself at this hour. on monday team trump dispatched a last-minute witness to testify before the grand jury investigating hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels back in 2016. attorney and former confidant to michael cohen robert costello, now after his testimony he previewed a likely defense for donald trump. that this then attorney michael cohen paid the hush money payments on his own terms, take a listen to what he told reporters. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer and stormy daniels had negative information that she wa
greater presence on capitol hill. but as of right now, the response from trump supporters are muted as reported yesterday, i m at a pro trump protest put on by thejf new york republican club, not a joke, there are reporters here than trump supporters. this was supposed to be the big one.cc that s where we begin this hour. the formeren counterintelligen editor and nbc newsçóok senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. i ll start with you. give us a situational report. you re there on the grouñ >in new york. bring us up to speed on the latest. ñ rally that ben was at last night and can confirm it was a pretty small turnout, perhaps 15 trump supporters. today the mood out?;■ here is
expected it s widely underspm @% that the grand jury isn t meeting today. we re not anticipating news today,e1 no indictment likew3ly be handed out. a leak could always come, but sort of the big wheels won t be turning again until tomorrow. and donald trump s prediction from the weekend that todayq would be the big day will not be coming true.xd the scene opt the sidewalk behind me is chaotic, but not much morew3 so than you might s on any other sidewalk or busy manhattan street. the coherence of any political messaging that could bexd described as a protester has been limited at xdbest. we have seen plenty of people coming out here to mug for the cameras and to have their moment, but the idea that there was going to be major widespread organizeed protests on behalf donald trump, did not q materialize. it didn t materialize today and it seems, based on my reporting and those of my colleagues including those like ben e1 collins, unlikely to happen in the future. some of that has to do w