somebody in power will say something true and is swiftly punished for it. can t have that. it s infuriating to watch, but it s also if you look at it right, fear him using. these are not sophisticated deceptions for this is not dwight eisenhower planning. this is your five -year-old telling you he never touch the birthday cake. if you re human, you will laugh cake? what cake. it s hilarious, the kid has no idea how he relates ticketless years. with that spirit in mind, we ar going to devote the next hour a a special presentation on lying in american politics for it we will stay are best to stay amused because that s much better than being angry. we re going to start with what could be the funniest lie of th year. vladimir putin blew up natural russia s natural gas line to europe. why would they do that? because he s evil pray t so evi he murdered his own country s economy for the thrill of doing it. that s evil, it takes a bad man to declare war against himself. next he will
politicsnation and tonight s lead, bracing fo impact we re getting ready for firs indications of how forme president donald trump wil conduct himself on the day o historic arrangements two days from now before he left for an afternoo of golf, the former presiden announcing today the wil deliver primetime remarks from mar-a-lago tuesday night after his court appearance trump will begin his arraignment date in hi manhattan penthouse. he isn t expected to b handcuffs are held in a cell before he answers to as many a 30 criminal charges. and then he will fly on hi private jet to his florida estate yet, trump and his republica allies continue to tell anyone who will listen he is th target of unprecedente political persecution. meanwhile, manhattan s distric attorney alvin bragg and his - have been the recipient of hundreds of death threats. as have many other figures i the case, such as former trump attorney michael cohen who appeared on this program yesterday. residents of new yo
manhattan da alvin bragg, wh spoke with reverend sharpton here on msnbc. at the center of bragg investigation, over 100,00 dollar payment to adult them star stormy daniels. nbc news learned that trump former lawyer michael cohe testified for a new york grand jury in the case on monday a the noon cohen pleaded guilty to making an illegal payment to daniel at the keeper quite about an alleged affair to trump. meantime, they tell nbc news that trump has no plans to mee with the manhattan distric attorneys who office the prosecutors invited him to testify before the grand jury. mr. bragg s limit to what he can say publicly, but they say it s a stop to stick to th facts. we have an active investigation. media observed last year the trial of the trump organization. in some ways, i would say it s the same team, working with th same type of professionalism and rigor, the same type o team for our activ investigation. strength from saying anythin from that because i don t want to ru
events of january 6th? i a julián castro, let s ge started. spring is right aroun the corner and joe biden i breaking out his garden shears the president formally unveile his new budget proposal this week, aiming to cut the federa deficit by projected three trillion dollars over the next decade. in part through a ne 25% tax on billionaires. other provisions of the plan, th corporate tax rate would increase from 21% to 28%. ther is an increase in capital gain taxes along with it, and to th interest loophole. tax heights for oil and gas companies, and a curtail of covid related spending now, to be clear, no one in th white house is saying that republican controlled houses will actually adopt presiden biden s budget and its current form, there will be plenty o wrangling and negotiation in the weeks to come. so wh doesn t matter? the budget proposal is a sign of th presidents priorities, who h wants to help, and what he wants to accomplish with the rest of his term. in effect, i
investigation. and how he is measuring th politics at play plus, biden s former disinformation chief tells us what it s like to b the target of foreig harassment and fight back also ahead, florida s abortion background, and the effect you could have four people in that state. and biden? where more its asylum seeker expected in the coming months. suspected solutions. this is american voices! we begin this hour in new york where the manhattan district attorney s office is pushing for donald trump s actions before the presidentia election and today, we have the da alvi bragg who spoke with reveren sharpton here on msnbc at the center of brad investigation, 130,000 dolla payment to adult film star stormy daniels nbc news has learned tha trump s former lawyer, michael cohen will testify before grand jury in the afternoon. he pled guilty for making th illegal payment to daniels for keeping her quiet about a legi affair with trump. in the meantime, they told nbc news the te