the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
and withholding and concealing records. later today, trump will campaign in georgia and north carolina, where voters will hear from him for the first time since the indictment was unsealed. on tuesday, he s expected to be arraigned on those federal charges in miami. nbc news justice joins me now. can, i appreciate you joining us once again to get our 8:00 hour kicks off. tell us what we can expect to see from donald trump s arraignment on tuesday, a lot of us, and all of us, saw his arraignment when he was arraigned in the manhattan d.a. s office for those hush money payments that remains to stormy daniels. is there going to be a different process this time? slightly different, and many ways the same, katie. as you know, the federal system is a bit different from a state court in new york. i just think, as a matter of history and moments, it s a much bigger deal, in part because this is the federal government that donald trump used to run. he presided over. these people
people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i ve been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. they can t stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like what has happened, they figured that the way that they would stop us is by using what is called that s what this is. it s wolf warfare for the law. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy the reputation. and they can try to win the election. joining us now is msnbc colleagues, ari melber and lawrence o donnell, also with us is laura jarrett, nbc news senior legal corresponde
the white house and justice is delayed? i could. i don t want to, but i could. i mean, it s a crazy world that donald trump has dragged this country into, but he could be wearing an ankle bracelet while accepting the nomination at the republican convention. former fbi director jim comey describing a very real scenario as trump lawyers meet with the doj. and with the grand jury in the classified documents case set to meet this week. also, if trump is indicted, what are the national security ramifications when trump inevitably asks his maga faithful to avenge him? also tonight, aj owens was a loving mother of four. friday night, she was shot dead in ocala, florida. the sheriff calls it a neighborhood feud. but the family says it was a completely unjustified shooting, and they are demanding justice. members of the owens family join me tonight for their first interview. we begin the reidout tonight with what could prove to be a consequential week in the special counsel s i
to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. that s all in alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, now that it s happened, he s in a different league. he has made history, not the kind of history that i think you want to make. thank, you my friend, as always. you bet. thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. nbc news can now report that former president donald trump has been indicted in the special counsel s investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified documents. the indictment was filed in federal district court in miami. trump has been summoned to appear in federal