thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the former president, the only president in u.s. history to be federally charged with a crime, firing up his base. acting without a care in the world. repeating his same tired lie that his indictment is a product of a deep state witch hunt. instead of his own misdeeds. which we learned yesterday, not just hearsay, but caught on tape, and on camera. well trump can go out and say what he wants, the rubber meets the road this tuesday in miami. where this country, and the world, we ll see him face federal
inquiry back here in washington, with senate intel leaders demanding the fbi show them the receipts, formalry asking to see those classified documenting taken during the mar-a-lago search. plus, two primary elections that could tell us about the state of the republican party, all happening just hours from now. we re in wyoming and alaska with what might be the final stand for at least one former leader in the republican party. i m hallie jackson in washington. we have a lot to get to. covering all of this for us, tom winter, msnbc political analyst greg bleustein, and kim whaly from american university, former white water independent counsel. tom, i ll start with you as the tip of the spear. you spoke with giuliani s attorney who confirms he s now a target in the investigation. what does target mean and how significant is it? great question, hallie, and one we re still trying to answer. robert costello is the attorney for rudy giuliani who has told nbc news within the las
that was of course, the sole decision of a grand jury of american citizens, and special counsel jack smith. i m calling on the attorney general to stand before the american people, and explain why this was necessary, in his words. attorney general, merrick garland, stop hiding behind the special counsel. and stand before the american people, and explain why this indictment went forward. after the indictment was announced on thursday, before we even knew the details of it, house speaker, kevin mccarthy, came to trump s defense. calling it a, quote, grave injustice. trump s other rival for the gop nomination, florida governor, ron desantis, calls the indictment a, quote, weaponization of the federal law enforcement that represents a threat to a free society. right-wing media, when they are covering the story, mimic trump s language. paint the case as political persecution, the not the by the book investigation that it is. matt dowd is back with us, and joining, us angelo carusone,
about the idea that passports may have been taken, what that may say to you about where this case goes? and what is next as it relates to this search at mar-a-lago? yeah, i want to be careful about this one, because that s something we ve only heard from the president so far, but i think andrew might be best to weigh in on the potential significance of that there. but it is significant, just as a fact that this idea that the president s passports were taken by the fbi. i think there s obviously different interests on capitol hill in terms of getting more information about the damage assessment, and then the communication side. i would point out that this has been a very by the book investigation in terms of the fbi side. remember that there was that initial meeting with trump in early june after the subpoena in late may, and all of the while that information held. the fact that the former president of the united states was subpoenaed by a grand jury held for several months. it was no
“Bring it on,” Governor Andrew Cuomo told the trade groups suing to block a state policy that could help 7 million poor New Yorkers access the internet at home.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes off his face mask before a news conference in New York on Monday, April 19. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool via AP)
BROOKLYN (CN) Seeking to block a New York program that provides discounted broadband internet to low-income families, trade groups representing Verizon, AT&T and DirecTV sued the state in federal court Friday.
The complaint was filed two weeks after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law requiring internet service providers to offer broadband to eligible New Yorkers at $15 per month, or $20 per month for higher speeds.