day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
the air quality is slowly getting worse. canada is seeing one of its worst fire seasons on record. thick smoke coated skies as far as south as tennessee. have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga. liv golf i recognize people are going to call me a hypocrite but circumstances do change. all right. we begin very familiar place, with the border crisis office of florida governor ron desantis confirming two migrant flights that arrived in sacramento, california. california is now investigating and the state attorney general and the governor there gavin newsom are threatening kidnapping charges. i m sure that will stick. holy cow. peter doocy live at the white house with details. that s a new one. ron desantis kidnapper? that is a new one. we seal how it plays on the campaign trail. but there were all these questions yesterday. about how these migrants wound up in california. officials in florida said they sent them on aircraft. and we have
It was December Of 2022 when the Justice Department first announced the historic indictment of a wellknown billionaire and politica sam mangmanfried now under arrest and facing multiple charges. Reporter today Sam Bankmanfried founder and ceo of Crypto Exchange ftx is facing criminal indictments and a wave of civil complaints. The Sam Bankmanfried indictment complicated financial instruments, International Currency s,exchanges, and a who lot more. Ng it was a first of its kind case for the Justice Department and for the judicial system that would hear that case, and it took ten months for that case with all its myriad complexities to go to trial. Sam bankmanfried was indicted infr the month of december. By the following october he was sitting in a courtroom. As it turns out that is a fair lestandard amount of time for major cases. In October Of 2017 former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort was arrested and charged by Robert Mueller in washington, d. C. For Money Laundering and faili
shameless hypocrite. as covid-relief benefits roll out, you will find republicans trying to take credit for something they, all, voted against. velshi, starts now. good morning, i m ali velshi. it s saturday, march 13th. just over 50 days have passed since joe biden was inaugurated as president of the united states. and now, he has successfully ushered, through congress, his most pressing priority. his $1.9 trillion american-rescue plan. the president promised, help is on the way. and today, help has arrived. help has arrived, for the workers who lost their jobs. help has arrived, for the students, who have been stuck at home. help has arrived, for the families that have struggled to put food on their table. and for the small businesses, that have struggled to keep their doors open, help has arrived, america. for the first time, in a long time, this bill puts working people, in this nation, first. it s not hyperbole. it s a fact. it is, indeed, a fact. and for tangi
A recap of the days news. Truth is a choose your own adventure kind of thing because he cant explain away the following fracts. So listen, write dedown if you have a pen, if you have your phone on record it. So the White House Counsel Don Mcgahn sat down for 30 hours of interviews with Robert Muellers team and the white house doesnt know exact lewhat he said. The fact that in a matter of days the president s former attorney and socalled fixer Michael Cohen could Face Criminal Charges related to possible fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The fact that former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial on charges that could land him behind bars for the rest of his life if convicted, and the fact that so far the special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought a total of 191 criminal charges against 35 defendants. There have been five guilty pleas. Those are the facts. That is truth. And the president cannot
distract and deflect from that. Facts matter. Now i want to bring in a man w