lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
charges like this often have cascading effects and as you mentioned, the president s facing at least three other potential criminal investigations into his conduct right now. whichever way these charges go and hopefully we ll be privy to all of them in the next 15 minutes or so, how might this strengthen or weaken the former president s hand in those other key cases? i think that s a great question on the politics side of things. not on the legal side of things. you know, i don t think any of these district attorneys or the special counsel are interacting saying you go first, no, you go first, or i m ready to go. that s not how it works behind the scenes. but it is the case that this went first and it may be the thinnest gruel of them all in the end. by going first does it paint others with this, you know, an aura of it s all political and the answer is yes from the former president, he s going to use it to say it fits with the entire narrative of russia russia russia, and
both directed at new york city, and courts here in new york, and justice system, and the district attorney s office. he said that these are irresponsible social media posts, threatened death and destruction, and even world war iii. he said that these public statements to the district attorney, which included a photo of him swinging a baseball bat towards the district attorney s h head, was very concerning. they re concerned about this and what effect it will have on potential jurors and witnesses but they said this will not dissuade the office, and they re seeking a protective order regarding discovery materials. they re very concerned that some of the attorneys some of this may be leaked or that president trump himself would use some of that discovery in a way that would compromise a potential trial. they began discussing conditions of release they talked about how defense attorney joe tacopina had communications with stormy daniels and that could present a conflict in respo
in case i rudely interrupt any of the great minds assembled to talk with us, in a matter of minutes, alvin bragg is expected to address this newly unveiled indictment, indicting donald j. trump. this is thfirst time we ve heard from him since trump turned himself in this afternoon. while we wait, a lot is happening at this moment, including developments in the last few minutes we now have our hands on the actual indictment. it s a doozy it s just been unsealed. people are still going through it, processing it, and it s been made public. you can read along with us if you want to. importantly it includes 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election we understand, thank to our nbc news colleagues, there s a courtroom with trump himself, in his own voice, pleaded not guilty today the former president is on his way to laguardia airport, he s going to fly for mar-a-lago, blah, blah, blah purchasers shared a number of examples of o
i m rosemary church. just ahead, winter storms bearing down on both coasts in the u.s. one system could leave a foot or more of snow in parts of the northeast. another atmospheric river is said to dump rain on already flooded parts of california. plus, after the biggest u.s. bank failure since 2008, regional banks fear a broader financial crisis as their stocks tumble. former u.s. president donald trump in iowa taking swings at republican rivals, just days away from a potential indictment. good to have you with us. we begin here in the united states, where confidence in regional banks remains shaky, despite ashusurances from president joe biden that they are safe. a dozen of regional banks plunged to record lows following the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank. mr. biden promised to do whatever is needed to protect the u.s. banking system. and he promised to hold those responsible for the collapse f fully accountable. the management of the banks will b