coming to you from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. welcome to alex witt reports . we begin with new fallout and w also the reaction to this historic verdict in donald trump s hush money trial. donald trump s attorney, acknowledging there is a chance the former president of the united states may be sentenced to jail time following his conviction on 34 felony counts. blanche telling the ap the defense will argue strenuously for a non-incarcerated tory sentence. and a short time ago new reaction from republican house speaker mike johnson s comments on saying trump s verdict will be overturned. here s what clark brewster, the attorney representing stormy daniels told me here on msnbc. the idea that they were some part of some conspiracy is nonsense and these 12 people that spent all the time in that courtroom, weeks listen to the evidence and according to the oath return a verdict is a true and honest verdict based upon the facts and evidence and i ct witnessed a cou
plagued the president in lots of different ways. we re going to see what happens next here. there was a delegation of diplomats set to meet with the national security adviser today, this afternoon, to talk about the hostages that are from their countries. we also know that there was a delegation slated to go to the middle east next week as well to engage in some more talks and conversations around a deal coming together, and so the administration still has this very robust presence in trying to make this happen, and we ll be looking to see whether there s a response to any degree from hamas in the days to come. aaron gilchrist, thank you for that. claire mccaskill, i want to go to you. i want to talk about the president s statements, they were forceful but brief on donald trump s trial and conviction. you spent many years in the senate. if i m remembering correctly, you were on the armed services committee, homeland security committee. this is an area of the world that yo
good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we are following the very latest in the new york hush money trial of former president donald trump. now, jurors are still in the courtroom, they re relistening to some of the testimony from former tabloid mogul david pecker and trump s former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. with us now to talk more about this as we continue focusing on what exactly is happening in that courtroom, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. outside the courthouse, in lower manhattan. defense attorney misty maris, temidayo aganga williams and jeremy saland, a criminal defense attorney, a former prosecutor in manhattan. so, vaughn, what is the latest, they are now focusing in on the third of four questions that the jury wanted to hear again. reporter: exactly. these were very four specific passages they wanted read back to them. they made this request yesterday afternoon before leaving for the day. there is deliberation bet
it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor
i just had an espresso so i m doing it the right way according to the italians. good to be with you, i m katy tur. quote, i would rather eat my own foot out of a bear trap. that s how one libertarian voter described voting for former president trump if they had to. trump pitched himself at the libertarian party s national convention, and was nearly drowned out by the sound of raucous booing and jeers from the crowd. there will be no more liberty for anyone in our country combined with us in a partnership. we re asking that of the libertarians. we must work together, combined with us. you have to combine with us. [ booing ] we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. i have never heard him booed like that. at one point during saturday s speech, punches were thrown in the audience. it wasn t just trump s appearance there. delegates didn t want to hear his name, booing at the mention of donald trump and other speeches t