hello, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. i want to get right to the breaking news we re following this morning. donald trump arriving just moments ago at a manhattan courthouse for the closing arguments in his multimillion dollar civil fraud trial, and he spoke just before going into the courtroom. there is high tension this morning because trump has suggested he could challenge the judge who has barred him from speaking during closing arguments. another big development, a threat we re following, law enforcement responding to a reported bomb threat at the judge s house this morning. a source with direct knowledge tells nbc news. i want to get right to our yasmin vossoughian joining us from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. and also with us, former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade and criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. we just saw trump speaking before heading into the courtroom saying, you know, it s not fair that the judge won t let him speak at closing a
the only possible explanation for what triggered the covid pandemic i ll while a new senate republican report raises the possibility that there were two separate lab leaks at a chinese lab conducting risky gain of function research back in 2019. sandra: how will lawmakers hold china accountable as they hold more details of the origins of the pandemic. rand paul and mike johnson are on it, they will explain where they are going with all of this coming up. john: begin this tuesday, though, with new details on the mobs of teenagers committing heinous acts in downtown chicago, i ll while the new and outgoing leaders of the windy city downplay the chaos. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: a lot of nothing to see here coming from the leaders in chicago. a lot more on this coming up. this is america reports. mayor lori lightfoot is disputing the numerous acts of vandalism happening in the city, as well as the two teenagers that were shot in chicago s well-known historic
there, and then the lawmakers reacting. they eventually did vote to advance this contempt of congress motion to the full house to take up, so we ll watch and see where that goes next. what are you hearing from biden world about why he chose to appear? reporter: well, i ve covered a lot of these capitol hill hearings, that was quite a spectacle, a little hollywood drama given the setting of where we are today. from the perspective of hunter s team this was really mission accomplished. you saw the coordination with the house democrats to in their view try to call out house republicans for what they believe is a political exercise. hunter has offered to testify in public in response to their subpoena. he s willing to have this discussion in the public. they re arging republicans want to do this quietly behind the scenes. the white house has taken a different view. they re concerned about the
incoming mayor brandon johnson on the record supporting the defund the police movement and one thing is clear, the city needs more police not less right now. alderman lopez, we ll have the woman at the center of the brutal attack on the street from the weekend, she ll be coming up with us next hour. we ll hear directly from her, alderman lopez, thank you. john: knew at 2:00, california prosecutors taking governor newsom to task. they are fed up with lax laws they say are turning state prisons into involving doors for repeat offenders. riverside county michael hestron is leading the charge. and rand paul, capitol hill hearings, a.i. and what to do, and more as america reports rolls on. helping them achieve financial freedom.
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 Former president Donald Trump has told four former senior aides not to comply with a congressional probe into the January 6 attack on Congress, US media reported yesterday. Politico and The Washington Post both reported that ex-advisors Mark Meadows, Kash Patel, Dan Scavino.