plus, clock ticking. the economic impact we are already seeing as the president and house speaker try to avoid a historic default with just days to go. and former president trump set to appear via video today in the manhattan hush money probe. but is he already facing more trouble in another case? this is a fake story and you don t want to give it credibility. one thing you i have no idea who the hell she s a whack job. e. jean carroll seeking more damages after those comments made during a town hall. ahead, the legal peril piling up for trump. we re going to begin with the breaking news in washington. a driver is under arrest and a nazi flag seized after a u-haul truck crashed into the white house security barriers. a law enforcement official tells nbc news that the suspect made threatening statements about the white house. joining us now, nbc s ryan nobles and jim cavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge. ryan, what exactly happened, what are you learn
and as catherine knows, there was some discovery reforms passed in new york in 2019 that entitles any criminal defendant in new york to a much more copious set of materials. that includes all electronically stored information of relevance to the case, including cell phone images that are forensically derived, that means trump can only see under the protective order certain subsets of that like emails, text messages that are directly relevant to the case, but those that are not, the judge wants to make sure trump fully understands because as we saw this morning, this is a person who uses his social media accounts often and early. so, catherine, how typical is it for a judge to have to direct what a defendant can do with evidence in a case? it only happens with defendants where the court and the prosecutors are concerned will intimidate, threaten witnesses or the concern for the
places places like bucha being thrown into makeshift depraves but also, so many russians killed, their bodies are also being thrown in there. what an undignified way to have to approxibe put away for etern. but i think there is plenty of evidence out there. you will see as people get out of liberated cities, they will have cell phone images, things like that because don t forget a lot of them were cut off from cell phone service and electricity. i think there is a lot more to come. and when you say it is important to to start collecting this evidence for for future trial yeah. the russian president doesn t care. you can take him to the icc. he s you know, they have been found guilty of didn t care. why is he going to care about this? he won t and with m 817, they haven t given up any suspects or witnesses. i think at the end of the day, the only leverage that is left for the west is to work on china a and india.
had, very strong things to come, in his words. so, how much does he know? what are your sources telling you tonight? reporter: david, as we first reported, the white house legal team has been briefed, but i m told in broad brush strokes, not a lot of great detail on the actual details of the report. david, i am told from senior staff here that they plan to be reading the actual report just as we are after it is released tomorrow. jon karl at the white house tonight. jon, thank you. meantime, the white house is monitoring reports of a north korean weapons test tonight. north korean state media reports that kim jong-un supervised the test of a new type of tactical guided weapon, a strong signal seven weeks after a summit with president trump. those tactical weapons are generally short range and authorities do not believe they re likely to threaten the united states. next tonight, to calls for prosecutors to press charges after disturbing cell phone images emerged. the video showi
illinois. josh pinkard of oswego, illinois. reporter: a tragedy made worse because police say martin had an extensive arrest record and was an convicted felon which should have prevented him from owning a firearm. zachary kiesch joins us live. i want to focus on that failed background check you mentioned. police are now investigating how martin who had six prior arrests was able to get a gun? reporter: tom, he passed initial background check which allowed him to have that gun. he applied for a concealed weapon permit, something that requires a fingerprint and that s what flagged his prior felony conviction. tom, still a lot of questions out here tonight. zachary, thank you. now to that massive pileup on a missouri highway. first a snowstorm and thense incredible cell phone images coming in of that deadly chreacon crash just outside of kansas city. parts of the heartland hammered by snow and ice, making travel as you can see so treacherous.