we are back with the second hour of cr chris jansing report reports live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at this hour, breaking news, we are waiting for a pentagon briefing expected any moment as we learn new details about exactly who might be behind the leak of classified u.s. intelligence documents of government secrets online. plus, in the hot seat, former president donald trump s deposition in a high stakes civil lawsuit here in new york what it could mean for the fate of the family business and days of flames, the fire at an indiana plastics recycling plant, pumping toxic black clouds into the richmond skies for a third straight day the danger and how the community is responding. plus, a 50-year flood event. we re live from fort lauderdale, florida, where officials just issued an emergency declaration after that massive rainfall. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, let s start with that breaking news officials have identified a
the da alvin bragg. according to a senior law enforcement source, that letter is just one of several hundreds threats bragg and his office have received in the last few weeks. this comes as the years-long hush money probe into possible indictment, which we could learn more about next the grand jury is expected to reconvene on monday. as for trump, he appears to be capitalizing on the chaos waco, texas, right now. sources tell nbc that the ex president is keenly aware of the political opportunity created by a fight with bragg. trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the investigation witch hunt carried out by a political enemy. i asked legal experts ryan goodman and andrew weissmann this investigation is serious. ex president would like you to believe. just listen to what davis, the attorney for trump s former fixer michael cohen, told my colleague symone sanders-townsend earlier today on this network. if this case goes forward and that still and if this
before the election, you have made the payments today and it was because of the election, and because of trump s embarrassment. it doesn t matter what trump does, it was because of the election that it was an election violation. i am not a lawyer the chairman said, it does matter that if it was something other than exclusively the campaign then it is out of paid in campaign funds. my question watching that is that is that a preview then of the legal argument that they are than trying to make? yes and no. i think that the subpoena has switched gears on a number of different occasions that they attempt to go on, and indeed, they pursue this in terms of giving the indictment and moving forward i think that is one of the most straightforward things that they can respond, with primarily because, at this point, we don t necessarily know the clue and legal charges. so if he does go with that campaign file which most people expect him to do, that probably is one
ukraine. one of the most important story lines of 2023. the divide in the republican party about ukraine. alexi buchanan, thanks very much. and thanks for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. morning joe starts right now. a dictator, building an empire, will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never ground down the will of the free, and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. president joe biden marks one year of war in eastern europe with an impassioned speech promising continued support for ukraine and laying out the stakes of the conflict. meanwhile, we re were learning more about the special grand jury that investigated potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. we ll play for you new comments from a key juror in the case, as some republicans are still trying to figure out their messaging on donald trump and his third presidential campaign. als
hi, everyone i know that we say this a lot these days but buckle up it s 4:00 in new york. we re following breaking news on that monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news just a little bit ago we received word of a bombshell of a plot twist during what was supposed to be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins. here s that headline the judge has sanctioned fox news and its parent company, fox corp, for withholding evidence in the dominion defamation suit and said he is considering further investigation and censure. he is considering appointing a special master to investigate the fox local team s actions now, the breaking point today appears to be surprise evidence that was introduced in court today when this happened, quote, lawyers for dominion voting systems played recordings that fox news producer abby grossberg made during 2020, which were not handed over to dominion s lawyers during discovery we have a team of experts and friends to help us