Theres lot of news to get to. Good morning. Very big day in washington and aross the country. Yes, very big day for washington. Former President Donald Trump set to appear in a washington, d. C. , courtroom on charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election and hang on to power, this is his third arraignment in four months. New overnight, barricades going up outside the Federal Courthouse, the Secret Service has done a walk through and Law Enforcement is monitoring potential threats. Trumps former Attorney General tells cnn that he believes his odd boss, quote, knew well that he lost the election. 2024 candidate mike pence, former Vice President mike pence said his former boss was, quote, surrounded by a group of crackpot lawyers kept telling him what he wanted to hear. You hear this is a lot. Todays a monumental day, the third time President Trump is going to be arraigned in formouse. And in washington, d. C. The same courthouse where dozens upon dozens of rioters of the January 6th In
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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
fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $148 million in damages for the lies mr. giuliani spread about them. giuliani has already said he will appeal the ruling. and we will get some expert help on what that means for this case, in just a second. but throughout this trial we have learned so much more about what exactly happened here. most of what we understood about ruby freeman and shaye moss s story before this trial was about the lies giuliani and trump pushed about these two women and the threats that followed. and what we ve learned through the trial is how much those threats actually impacted their lives. he was ruby freeman s at the court after today s verdict. i want people to understand this. money will never solve all of my problems. i can never move back into the house that i call home. i will always have to be careful about where i go and who i choose to share my name with. i miss my home. i miss my neighbors. and i missed my name
thank you, jodi kantor for doing it, and thank you for coming on tonight. thanks for having me. that is all in for this week. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. t starts that story is phenol and deeply distressing. we all know how it ends, of course, which is the overturning of roe v. wade in the dobbs decision. nonetheless we will walk through this in this in the same details that seem deeply the the word feels like they re deceiving the public so that it cannot look like yet, we re waiting around for her to die, now we ve got a person, let s go do it. that feels one of sam elite owes former law clerk s argues case in front of him? a lot of red flags. we re gonna have more on the hour with the other reporter on that story. have a great weekend. today rudy giuliani finally got a taste of accountability. jurors in the defamation case against giuliani awarded former fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $1