by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president, wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that s the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don t really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the ones that are doing very well. when you look at the mo ibrahim index, for example, mauritius is first, seychelles is second, cape verde s third. so you have three sids that are doing extremely well, but the focus is on mainland africa. but isn t that, in a sense, part of the point? you are doing relatively well. i believe your per capita income is over $10,000, which in african terms is pretty remarkable, and you r
standard, and i used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the southern district of new york, i wouldn t have touched a guy like michael cohen, especially if he s a convicted perjurer. that s robert costello after testifying in manhattan yesterday, and he could be the last witness the grand jury hears from before voting on an indictment for the former president. we ll break down what s next in the case in just a moment. meanwhile, more members of the oath keepers are held accountable for the violence on january 6th. and also ahead, what we re learning about the first face-to-face meeting between chinese president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin since the invasion began. began good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal indict
4:00 in new york. today, monumental breakthrough in the sometimes frustrating pursuit and pace of accountability and justice. the aftermath of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in the 785 days since the insurrection he incited, donald trump has managed to squirm his way through an impeachment, wiggle past the bipartisan congressional investigation, stretching presidential immunity to great effect so far. now the justice department says in a brand-new court filing, such immunity should not shield donald trump from multiple civil suits brought by police officers and members of congress. in that new filing, in the course of urging an appeals court to reject trump s immunity claim, the justice department was very careful to avoid taking a position on whether trump is actually liable for causing the riot. the new action does open new doors of potential accountability for him. doj s essentially telling the court it does not believe trump can use immunity to avoid civil litigat
great to see you. today is national hair style appreciation day. rachel: do you appreciate my hair? pete: people only appreciate one hair style. it s fox in the front and farm in the back. that s what i m going with. some people don t like it. i understand that. i got an e-mail, why doesn t your hair look like wills? will s looking sharp. will: you got an e-mail? pete: people get my e-mail. i domino. but i read it. new york in the front, tennessee in the back. whatever you want. i m working on it. rachel: it s growing on me. will: working on it, where s it going? pete: you know where it s going. rachel: i was not a fan but it s growing on me. the last segment with the frame with the pictures that go by and it was rainy and we didn t know what to do so we just went through photos with the kids. will: i would never sign up for that. if kate lean said we re going to sit around and say we re going to go through old photos, i d never sign up for that. rachel: why? will: i m signin
social media claiming that evidence - even directed supporters to again with no evidence manhattan da alvin bragg has not commented on his socia media post publicly. nbc news learned that bragg se an internal email to his staff saying that intimidation wil not be tolerated nbc news has also learned hi former legal adviser to michae cohen will testify before th grand jury at behest of trump legal team the lawyer, bob costello, is expected to testify tomorrow this afternoon, in an exclusiv interview with msnbc, michae cohen confirmed that he will also be back at the da s offic tomorrow and casey is needed a a rebuttal witness this is not about a vendett or about my book revenge this is about donald trump being held accountable for his own dirty deeds, plain and simple i don t want to see anyone, an that includes donald trump indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated because i fundamentally, or the country, fundamentally disagrees with s much that comes out of his mouth