i m stephanie ruhle. we continue our breaking news coverage on this historic night. nbc news has confirmed, donald trump, the nation s 45th president, has been indicted on seven charges in connection with his mishandling of classified documents. let that sink in for a moment. we ve been talking about it for months but here it is. for the first time in u.s. history,, a former president federal charges trump has received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on june 13th. that is this coming tuesday. the indictment remains under seal. sources tell nbc news. the charges include conspiracy to obstruct. and the new york times reports, the charges also include, quote, willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the espionage act. according to people familiar with the matter. the charges, of course, come after a lengthy investigation, led by justice department special counsel, jack smith. tonight, donald trump responded on his social media platform. watch this.
donald trump, the gingerbread man. although the title may seem like a hilarious comedy, this is hardly a laughing matter. in fact, this is not inspired by real events, but rather based on actual occurrences and real facts. now, in 2023, donald trump, the former president of the united states, and the current front-runner for the republican nomination, was indicted 4 times. he was charged with 91 felony counts, he set for 2 trials, was hit with a multi million dollar civil verdict, and he took the mugshots scene around the world. he s now been removed from the primary ballot in 2 different states. it almost makes you wonder whether he s more busy now than he was when he was actually the commander in chief. with the new year, donald trump faces 5 separate trials and verdicts in 2 civil cases that threaten both his bank accounts and his businesses. all the while, he s also facing the jury that we haven t even talked about. the american electorate. but for as long as donald j tru
with christmas eventually cancelled in bethlehem, we ll get a live report from that region coming up. former president donald trump releasing a new ad in states where primaries are set to begin in weeks. could he be worrying about his opponent s gaining ground? plus, 2023 was a year of weather extremes. record heat across the country, with phoenix sweltering for 31 days with temperatures over 100 degrees. and from blue ivy to barbie, some of the moments that blew up on social media this year. all that coming up. we begin with the escalation in the israel-hamas war. right now, the israelis are fighting on multiple fronts. first in gaza, where idf forces are taking casualties as ground and air operations killed dozens of palestinians, including civilians caught in the cross fire. israeli troops are also taking fire to the north in fresh exchanges with hezbollah forces while iran-backed militants in yemen ramp up attacks on u.s. military and commercial ships, all signs
in the faulkner focus. the review is 306 pages. it is a scathing indictment exposing the political rot at the top of some of our nation s most powerful law enforcement agencies. it concludes the f.b.i. s launch of crossfire hurricane. that was an operation driven largely by hillary clinton s presidential campaign. it shows just how dirty and partisan their persecution of donald trump actually was. an excerpt. the d.o.j. and the f.b.i. failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law and there is continuing need for the f.b.i. and the department to recognize apparent confirmation bias and an over willingness to rely on information from individuals connected to political opponents. jim jordan inviting special counsel john durham to testify before his committee next week. reaction to the report, buckle up. the f.b.i. knew it was a lie. they had no evidence. no evidence whatsoever to commence this operation. the f.b.i. has a lot of work to do to restru
this rain in eastern areas will slowly tend to peter out and we will get some sunshine coming through and we could generate some showers all the way through yorkshire to the west midlands and into the west country. there will be some warm sunshine for many parts of the country and temperatures on the whole very similar to what we had today, but it may well be a bit warmer in scotland particularly in the east because we will see more sunshine. this area of low pressure is storm nino and it could bring more rain into italy and perhaps more rain into italy and perhaps more flooding, dominated by high pressure although there is this stripe of cloud in from the atlantic. i think on saturday looks quite cloudy for much of scotland and northern ireland, not much rain at all and most of the cloud quite thin and high. more on the way of sunshine for england and wales, that a fair weather cloud, one in the sunshine, temperatures 20 or 21, holding at 16 or 17 for scotland and northern i