school classmate and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. this nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight vo involving former president trump somewhat in that the growing expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that we be that he would be arrested on tuesday. the office has not commented on the timing of a decision on whether to prosecute. in the absence of news, key republicans have been rushing to mr. trump s defense and vilifying democrat prosecutor alvin bragg. but tonight even many of his loyalists are discouraging trump supporters from taking up the former president s call to protest. it s where we start tonight, with garrett hake reporter: the manhattan d.a. s office tonight on the verge of a fateful decision, whether to indict a former president for the first time in history, a case c
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this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
family whether we offer ourself as one of them i think different times call for different leadership. yeah, you know, he tried to kill my family and tried to kill me, but, you know, it remains to be seen, whether i may support him for the republican nomination there you go. scene. we re not here there you go that s he admitted last week, mika, that donald trump put his family in danger and his own life in danger mm-hmm. for i have to say, for me, for everybody that i know, that s the end in an attempt to subvert or democracy. there s that. but let s just keep with the family like, let s go a little john dutton here. you know, you protect your family he admitted last week that somebody tried to kill his family you know, don t go all john dutton on the revenge part, the other side of the boarder. at least you can say, i m not going to support him no, no, jonathan, you know, he tried to have me is and my family killed on january 6th while trying to subvert d
and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher who s out for revenge, that he s furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect their marriage. we are keeping an eye on that courtroom in case costello comes out to speak with reporters, he could. we re also watching for michael cohen who says he s been asked to rebut costello to the grand jury if need be. here s some of what cohen would likely say from his own attorney who just spoke with wnbc. donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there aren t two systems of justice. no person is above the law. that s what we re facing now. we have indisputab