In washington, d. C. Ahead of the arraignment of former President Donald Trump. They highlight the charges, and also discussed putting rates and upholding democracy. [chatter] we want to welcome you all to todays press conference convened by the not above the Law Coalition in the day of Donald Trumps third arraignment. As we all know, on tuesday a grand jury indicted trump on four counts accusing him of three separate conspiracy crimes. To defraud the United States. To obstruct and impede the certification of the 2020 election and to deprive americans of our votes. His allies are predictably saying these indictments just continue the witchhunt, that this is an attack on a much beleaguered leader. I have a different frame. That is, donald trump committed obvious crimes before and during his time in office and the rule of law is working. Thats right. Donald trump has now been criminally charged for attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power. The charges come from the very governme
Their elections were not right. I mean, the weaponization of the doj did not happen then. No, of course not. But if youre last trump, its very different. So Hillary Clinton could have a problem when she lost the election and we could have a complete liberal meltdown as we all saw. But when we have dignified disagreements, we take them to court, we say do things patriotically and peacefully. Hes to blame for things that he did, not himself do. And thats what were seeing frankly, folks. This is not about that. This is about politics. This is about 2024 period. The end. Thank you. Announcer former President Trump briefly addressed the media after pleading not guilty to the four felony counts against him. This was after his arraignment as he was boarding his plane back to new jersey. Mr. Trump thank you very much. This is a very sad day of america and it was also very sad driving through washington d. C. And seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and graff
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just learned former president trump s former chief of staff mark meadows has now testified before the federal grand jury. hearing evidence in the special counsel s investigations in to trump. mary bruce reporting tonight. from minneapolis, all the way to new york city, the dangerous air quality threatening 80 million americans. as far south as the carolinas tonight. all of this from the fires in canada. trevor ault reporting. tonight authorities investigating the killing of a mother of four in florida. police say she was shot through a door by her neighbor. there is news tonight after that air scare. the pilot reportedly seen slumped over while flying. everyone on board killed after the crash. why did it take the u.s. military 90 minutes to scramble those f-16s? martha raddatz tonight. the stunniing turn this evening for the pga after two years of the saudi backed liv golf taking business from the pga tour. tonight, the merger. the pga and liv golf joining forces, triggering
on a day when the way critical issues are handled right now may well determine the outcome of the elections from primaries through november s midterm. not just for candidates, but for our economy, our safety. consider these new pieces of the puzzle. there s a brand new poll that shows 83% of americans describe the state of the economy as poor or not so good. prices for everything from clothes to food on the rise. the average cost of gas hitting another record high today. this hour we ll hear from americans about the pain at at the pump. plus this weekend saw another devastating round of mass shootings that left at least 12 people dead, 38 injured. among the communities experiencing these latest tragedies, philadelphia, chattanooga, saginaw, mesa, arizona. that s according to the gun violence archives. this weekend is pushing some americans to the brink. here s one philadelphia woman after the shooting there killed 3 and injured 11. i m furious. not just for my neighbor, but