two secret service officials telling nbc news that mr. trump s detail could be ready to transport him to new york at a moment s notice, that they are simply taking orders based on the date the manhattan d.a. and mr. trump s defense team agreed to, that agreed to date we are told is now tuesday. peter alexander, dermot shay, thanks, guys. in other news, extreme storms are expected to slam over a dozen states today, severe thunderstorms, strong winds, and tornados that could put more than 50 million people at risk in the midwest and mid south heavy rain and flash flooding expected to hit the mississippi valley, then quickly move through the midwest and tennessee valley through the night. the risk area also includes parts of mississippi that were already so badly devastated by tornados last week that killed 26 people. a major test for the nation as the u.s. enters uncharted terrority. what s really at stake for the world s oldest democracy
for you in front of the manhattan d.a. s office where former president trump is likely to appear on tuesday afternoon for his arraignment. his surrender being coordinated between the secret service and trump s team now, we also just got this video in it is the new york district attorney, alvin bragg flanked by increased security inside the courthouse nbc s peter alexander is at the white house for us and also with me former nypd commissioner and law enforcement analyst dermot shay let me start there i suppose it s not a huge surprise that they re giving alvin bragg extra security given the death threats among other threats against him, but generally with him and beyond him, what are the pressure points right now for nypd? that s not at all surprising. the district attorney ordinarily has a protective detail that s manned by the nypd certainly in this time that is
instructor does not exclude him from the possibility. all of these options are on the table and investigators are searching for any sort of hint to a motive. jose. reporter: steve patterson, i thank you very much. as we continue to report here, as we have from early this morning, just more and more people are coming by to leave flowers and notes and, of course, those devotional prayer candles. it will continue to grow as people continue to mourn the death of five men and five women right here on saturday night. alex. such tragedy. all right, jose. thank you so much. we appreciate that report. we know you will check in with us later in the hour as well. on the heels of that, i want to bring in dermot shay, a former commissioner for the nypd and msnbc law enforcement analyst. commissioner, welcome to you, sir. what stands out? you heard jose s reporting, you have heard and read everything you can, what stands out as the angle in this investigation? well, the one thing that stands
collapsed onto the subway platform while others were helped to safety. the good news this morning is that all of the victims are expected to survive. ahead this morning, new york city mayor eric adams joins us live. plus, two of the city s former police commissioners, bill bratton and dermot shay. the head of the mta, what he says about the rise in crime on the city s subway system and what can be done about it. willie? the full lineup on that story as they continue to pursue the suspect, the person of interest. another story that broke yesterday during morning joe, the massive jump on inflation, soaring prices on everything from food to rent to gas. the white house rolling out new efforts to help stem the cost at the gas station and grocery store and just about everywhere else. we also are following significant developments in the war in ukraine. after multiple rounds of peace talks with ukrainian officials, russian president vladimir putin says those negotiations have hit a d
year there s been lots of research. already, we can t draw a line between the shooter and target. we have school shootings, church shootings, workplace shootings. it s not apparent. he could have a mental health issue. he could be looking for violence, which is scary. when they sit him down and start interviewing him, he might say something that s crazy to everybody else but makes perfect sense to him. this intersection of crime and mental illness on the subway is a real crisis for this city. dermot, does it a tragedy like this bring more resources to try to improve that? well, processes are in place that that was happening