. a very good day to all of you, i m alex witt in for chris jansing. the supreme court strikes down a trump era ban on bump stock, the devices that allow rifles to fire faster, almost like a machine gun. the heated reaction coming into the decision. also breaking a major health update on the princess of wales, what we re now learning about her treatment and plans for a major public appearance tomorrow. plus, peace, according to vladimir putin. the russian president lays out his terms for a cease fire, more than two years into his gruesome war in a ukraine. what reception is that getting in kyiv. and did donald trump just empathize with joe biden? his surprising comments about being a father and having to deal with hunter biden s conviction. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments for us. we re going to begin with nbc s julia ainsley who joins us from outside the supreme court. julia, welcome. so break down this major decision on the rapid fire gun a
donald trump, now convicted felon, stands across these three criminal enterprises . we made this based on our legal analysis and reported it for the first time last night but the underlying facts are known but here they are together. the leaders have been convicted of serious crimes across quite a long range of time. trump s new convection is still sinking in across the nation and the process will play out. he is awaiting sentencing. it completes this picture of criminality that surrounds him because of the people he picked and whom he often stood with and they stood by him as long as they divide police and law enforcement and defended him, they stay together. this band of, quite literal, convicted felons. criminals. while last week was understandably first focused on the conviction of one man, in order to see the broad reality you have to see how his conviction did cap off these years of crimes by many people across different enterprises. only now is he joining those other a
hi, the nicolle. i am ari melber. we begin in a sense with how we left off last night, and how it fits with brand-new developments today. donald trump, now convicted felon, stands atop these three criminal enterprises, which we ve been reporting out for you. we made this based on legal analysis and reporting for the first time last night. the underlying facts are known, but here they are together. the leaders have been convicted of serious crimes across quite a long range of time. trump s new conviction is still sinking in across the nation, and the process will play out. he s awaiting sentencing. it completes this picture criminality that surrounds him because of the people he picked and who he often stood with and they stood by him as long as they defied police and law enforcement defended him, they stayed together, this band of quite literal convicted felons, criminals. while last week was understandably first focused on the conviction of one man, in order to see the bro
trump told the white house counsel he wanted to prosecute two of his political adversaries, clinton and comey. he even took his efforts international. everyone know the multi-pronged effort to get a biden investigation. he had no hope in having that started in the u.s. out of the blue. but he thought maybe ukraine could go after biden and his son. that snowballed, as you ll remember, into the entire first impeachment. trump was often thwarted in some of those most extreme demands, sometimes because they are things he doesn t control. he has leverage over ukraine, but he couldn t start an international probe out of ukraine. that failed. and he couldn t get all the doj stuff done. there was, for example, no clinton or comey indictment. i bet you know that. but witnesses and other evidence does show how, after trump demanded legal trouble for his opponents, and especially after he ousted the non-partisan officials, i mentioned he got more loyalists in there. some of this stuff already sta
this way and thumbed will his nose at a rule something. let me tell you what lies need mr. trump. the road is obviously bumpy and messy, but it leads to a federal courthouse and a jury where mr. trump sgn does not control the rules or venue. i probably tried 50 or 60 federal criminal cases. because they didn t want to plead guilty. fine. okay. we get paid either way. we go to trial. so even though he will push the limits, he will end up in a federal courtroom in trial pursuant to the rules of law and everything that he doesn t control. and that is where this goes. the hard thing for the judge really for everyone who cares