i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg
important. a 72-year-old suspect who was found dead at the scene about 12 hours later from what officials believe at this point was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. but there s more to the story. nbc news now on staining this new and exclusive surveillance video that actually shows the moment when an apparent hero helped disarm what is believed to be that suspected gunman, and then this person speaking at it with lester headlight. i had to believe that i was going to die. like, my life was ending here at that very moment. but something something amazing happened, and a miracle actually, he started to tray to prep his weapon so he could shoot everybody, but then it came it dawns on me this was the moment to disarm him. i could do something that could protect everybody and potentially save myself. we begin our coverage. jim, welcom we have an eye on when we ll get our update and we ll go to that when they come out. the horror, the carnage, the lost lives. we could talk abo
john: reversal from the manhattan district attorney s office, good tuesday afternoon to you and you as well. gillian: nice to see you on this happy tuesday. i m gillian turner, who is out on assignment. new york city bodega worker charged with murder is now off the hook after fending him off in his store. hi, alexis. the nation has been closely watching and waiting for the decision. manhattan d.a. office says after reviewing the surveillance video and interviewing witnesses and the people who called 911 they will not present the case to a grand jury. in the motion filed here, the manhattan d.a. office says the people have determined we cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not justified in his use of deadly physical force. this case, we had an innocent, hard working new yorker that was doing his job and someone was extremely aggressive towards him and i believe after the d.a. review, made the right decision. that was mayor eric adams commen
convoluted the entire republican message. i just don t think it s not good for the for governor desantis. i don t think it s good for the republican party. this does not help the team and i just want the team to be able to win. when he took on disney. there was a symbolic motion to that. but now this is kind of going at it for tat right because it s not going as as he had planned and so my messages, let s focus on if you want to be the president. let s focus on issues that affect this country. back to that a bit later, but up first, it is 12 01 here on the east coast meeting. we are one minute past and all important deadlines for the biden justice department, an abortion pill drugmaker, an anti abortion doctors to turn in their homework to the supreme court. today s deadline is in a critical case about abortion access, specifically whether the drug mifepristone can still be prescribed. if so, up to what week of pregnancy and whether it can be ordered through the mail . let s get straig