caught on tape, donald trump s right-hand man, walt nauta seen in surveillance video, according to the justice department. the boxes full of classified documents prosecutors say he moved and hid on trump s property before the fbi arrived. this hour, 2024 trump challenger chris christie is here with his reaction to the latest trouble trump might be in. a raid in russia. the kremlin sending in their officers to sniff out yevgeny prigozhin, guns, cash, gold, wigs found when the world thought he was hiding in belarus. and federal charges for the man who had weapons outside of barack obama s home. see the letter that gave him the obamas home address. we start today with the law and justice lead. the unprecedented criminal charges against the former president for allegedly mishandles classified documents and today s not guilty plea from the aid accused of helping trump hide those documents from the government. walt nauta appeared in a miami courtroom today after his first two
on a u.s. base in jordan that killed three service members and injured dozens. here s what we know about the attack. you can see it in the middle of your screen, it was a logistics place where army and air force personnel are deployed as part of the effort to prevent the resurgence of isis. the pentagon reporting in the last hour all three killed were members of the army reserve. they are 46-year-old sergeant william jerome river, specialist kennedy l. sanders, 4 years old from georgia and 23-year-old specialist breonna moffett also from georgia. a drone struck the living quarters of the base where some of the troops were sleeping. eight of the injured had to be evacuated out of jordan because of the severity of their injuries. that s according to u.s. central command. an umbrella group of iranian-backed militias has claimed responsibility and brand-new reporting on what went wrong. the new york times reports air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a u.s. military ou
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
special counsel jack smith is looking for in the classified documents probe. as with the $5 million defamation and sexual abuse judgment against donald trump, his own words are once again being used against him in a court of law. this time we re of course talking about that stunning february 2021 audio recording. donald trump bragging about a secret document with plans to attack iran at bedminster. to a writer working on a book, the discovery of that recording according to report from the wall street journal we discussed on this program last week, we know was a watershed moment that helped spur doj into pursuing a criminal case against the ex-president. days after his indictment on 37 felony counts, the ex-president claimed this. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things, and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declas
still in des moines tonight. we re going to go straight to new hampshire where there is big news vivek ramaswamy and president trump. let it happen. we can not let it continue. we re going down and we can not let it continue. last night, i was honored to receive the endorsement of a man who has become a true leader and earned the admiration of so many patriots. i have been a friend of his, even though we were competing against each other. but i was a friend of his and we got along and he was saying he is a great president. i kept saying why is he running? he keeps calling me a great president. [laughter] he is a fantastic guy. very smart guy. he has some tremendous ideas and is he young and got some young ideas, too. that s a good thing. so he has a big, beautiful, bright future ahead. vivek ramaswamy. [cheers] [cheers and applause] let s do, this guys. good to see you. it s good to be back to new hampshire. we miss you guys. we re going to make this happen and you guys