captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight straight from the source, the supreme court agrees to take on one of the biggest cases in american history, whether donald trump can be kicked off the ballot in colorado just ten days before the first votes of the 2024 election are cast. plus president biden condemning donald trump, while marking the third anniversary of january 6th, arguing that people died because of trump s lies and so could democracy, as he ramps up his re-election fight. also the longtime leader of the nra resigning on the eve of his corruption trial. what wayne lapierre s exit could mean for the fight over guns in america. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. with what is being called extraordinary speed, the supreme court has now agreed to decide the unprecedented question, can donald trump be barred from holding office again? it is not hype bole to say tonight that this case could alter the 2024 election, and it may not be the last case the s
chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we re about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. reading the indictment, nicolle, i was struck by the simplicity of it structurally. this is not a case where we need to wait for somebody to flip. there s no allen weisselberg character out here who we need to find out how much they re going to tell prosecutors. there s no opaque question of intent that we need to wait to see if prosecutors have some access to. there s no, you know, contingent second crime that elevates these things to a more serious thing. all things that we ve seen in other serious cases involving trump and his business. in this case this is straightforward. what they re laying out, it s an accusation. it is not a conviction. what they re accusing him of is that he was not allowed to have this stuf
people. this is now the second indictment that trump is facing since he went in office after manhattan prosecutors charged with 34 felony counts earlier this year over alleged hush money payments. and a post on his truth announcing the indictment, trump wrote the correct biden administration has informed by attorneys that i ve been indicted. i am an innocent man. tonight, trump posted a formative video repeatedly claiming that investigation is a hoax. politically motivated. they can t stop because its election interference at the highest level there is never been anything like what has happened, they figured that the way that they would stop us is by using what is called that s what this is. it s wolf warfare for the law. it s called election interference. they re trying to destroy the reputation. and they can try to win the election. joining us now is msnbc colleagues, ari melber and lawrence o donnell, also with us is laura jarrett, nbc news senior legal corresponde
to the teflon don. josh marshall hugo lowell and andrew weissmann. appreciate it. that s all in alex on this thursday night. wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. chris, what a thursday. accountability, i think that is the phrase of the day. accountability. yes. again, lots of things it seemed here to for unthinkable, becoming think-able as the other theme of the last few years. in some, ways unthinkable to donald trump. as much as he knew this was coming, now that it s happened, he s in a different league. he has made history, not the kind of history that i think you want to make. thank, you my friend, as always. you bet. thank you to you at home for joining us this evening. nbc news can now report that former president donald trump has been indicted in the special counsel s investigation into his alleged mishandling of classified documents. the indictment was filed in federal district court in miami. trump has been summoned to appear in federal
has the answer to a horrible question, which is what do you do if you are a member of the u.s. senate in washington, and your kids are suddenly in lockdown at their schools in atlanta? that actually happened to him. he s going to tell that story during this hour. it is a horrifying scenario to be a part of, and we are glad that no harm came to those children. i can t wait to hear him recanted for you, lawrence. thanks, alex. have a good show. how many white house chief of staff have to go to prison to convince future white house chief of staff that they are not above the law? you would think that the answer is one, and that happens to be exactly the number of white house chief of staff to have come to prison for committing crimes in the white house. and no white house chief of staff sits them has ever been the focus of a criminal investigation again, until now. until donald trump s last white house chief of staff mark meadows, who has already done more damaged to dona