also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
live, and blame thes developments, news developments, on so-called leaks from la enforcement. all the leaks come from th trump side all the leaks. and so, and the other part o it is, this is a candidate whose rally sizes have bee very disappointing and nothing like what he had before when h was in his first run o president and in a second ru for president for that matter. and so, this is the most desperate attempt in history for an american politician, to increase the size of his rally audiences. this thing is completely out o his control, and i think that why he tries to make it look like something that he s controlling by announcing it first. well, lawrence, and to your point about his rally sizes, you know, in this particular post on truth social, he i asking for his followers t