we have done very well. sioux falls, thank you very much, sioux falls. so sioux city, how many people come from sioux city? how many people? not just the wrong city but also the wrong state. he says biden s losing it. that was trump on sunday, just hours before judge tanya chutkan reinstated the gag order in the federal election interference case. which he may have already violated. also tonight, my commentary on the violence in the middle east, and the questions we all should be asking. plus, the war s impact on politics here in the u.s. as republicans escalate their extreme rhetoric and president biden shows signs of political vulnerability, despite the good economic and labor news that just keeps rolling in. but we begin tonight with donald trump getting a taste of what he has long complained he s always wanted, the same treatment under the law as every other american citizen. it comes in the form of a reimposed gag order from judge chutkan overseeing his federal elect
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
their part. there s a good chance you, your families and friendses, will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day when we mark our independence as a nation and our independence from this virus. joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-anchor, kelly o donnell, yamiche alcindor, former deputy white house chief of staff to president obama, jim messina and former rnc chair, michael steele. welcome, all. kristen, let me start with you. if big primetime address last night after a major legislative win. now of course the challenge to make sure that americans understand why it is that they are receiving the help that they have. what s the plan going forward? reporter: that s right. now the president and vice president are going to be focused on selling this massive piece of legislation that just passed, $1.9 trillion covid relief and of course one of the cente
Congressman, the issues were all watching besides trump is issue of the confederate statues. 3 of 5 people in virginia including all races and genders were for keeping the statues the way they are, dont want changes, yet that was position of gillespie the republican. Position of the democratic candidate northam was get them all down. Thats how he started anyway. Says to me, voters said thats where i am on this issue, didnt vote on this issue. It was not the issue. But gillespie and trump. Gillespie didnt know who trump was in Northern Virginia but ran a Television Ad campaign that absolutely invoked worst of the trump campaign. Southerner . This time it didnt work. Catholic guy who grew up in new jersey running down there waving the flag of stonewall
a controversial president in byelection. Anybody with any problems with the government party, any problem they lay on you. Right . Absolutely right. You take all the hell with trumps name on it. And historically thats how virginia performs
Here. And the white house ought to explain why that wasnt followed here, but there is a good way to answer these questions and we will do our best to answer these questions but we will not lose sight of the russia investigation and we are going to keep focus on that. Yes . Has there been any uptick in attacks on your or your staffers computers or i. T. Networks since this investigation has been going on . Im not aware of anything like that. Thank withdrew veyou very much. Thank you. Okay. Steve kornacki in new york. That is adam schiff. Just finishing up u a Press Conference there on capitol hill. Adam schiff the ranking democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, of course, the House Intelligence Committee had been pursuing interference of the status of that committees investigation now some quwhat i question. Theres been all sorts of controversy about actions, about statements from the republican chairman, devin nunes, in that
statement you just heard there, that Press Conference,