And defended the words he used to explain that decision in the report he sent to merrick garland, the attorney general. I said President Biden was old and he had a poor memory because thats what i saw when i interviewed him, hur keeps on saying. Anticipating that testimony, the white house released a transcript of that interview between President Biden and Special Counsel hur hoping to refute those findings. So lets get into it. Find out exactly what that transcript says. Also what democrats and republicans got out of todays testimony. Joining us now, nbc News White House correspondent, mike memoli and lisa rubin. First off to you, mike. You read the whole transcript. I tried to get you on the show yesterday, you couldnt come on. You said you were doing Something Special in secret. Now we know what it was. You were reading the transcript. Does it line up with the way hur described the interview . Certainly in the mind of democrats, no. Thats part of what the reaction was and what we sa
Special counsel jack smith against donald trump. In an interview with cnn, maralago employee brian butler painting a painting a very specific picture of trumps inner circle, and how it operated more like a mafia family than anything else. With loyalty prized above everything. A world where fealty to the boss led to criminal exposure. Now, nbc news has not independently confirmed butlers identity as trump employee number 5 and he declined nbcs request for comment. In his interview last night, butler says he helped trumps codefendants, walt nowta and carlos move those boxes containing some of our nations most Sensitive National security secrets. Watch. He followed me. He pulled out, got behind me, got to the airport, i ended up loading all the luggage i had and he had a bunch of boxes. You noticed that he had boxes. Oh, yeah, they were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. Thats what i remember. Did you have any idea at the time that there was potentially u. S.
ask not what your country ca do for you mr. gorbachev teared down this wall states criminal indictment of former president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace, and chris hayes we are going to be joined by more of our closest colleagues over the course of this evenin tonight, as part of the specia coverage we know that you have ever choice in the world tonight as to where to get your news abou this historic event. that makes us all the more grateful that you are here together with us tonight. so, here is how it works just got the transcripts we know exactly how it went. the clerk. calendar number one, indictmen 71543 of 2023, people of the state of new york versus donal j trump. appearances. prosecutor, christophe conwright for the people, your honor. and judge, with me are kathryn mccaw, matthew cullen julio, steve
happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
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