friday, calling smith a fascist tyrant, maniac and other derogatory names even calling bill barr a gutless tig. if even half is true, then he s toast. he s not a victim here. he was totally wrong. this as most of the 2024 republicans and trump senate allies fell into line behind the former president despite the implications for national security. he did not commit espionage. he s not a spy. he s overcharged. and joining us today, democratic virginia congresswoman and former cia officer, abigail spanburger. former nato commander and michael beschloss. meanwhile, russia has arrested another american, accusing michael travis leak on charges of drug dealing. accusations he denies. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. a defiant former president trump on the attack against his accusers before heading to court tomorrow if his schedule holds. first, he needs to name a new florida attorney. at the arraignment, he s supposed to hear the charges against him, have his f
including a military plan of attack against an unnamed countrlatacky. trump is accused of directing an aide to move documents out of directina storage before an fbi subpoena. the doj also claiming trump suggested to his lawyer that they should hide or destroy the documentdestroy s. d the former president will appear in federal court tuesday in miami and is proclaiming his innocence. and we have tremendousat was support. h but that was a hoax and a scam.a and nox a scw doing it again, i. just a continuation. seven years time, an innocent man. i did nothing wrong and wee have will fight this out just like we ve been fighting for seven years. it would be wonderfun fighti l if we could devote our full time a again. ecial c special counsel jack smith breaking his silencecosmit but t taking questions on why he decided to indict trump ands com our nation s commitment to the rule of laitw sets an example f. the world we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to
on november 5th, 2024, we re goinweg to r stand up to the cot political establishment. we re going to evict a totallyta corrupt president named joean biden from the white house. [cheers and d applause] and we re going to finish the job that we so success any started successfully started. maria: coming up, the legalme merits of this indictment with former acting attorney generalal matthew whitaker and harvard law professor emeritus alan dershowitz. plus, trump indicted after seven months of the special counselp investigation while thine feds t on a hunter biden investigation now going into its sixth year. former director of nationaler intelligence john ratcliffe on the two different applications of the law as ccp continues soft espionage attacks on america. and the bideatn administration i forced tsto quietly admit that communist china does, indeed, have a spy, in base in cuba to surveil america while vehemently denying the wall street journal s report earlier this week.
i need the mirror. with their father at the site, they arrive on the tarmac. greeted by those who led the brave operation calling the children the bravest one. small testimonies to the power of survival and hope. marissa power, and d.c. news. remember they were living off of what they can find in the forest, yasmin, there in the hospital they will be there for several weeks because it will take time for them to get back to where they were before 40 days ago. but remember the most important part here is that they re healthy and alive. wow, wow, wow. amazing, thank you. we ve got a lot more coming up folks are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hey everyone i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining us welcome and if you re sticking with us we re thankful for that. 48 hours from now i m gonna be on the ground in miami as the former president is scheduled to be arraigned on charges related to the classified documents case. this hour all speak to form
bathroom. president trump is accused of showing people without security clearances an attack plan prepared for him by the defense department and a map related to the military operation. now, trump calls the charges against him the box hoax, and a continuation of the witch hunt against him. he also told fox news digital that he believes the timing is meant to the distract from the reporting that president joe biden allegedly received $5 million there a ukrainian gas company from a ukrainian gas plane executive. here s a breakdown of the charges, willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents, making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. here s special counsel jack smith. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to to everyone. the defendants in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable do you want in a court of law. in a court of law. reporter: and trump criticized s