investigating the stormy daniels payout and, how the realities a post-roe america are forcing private companies to take side in the battle over the bodil autonomy of half the populatio of this country and the stor of one company, that shows the wrong side then, the velshi banned book -able come to order with the celebrating of a young adult author, meg cabin. she is most famous for writing the princess diaries but she is widely known an appreciated for her funny, readable, women first stories. including today s feature, ready or not which addresses consenting sex among teenagers without ever resorting to shame or beer velshi, starts now and, good morning. it is saturday march 11th, i m ali velshi we begin this morning with the ongoing global ramifications a the trump presidency and the retribution he is vowing against those he views a personal enemies for challenging him, opposing him, or trying to hold him to account. during his second year a president, donald trum fulfilled
we report with breaking news i california and the deadl weather situation unfoldin there. another atmospheric river is slamming the state, bringing millions under flood alerts. several roads washed away, communities cut off an evacuations ordered. that threat is not over, mor rain is expected this weeken and northern california, eve more snow in fact in the sierra s let s go to nbc steve patterson, he is joining us from sanger california that is in the central part of the state. steve, welcome and what it s like there yes the central part of the state is taken a lot of this water, take a look at this community here one of the communities tha really sort of dodged a bullet here alex, take a look here th river running through rushin water, all of this though was part of that river yesterday this entire communit waterlogged water coming ove this bridge. we just saw workers plot a massive log from the strea here it was clogging things up and they worked to shore thi up but it c
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p
us about possible criminal charges in the stormy daniel hushed money case. we break it down the former lead prosecutor - congressman joe laufman join me today she has something to say about the falsely january 6th narrative that took tucker carlson is pushing with some help from hous speaker kevin mccarthy and later, the battle for 2024 is already starting to tak shape. florida governor ron desanti isn t a candidate yet. but it sure sounds like on this week. so called anti woke agenda b enough to beat donald trump? plus we are recognizing women history month with our serie celebrating her story. today s one-on-one with th groundbreaking actress and singer songwriter angelica ross you are watching symone and we have a lot to talk about this weekend, donald trump i likely meeting with his lega team to strategize after new developments in on of the many investigations focusing on the former president. it is fueling question throughout the legal world about whether trump could b
social media claiming that evidence - even directed supporters to again with no evidence manhattan da alvin bragg has not commented on his socia media post publicly. nbc news learned that bragg se an internal email to his staff saying that intimidation wil not be tolerated nbc news has also learned hi former legal adviser to michae cohen will testify before th grand jury at behest of trump legal team the lawyer, bob costello, is expected to testify tomorrow this afternoon, in an exclusiv interview with msnbc, michae cohen confirmed that he will also be back at the da s offic tomorrow and casey is needed a a rebuttal witness this is not about a vendett or about my book revenge this is about donald trump being held accountable for his own dirty deeds, plain and simple i don t want to see anyone, an that includes donald trump indicted, prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated because i fundamentally, or the country, fundamentally disagrees with s much that comes out of his mouth