counts of falsifying business records. we are expecting to hear from president trump later tonight. bryan llenas is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan to break down the charges. bryan? jesse, good evening. former president trump charger 34 felony counts of falsifying business records here in the state of new york. just moments ago, but a couple hours ago, the district attorney of manhattan alvin bragg laid out his case. listen. donald trump was arraigned on a new york supreme court indictment, returned by a manhattan grand jury, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. so, d.a. bragg is charging former president trump with 34 felony counts, that is a felony count for every single falsified business record that they have in evidence, apparently. now, as he mentioned,
obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
manhattans, he will face a 34-count indictment related to hush-money payment made in the run-up to the election, jen psaki says democrats might want to consider restraint. where does that leave democrats? what should they be doing about the indictment news? let me start with what i don t think you should be doing. as much as you may want to, now is not lock them up t-shirts and mugs, that is what trump and his supporters would do. now is not the time to celebrate, brag, predict outcome of the legal cases. if you can, i would put your head down and stay out ever it for now. greg: moderate democrats have doubts about the case. it is a very, very sad day for america, very sad day, especially when people believe the rule of law or justice is not working the way it is supposed to and biassed, we can t have that. no one should be above the law. no one should be a target of the law. it will lead to political theater. greg: grab your bucket and mop, the media is wetting their p
now they want to take the abortion fight to the states. pro-life supporters across the country descended on the nation s capitol 50th annual march for life and since roe v. wade was overturned. the dobbs decision brought abortion back to the state level where many think the next fight begins. we got to get to the state levels now. right? that s the the emphasis. that s why we are going in front of the capital is to show at each state level this is not over. it s only the beginning. currently 13 states have a complete abortion ban. five have partial bans. six states are in limbo pending current litigation. abortion is legal in the remaining states. new house majority leader steve scalise says despite the supreme court s ruling the issue is far from settled. the court didn t get rid of abortion. they just allowed this debate to continue with elected leaders instead of judges. the new republican majority in the house wasted little time passing pro-life legislation.
they close. president biden and vice president harris are with several candidates tonight in maryland for a rally to begin in about an hour. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in maryland tonight with the latest. good evening, jacqui. [cheers] good evening, bret. president biden is making his final midterm push in safe democratic territory after rallying his base in a pair of virtual dnc receptions. conveying optimism about democrats chances but warning as he has before that fundamental rights and freedoms are in jeopardy if maga republicans win. the final midterm message from the white house returns to top voter issues. independent economists are warning that republicans in congress want to worsen inflation. but only after the president, his democratic predecessor and democratic surrogate spent the weekend barn storming the country with fire and brimstone warning about what is at stake. president obama in arizona. if you have election deniers serving