Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart along side my colleague ana cabrera. Breaking news in one of Donald Trumps legal cases. Moments ago, nbc news learned donald trump posted a bond of over 91 million in the e. Jean carroll case, just days before it was due on monday. Lets get right to msnbc legal analyst Glen Kirschner and our correspondent lisa rubin on the phone. Lisa, first, what do we know, what can you report . This morning, ana, alina habba, one of trumps lawyers, the lead lawyer in the e. Jean carroll case, filed a motion with the court to post a bond in the amount of 91 million and 630,000 as well. That represents the total amount that would be required to obtain a stay, pending appeal, in this case. The judgment as you will recall was 83. 3 million, usually a defendant has to post more than 100 of that to obtain the 630 necessary to protect the person who won as the case goes through appeal. But at this point, what trump has done, by posti
rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbc s richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about what s happening on the ground there. reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, the head of ukrainian intelligence earlier today said the russian offensive appears to be of such low quality that some field commanders don t even know that it has begun, that there has been intense activity from the russian side around bakhmut where we have been reporting over the last couple of weeks, but that in other areas, the russians are running so low on ammunition on artillery shells they are now in an ammunition conservation mode. so, yes, they are still able to launch rockets at unde
President trump stands before both houses of the us congress to make the biggest speech since his inauguration. Its not officially a state of the Union Address you have to be a year in office for that, but it will be like one. The theme we are told is the renewal of the american spirit and it will be wide ranging lots of policy, including healthcare, all infused with a good deal of trump optimism. Its a chance for the president to set out his stall, and to do so his way. Itll be interesting to see if he uses the speech to unify because his five plus weeks in office mark him as one of the most divisive president s anyone can remember. Just today, he was on Fox And Friends blaming president obama for lea ks and protests. I think president obamas behind it, because his people are certainly behind it, and some of the leaks possibly come from that group. You know, some of the leaks, which are very serious leaks, because theyre very bad in terms of National Security. But i also understand th
Told that National Security adviser Michael Flynn was susceptible to blackmail by russia. That warning was issued by acting Attorney General sally yates, who told White House Counsel Don Mcgahn that flynn was vulnerable because he misled the Vice President and others about the nature of his conversation with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. Despite her warning, President Trump chose to keep flynn on the job as top National Security post for 18 more days, according to the report. Muellers goal in part is to determine whether there was a deliberate effort to cover up the information that yates had provided the white house. As nbc reports, multiple sources say that during interviews, muellers investigators have asked witnesses, including White House Counsel Don Mcgahn himself and others who have worked in the west wing to go through each day that flynn remained as National Security adviser and describe in detail what they knew was happening inside the white house as it related to
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imminent. i m a lawyer. i went to law school. there s scrambling. you heard the no comment, i m sure behind the scenes, those weren t the words. i m sure exasperated that emily kohrs went on and said these things. still, she is not breaking the law. she s not following the judge s orders. she s not breaking the law, but the headlines, i think, are what she revealed. she s not much of a poker player and let us know what s coming at least in the special report. was there anything in the numbers that surprised you? i mean, maybe more than a dozen indictments. i suppose we could have guessed that there would be some recognizable faces, there are so many recognizable faces, but i wonder just in general what you make of that? so i had surmised, based on not much, we were talking about something like that because remember, we have on the one hand, all the trump stuff, including the witnesses she just talked about, and they re the big headline items. meadows, giuliani, but there s