plus, an update on the other investigations he s facing and were economic for 2024 then, an arrest warrant good evening, i am alici menendez in for stephani ruhle. we may be days away, but we re finding out whether donald trump will be indicted by grand jury in manhattan. tonight, nbc news has learne exclusively that local state and federal law enforcement is preparing for a possible indictment as early as nex week five senior officials to nbc that they ve conducted preliminary security assessments and assess the potential security plan. here is more no charges have bee announced, but behind th scenes, officials are focusing on how to secure the are around the criminal cour building in norman and for wha could be an unprecedente moment, a former president i court arranged before a judge. nbc news reached out to all of the agencies involved, all hav declined to comment. the crux of the grand jury investigation, it 130,00 dollar payment that cohen made to stormy daniels bef
russians they are tying down russia units. again, ukrainians are preparin this offensive so they want to have the russian in it s tie down and bent out. it has been devastating for th russian military and the wagne group right there in bakhmut this allows the ukrainians tim to put those weapons togethe to go into this offensive th spring or summer ambassador william taylor as always, thank you for spending time with us. coming up, ahead of 2024, much of the gop field is dark, even apocalyptic the. a terrific panel weighs in o how that might sway th republican base when the 11t hour continues
identity he sent a six-week abortio ban. what other things are put it o in the midterms in nevada, arizona, in states where w will be critical to democrat voting on to the senate is tha i heard from voters who migh defined himself as being a political. they certainly were not hear partisans, and they would just say that it s all going too far, it s too extreme and that s th thing that is turning me off when you see desantis talkin about a six-week abortion ban, a ban before most even kno they re pregnant, i wonder i that person potentially even i a primary, much less the general? you know what, there is a irony here, alicia donald trump is certainl obsessed with ronald desantis. i think the opposite is also true ron desantis is trying so hard to out-trump donald trump that he is making a number of critical mistakes. i don t even know if they will help them when a republica
primary because you can t beat donald trump by beating some cheap imitation of donald trum are following donald trump you have to distinguis yourself sure, you can talk about how you might agree with him o some things, but you can t jus lock down the path of donald trump and expect that people are going to say, we choose yo instead. desantis, a lot of people sa that he s doing is to win th primary, i don t know if tha is going to work he has to be his own man every politician has to have their own brand, their own identity you re not going to win a race by being a copycat victoria, i was particularl struck that he got into th donald trump lane on ukraine that seemed like an opportunit to disfranchised him self. your reaction to desantis moves in florida, which he i calling a bastion of freedom he s going to point to flora and say this is a succes story. how will that go over and th rest of the country? i think around desantis
motivate some voters they don t motivate the type of voters to actually decide elections. republicans from ron desanti did nikki haley and everyone i between are falling into thi trap again they are following donald trump, even when they re runnin against him. it is a poor strategy, a strategy that is doomed to fail, and there is a land for someon to come in and say, you know what, we will inspire th american people. we will talk about what we r for. we re not going to rely on fea and anger. we buy talk about what w disagree with democrats on, bu we will also talk about ne ideas and ways to bring th country together there is a lane for that i don t know if everybody as decorated nurse or courage i don t know what to call it anymore to take that leap. i think courage is a pretty good word. i m coming back to florida man on rather santa s. before i do, i want to ask vicky, you have donald trump