hello and thank you for joining us. it is 10 a.m. eastern. i m ana cabrera with jose diaz vallart. special breaking news coverage today. for a man with a lengthy and varied history of high stakes court battles, this will be a legal saga unlike anything donald trump has encountered before. the former president has now been federally indicted on seven criminal charges related to his handling of classified documents. nbc news has confirmed one of the charges is related to the espionage act. all eyes now turn to tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern, the day before the former president s 77th birthday when we expect trump to appear in court in miami and unless information is released beforehand, that s also when we expect to get the full detailed list of charges from the special counsel s team. for his part, trump has denied any wrongdoing. they can t stop because it s election interference at the highest level. there s never been anything like what s happened. i m an innocent man. i m a
causing prices to soar in the u.s. and food crisis around the world as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court
again. i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann. you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court battles. they have until noon, tomorrow, to file their response to the doj s appeal of the judges decision to temporarily block investig
major victory. we expect one of our first vote on later on this afternoon will get it started. and then it is really in the hands of the republicans. they can offer as many events as they want, and they can talk pretty much over the next 20 hours or they want to. so if they can keep the clock moving, at the end of the day, if we keep our 15 votes together we can be able to pass this bill. also, breaking at this hour, president biden has tested negative for covid today. the president s physician announcing those results moments ago. and just ahead, we will go live to the white house on how this affects the presidents plans moving forward. meanwhile, indiana s past the state of the first state to pass abortions after roe v. wade is overturned. governor erin hoeven signing a total ban on the procedure after lawmakers approved. it senators on both sides of the aisle are getting reaction as the laws set to take effect september 15th. these kinds of decisions are never made i
hello and thank you for joining us. it is 10 a.m. eastern. i m ana cabrera with jose diaz vallart. special breaking news coverage today. for a man with a lengthy and varied history of high stakes court battles, this will be a legal saga unlike anything donald trump has encountered before. the former president has now been federally indicted on seven criminal charges related to his handling of classified documents. nbc news has confirmed one of the charges is related to the espionage act. all eyes now turn to tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern, the day before the former president s 77th birthday when we expect trump to appear in court in miami and unless information is released beforehand, that s also when we expect to get the full detailed list of charges from the special counsel s team. for his part, trump has denied any wrongdoing. they can t stop because it s