ballot bombshell. the special counsel argues that former president trump does not have immunity. mr. trump was engaged in that insurrection. would the supreme court buy that argument. former january 6th committee member jamie raskin is here, and closing in. two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, american epidemic. this holiday season, there s a new public health crisis, isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023, and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we are 15 days from the iowa caucuses, closing out a seismic week in an already extraordinary republican primary. in a new filing last n
this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime here in
his investigation. i cannot assure this committee we are not currently funding the taliban. we should literally be funding the next strike on the united states. the walls are closing in. potential breakthrough on the hunter biden investigation. irs whistleblower says he has evidence that the biden administration interfered with the criminal investigation into the president s son. he has the receipts. it s not going to be in doubt. strikes. ohtani hits a high fly ball to center. aaron judge all the way back to the wall. that ball is caught. caught by john. he robs ohtani of a home run. she don t know i got some big, big plans. build a house on hand me down land find a little. steve: good morning, new orleans, this is your 6:00 a.m. central time wake-up call. right now you have got 66 degrees. you are going for 80 today as you can see some people heading off to work. this is the 20th day of the fourth month. that s right it is 4:20 day. 4/20 nickname for mar
out predicted that his indictment and possible arrest could come as soon as tomorrow. and while that could still happen, there are experts out there that think the indictment could come much later thank that , later this week or perhaps next week. some on capitol hill committee chairs are now requesting as yo said, testimony from your da alvin bragg. there is a letter i can tell yo about that reads this way, your actions roll that back, guy so can take a look at that. you can see that there. a couple of other committee chairs, you in the evenhanded application of justice and unalterably interfere in the course of 2024 residential election. those are the chairs of the house judiciary oversight and administration committee, that is the letter today. tonight, sources are telling fo news that law enforcement officials behind closed doors today to assess the possible logistics of arranging the former president. president trump accused his successor of wanting to pretend he has not