ask not what your country ca do for you mr. gorbachev teared down this wall states criminal indictment of former president of the united states good evening and thank you for being with us here tonight i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york along with lawrence o donnel and joy reid, and nicole wallace, and chris hayes we are going to be joined by more of our closest colleagues over the course of this evenin tonight, as part of the specia coverage we know that you have ever choice in the world tonight as to where to get your news abou this historic event. that makes us all the more grateful that you are here together with us tonight. so, here is how it works just got the transcripts we know exactly how it went. the clerk. calendar number one, indictmen 71543 of 2023, people of the state of new york versus donal j trump. appearances. prosecutor, christophe conwright for the people, your honor. and judge, with me are kathryn mccaw, matthew cullen julio, steve
tonight on the reidout my goal, this is not revenge. what this is is account ability. i don t want to see anyone including donald trump indicted, incarcerated simply because i fundamentally disagree with them this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deed michael cohen testified before a grand jury. and with the walls seeming to be closing in, trump is once again calling for an investigation of the investigation. also tonight, president biden reassures americans that their money is safe in the bank, after two recent bank failures and we ll look at the role trump era deregulation played in the financial havoc in silicon valley we begin tonight with mike pence. a former vice president who quite possibly is most famous for his tongue biting silence. but believe it or not, mike pence used to talk for a living. seriously, he was a right-wing talk radio host in the 90s, true story meaning it was once his job to say what he thought.
to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
a lot of people are frustrated and scared. it s scary for the world, i guess. i anticipate there will be a lot of moving money to the bigger banks. neil: unbelievable. believe it. fox on top of it. a banking mess in the making and still messy. three banks have technically collapsed this month. actually in just the past week. so far fears of a contagion are not taking held. here s what we know. customers are nervous, make that very nervous. officials aren t helping matters in when they say don t worry. we ve got this. do they? we ve got you covered with kelly o grady outside silicon valley bank branch where customers have been lining up. peter doocy in san diego where the president is trying to tamp fears down. peter, what are traders watching? none other than carl icahn on where this crisis could be heading. welcome. i m neil cavuto. so much happening today in real time fast time market conditions. let s go right now to kelly in los angeles with the very latest from the