christian dog ran, nbc news. teamwork making the dream work. and on that note, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. it s really good to have you here. before he became the editor of the most important english language magazine and the world, david remnick was a moscow correspondent for the washington post. he in fact won the pulitzer prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time russia fell apart at the end of the soviet union. david remnick is gonna be here joining us live in just a few minutes, as we all try to make sense of this latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering, after 23 years consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. again, david remnick will be joining us live on that story in just a moment. we a
the west coast, 3 am in the, east i m ali velshi you re watching msnbc s indictment of donald trump, in just a few, hours americans will be waking up to this front page for th new york times, the head lin reads quote, the first e president to face criminal charges. trump indictment going acros the top manner on thursday, an unprecedente move and grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president donald trump, part o manhattan district attorne alvin bragg s investigatio into a hush money payment, mad to the adult film star storm daniels back in 2016 as of right, now we do not kno what specific crime or crime the vice president s bee charged with, but we shoul know more on tuesday, when i going to one of trump s lawyers, he s expected to be arraigned. and we do know that alvin bragg, i ve been focusing on a felony charge of falsifying busines records which carries a maximu prison sentence of four year we will forget the possibl prison sentence, here s what w can come e
sensitive documents. so it doesn t matter that they were there. he said, quote, everything was declassified. so far, that argument has been noticeably absent for many decoration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, and a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. for the more, then system that actually, these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump s team is saying, don t trust the doj, because who knows of these papers are really classified. over and over again. the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, are afford to buy trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply ordered filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and jud
one of trump s loudest defenses following the has been a chest pounding declaration that he it doesn t matter that they wound up there. he said that, quote, everything was declassified. but so far, that argument has been noticeably absent from any declaration by trump s lawyers in court. this morning, in a legal filing, trump s attorneys once again failed to say that trump declassified any documents. furthermore, they are insisting that actually these documents might not in fact be classified to begin with. essentially, trump s team is saying, don t trust the doj, because who knows if these papers are really classified. over and over again in their 40 page filing the 100 classified documents identified by the doj, the justice department, or referred to by trump s legal team as, quote, purportedly classified. yes, that s classified in quotes. a little over two hours after that sharply worded filing, trump s attorneys in the justice department appeared in federal court in b
court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and judge raymond dearie. gary is a senior judge in the eastern district of new york.eis brooklyn is his turf. two hours after trump s team cast out on the government s assertion that these documents are classified, again, ca reportedly classified, with air quotes.encl yes, like this very clearly marked documents you see right now on your screen. reportedly classified. the special master, again, and pick by trump, especially says, i m inclined to think they are indeed classified. before i read this quote, quick classical lesson here. you should know that prima flashy evidence means on the hy face of it. here is judge jerry on these documents, speaking to trump s attorneys. the government, of course, once the classified documents off thh table for the moment at least. and i understand that. we re dealing with presumably highly sensitive information. if i m going t