types. the never-ending courtship of the far-right maga caucus. dan pfeiffer, claire mccaskill, thank you both for closing it out on this big, historic night of news. that does it for our show, we will see you again tomorrow. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. r good evening, alex. we re gonna continue covering what we re obviously gonna be covering for quite awhile. thank you, alex. i ll be watching. the criminal case of the united states of america, versus donald j trump, is underway tonight. in florida. where a sealed indictment has charged the former president the seven count indictment. the new york times is reporting tonight that the charges include willfully retaining national defense secrets and violations of the espionage act. making false statements, and an obstruction of justice conspiracy, according people familiar with the matter. donald trump has been ordered to surrender for arrest in processing an arraign
coup talks to the grand jury. he knows it s over. he knows he lost. but we are going to keep trying. there s some good options out there still. tonight, new reporting that mark meadows has testified on mar-a-lago and january 6th. plus recently departed trump attorney on the indictment watch for his former client. then, congressman daniel goldman, on another mega stump backfire. this is corruption on a stale we ve never seen in the history of our country. plus, did the saudi government essentially by american golf? what they are doing for the players is so great. the salaries are gonna go way up. outrage and allegations of sports washing, as the pga merges with liv golf. if you are someone who believes that morality shouldn t be in sports, maybe this is a great day for you. and did the republican primary finally find a candidate willing to campaign against the front runner? a lonely, self consumed, self serving mirror hague. it is not a leader. all in starts
january 6th, i issued a tweet demanding that people leave the capitol and end the violence. i said that those that failed to do that should be prosecuted to the fullest exat the present time of the law and i continue to believe that today. we cannot ever allow what happened on january 6th to happen again in the heart of our democracy. and i ll stand by the decisions and the due process of court in our laws. and i have no interest or no intention of pardoning those that assaulted police officers or vandalized our capital. they need to be answerable to the law. former vice president mike pence with one of the ways he is differentiating himself from his former boss. we ll have more from his campaign launch just ahead. it comes as the department of justice confirms what we all suspected. trump is the target of the classified documents investigation. we ll get expert analysis on what it means for an indictment moving forward. plus, one of the pga s top players blasts the organiz
alexandria hoff following it all and joins me here onset. alex. alex: senator jody ernst started and there s about 2,000 iowans and one thousand that come from the charity fundraisers and cattle calls some put it for gop hopefuls that want to connect and carve out their brand. i scare the dickens out of the radical left and joe biden. leadership is not about virtue, signaling or building a brand, leadership is ultimately about results. we have a battle to fight in 2024. let me fight that good fight for you. alex: well former vice president mike pence took a ride himself. who knew? gearing up for presidential announcement which will come on wednesday in iowa according to ap, same day as multiple results have north dakota governor doug bergum entering the race. former new hampshire governor chris christie will announce run on tuesday. here is pence talking about the week ahead. i have every confidence that voters in iowa and around the country will take time to think ha
we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going