lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticizing it as well. we re going to break down what donald trump s options are now that two states have determined he s not eligible to run. and what it all means for the election year, which is quickly approaching. and more developments on this front. hours after last night s decision in maine, bellows counterpart in california announced trump would remain on the balin that state. i ll be joined by colorado s secretary of state in a moment to talk about where things stand with the supreme court, plus the latest request for the justices to speed up their review of the decision to keep trump off the ballot. we have a whole lot to cover. so let s start with the reporting. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, author of sedition hunters, now january 6th broke the justice system. so ryan, walk us through what happened in maine. unlike colorado, its state supreme court ruled this decision unilaterally was made by the sta
attorney in the investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. he wrote in all caps, the tar and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. his legal team has been p preparing behind the scenes. trump is expected to present himself in manhattan following the formal charges and has expressed interest in making a speech afterwards. a source familiar with the situation says a trump has complained privately he believes he s only going to be indicted because he thinks that bragg, quote, hates him. some of his advisers urged him not to call for pros tests concerned about the ics of a mas protest growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment.
for protests, sender about the optics of a mass protest in the streets of manhattan growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment. we ll bring you more on this story as details become available. now to the guns of war. this week came several significant and troubling developments with regard to the war in ukraine. the latest the news that next week chinese president xi jingping will travel to russia to meet with vladimir putin. a putin adviser told russian state media they plan to discuss the war in ukraine and will sign documents attesting to closer ties. china refused to condemn russia s invasion or even call it such, instead echoing the kremlin s stance of blaming it on nato. u.s. officials are monitoring the meetings as china considers sending weapons to russia and are working to get xi
shawn. the executive rails visit as a people living in the crash site say they are frustrated both the state and federal response for their also blaming a railroad for this disaster. this is fema is sending a support team to the area after first denying ohio governor mike to winds at for a disaster declaration. eric is live the site with the very latest. actually where the meeting was. what do we know about fema s response and what they are doing today? the incident response team will be arriving here today that is a welcome news for folks here who have been asking for all of the help they can get in response to this disaster. here is the america east policy this morning on fox and friends. i guess they are finally showing up. i think it is a little late. i m glad they re coming but they should be here long before this. also in town as you mentioned ceo of the railway responsible for this disaster that is sent cancer-causing chemicals into the town s air, water, soil. o
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the coup to the doj. each of those are distinct developments. each stem from the ongoing if tardy accountability for the insurrection. fox news reeling from a record payout for insurrection and election lies which tucker carlson doubled down on which compounded his problems and the transfer of power we should note that this week the current president formally announced he is running for re-election in a video that discusses and shows what he says are the stakes. usually when the incumbent president an