and subway choking victim jordan neely s family calling the indictment of daniel penny, quote, the right result for the wrong he committed. what nbc news has learned about the charge he ll be facing coming up. but we ll start with new reporting that former president donald trump had multiple opportunities to resolve the standoff over classified documents amicably but opted out every time. according to the washington post trump time and time again rejected the advice of lawyers and advisers who urged him to cooperate and repeatedly refused to give documents back, even when some of his longest-serving advisers warned of peril and some flew to mar-a-lago to beg him to return them. other advisers told the post that the fact that the fbi and national archives wanted the documents so badly made trump even less inclined to give them back. now the former president s lifelong penchant for digging in and doubling down isn t just putting hmm at legal risk, it s drawing republicans
obstruction, conspiracy, lying and espionage. what happens now? when it comes to republicans in congress, this time it is not so certain. a lot of them are split. some are willing to stick by donald trump, like senator eric schmidt of missouri who said that the charges are, quote, unequal application of the law. nor senator john barrasso of wyoming who said, quote, it feels political, it s rotten. others are being a little more cautious. after all, these are espionage charges. there s, quote, no way to defend the allegations said rep don bacon of nebraska. i would not feel comfortable with a convicted felon in the white house, said a rep from colorado. there isn t a clear ideological common denominator within this split. we re going to explore why that is. what is clear, and maybe this is part of the reasoning for some is that this indictment might not be the only criminal trouble that former president trump could be in. there are two more investigations related to overturnin
mitchell reports, the attorney general speaks out. merrick garland breaking his silence for first time since donald trump was indicted. not discussing the case, of course, but strongly defending special prosecutor jack smith against trump s constant attacks. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. we have what trump s republican challengers are saying today. the latest polls since the indictment on how this is all affecting the former president s support from gop voters. an nbc news exclusive. what ukraine s president zelenskyy told nbc s richard engel about the counteroffensive and allegations ukraine is involved in cross-border attacks against russia. translator: the actions, i would say, it s generally positive. but it s difficult. cutting out the junk. the president expected to get a major commitment today from big business about ending all those unfair surprise fees that impa
okay. this one s going on the mantle. sandra: horrifying case in pennsylvania sparking a legal debate. 35-year-old woman charged with pushing her ex-boyfriend, an army veteran, to suicide. john: allegedly harassed him with a series of whatsapp messages and videos, destroying his things, talking about her new partner and threatening to keep him from ever seeing his daughter again. sandra: may remind you of michelle carter, 17 years old when she was charged with pushing her boyfriend to take his own life. carter eventually went to prison. will the same thing happen this time? welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. john: john roberts, good to be with you again. no debate the messages are heinous, the big question is, are they criminal? our legal panel will be here to debate it. we will kick things off with this fox news alert. sandra: a gruesome scandal unfolding at one of the country s top medical sc
mike: good evening, welcome to washington. i m mike emanuel in for bret baier border crossing set another record. highly total ever recorded for december. with the new year combings new laws. we will tell you where minimum wage is up and which states are implementing new gun restrictions and bret baier takes a look at the rise of internet use and data centers have increasing number of those facilities are impacting the electric grid. but, first, breaking tonight, president joe biden says his favorite memory of the year is bringing jobs back to the u.s. he also says the country is in a better position to lead the world than any other nation. the president s new year s message comes amid low approval numbers u.s. handling of the war in israel and the crisis at our southern border. the first family scheduled to return tomorrow to washington after a week long caribbean vacation. lucas tomlinson is travel with the president and reports from st. croix. good evening, lucas. mike