counts of falsifying business records. we are expecting to hear from president trump later tonight. bryan llenas is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan to break down the charges. bryan? jesse, good evening. former president trump charger 34 felony counts of falsifying business records here in the state of new york. just moments ago, but a couple hours ago, the district attorney of manhattan alvin bragg laid out his case. listen. donald trump was arraigned on a new york supreme court indictment, returned by a manhattan grand jury, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. so, d.a. bragg is charging former president trump with 34 felony counts, that is a felony count for every single falsified business record that they have in evidence, apparently. now, as he mentioned,
plus, hunter biden is now fighting back and now calling for a criminal investigation into those sharing his personal information. and the lead prosecutors in memphis is considering additional charges in the beating death of tyre nichols. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you all for being here. i m kate bolduan, and several stories developing overseas. russia is releasing a fresh barrage of missiles in the hub city of kramatorsk. you can see the search crews there, and so many scrambling for safety, and our cnn crew was caught dangerously close to that. also big news out of asia. secretary of defense lloyd austin just announced increased military access in the philippines. it is coming as the fears are growing over a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. also news out of the middle east. iran is threatening to retaliate over a drone attack on an iranian military facility. we go to fred pleitgen. you and your team were close to these military strikes i
criminal indictment. i know, and it all kind of convergence that one spot, right at that spot is trump. imagine that. do stay tuned, next week it s been great to see you these days, michael. you too, alex. and thanks to all of you at home for joining us this hour. tomorrow president trump is holding what he s doing as the first official rally in 2024 presidential campaign. now trump couldn t pick anywhere in the country for this event, he may have focused on iowa or the first republican presidential caucus was gonna be held. he could ve stayed close to home, in florida, and redrawn desantis yes, a little bit. but instead trump chose texas. a state that really doesn t appear to have much strategic for his come back that he didn t choose houston or dallas or austin, or any of the highly populated cities that texas has to offer. trump chose the 24th largest city in texas skipping 23 more logical choices. to land on waco. a city of just 140,000 people that is famous n
alex was also presented with a copy of newly minted coin, commemorating coleman, along with the common barbie dolls. what s the lesson for you? not to take no for an answer. there s a big gigantic yes at the end of the road. nbc news, washington. brave bessie s legacy, to take us off the air, on this friday night. on that note, i wish you a good friday night. i m in for stephanie ruhle, maybe her son, and you can watch the meaty hassan show, sundays on msnbc. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. see you this weekend. thanks to all of you at home for joining us this hour. tomorrow, president trump is holding what he is billing as the first official rally of his 2024 presidential campaign. now trump could have picked anywhere in the country for this event, he might ve focused on iowa, where the first republican presidential caucus is going to be held. he could ve stayed close to home, in florida, and ribbed ron desa