the. i am ari melber. i will be joining you now for the next two hours of a special holiday edition of the bee tonight on this friday december 29th. donald trump s criminal trial several looming in 24. that s where we begin tonight, and we ll do it a little different tonight here for the holidays. i have former federal prosecutor joyce vance, already with me to start the show. we are looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with the, joyce, but first show you and every something we put together to consider the historic indictments on the road that donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal of the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsified business records. we have one set of laws in the country that we apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy running for president
does it for me. thank you for watching. right now american voices with alicia menendez. thanks so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone i m alicia menendez. this week seeing a president of the united states arraigned on federal criminal charges. today, a bombshell prediction from trump s former attorney general, saying that his former boss is quote, toast. we ll have that in just a second. trump s arraignment will go down on tuesday in miami, facing a judge and 37 counts of classified documents mishandling. today, trump announcing that he will deliver remarks about his arraignment in miami. and his on tuesday evening. the indictment, the united states versus donald j trump and trump s aid, an alleged coconspirator, laying out a damning case. 31 counts for violating the espionage act, as far as willful retention of national defense information. the lies of a which meant spewing from trump and the elected republicans who have anointed themselves his backup singers. one me
hello and thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. this morning, news on multiple fronts in the special counsel probe into donald trump. nbc news confirms trump s attorneys met with the special counsel himself. as we learn another grand jury, this one in florida, will hear testimony this week, could a potential indictment be imminent? plus, two more for 2024. former governor chris christie jumping into the race today followed by former vp mike pence tomorrow. plus, some breaking news in ukraine, russia accused of targeting a critical dam, waters rising, hundreds of thousands in danger and a nuclear power plant in jeopardy. we ll go live to the region. later, royal drama. prince harry becoming the first royal to testify in court in more than 130 years. his testimony against the tabloids today in london. let s begin with new developments in special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. a grand jury in florida is now set to hear more testimony in this
we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except on day one. he s going crazy. except on day one. meaning? i want to close the border and drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution. i am going to be he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quip that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself has continued to promote t
Decision did not come down to a panel of state justices. Instead just Secretary Of State Shenna Bellows upheld two of the three challenges brought by maine voters. One of whom ill speak to in just a moment. What bellows says her reasoning was based on and what it all means for donald trump heading into Super Tuesday. Were also watching colorado where time is ticking on the decision to remove trump from the ballot there that the former president has yet to file his appeal with the Supreme Court. Still voters are urging justices to speed up their review of an appeal from colorados Republican Party. How and when they could act. Plus which other states could throw a wrench into trumps 2024 calendar. Weve got a whole lot to cover. Lets dive in. Joining Me Msnbc News Justice reporter ryan riley. Bring us up to speed on what happened in maine and how donald trump is now reacting. Yes. As you expect the Trump Campaign plans to file an appeal quickly and get this through the court system very q