our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. we start tonight with the historic breaking news here in new york city a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. investigating his role in a hush money payment to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, a claim mr. trump denies a lawyer for mr. trump says the former president has been notified of the indictment the action is unprecedented. it is the first time a former or sitting american president has been indicted. nbc s garrett haake leads our coverage garrett, what more do
first of its kind for a former or sitting president. reaction to last night s announcement of the indictment has fallen heavily along political lines. democrats contending it is justified. republicans expressing outrage. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what he is hearing on the hill about all of this. david spunt in washington looks at other legal cases involving the former president. we begin with brine llenas in new york where preparations for tuesday s activities are already underway. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. sources tell fox news that manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg requested former president donald trump turn himself in today but his arraignment was pushed back to tuesday as secret service makes arrangements to protect him here at the manhattan criminal courthouse. is he just a tough guy. and he is someone whose knees do not buckle. trump s legal team making clear the former president will not b
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, presid
election. the bombshell coming as he once again runs for the white house. what is the unprecedented charge or charges? and would he surrender for arrest? also tonight, the video appearing to show an american journalist arrested in russia on a spying charge. if convicted, he could face 20 years in prison. how will the u.s. respond? also tonight, the chilling 911 calls from the nashville school shooter. a teacher hiding in a closet, pleading for help as shots ring out. the military tragedy. nine soldiers killed when two black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky. the investigation. our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony. her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness. the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring america.
is this going to be in the news? because this would have been. usually we keep these things in the news would have been in the old days, right when these things first started taking notice of him 1 to 2 weeks and then sadly, unfortunately, we ve gotten all too used to it because it just happened so much, and we should saying so much crossover with people who have been at one mass shooting and now or on site for another, that s the situation here. good morning, everyone. poppy is off today. we re gonna get started with the five things to know for this tuesday, march 28th as we are covering the shooting out of nashville. in nashville and the nation there all morning after another deadly school shooting that has happened overnight, police have released new video of the shooter entering the school were killing 39 year olds and three adults have extensive reporting on that. also tensions easing in israel after prime minister benjamin netanyahu backed off of his push to overhaul th