Miami. This case contains 40 of the 88 Felony Counts against trump including willful retention of National Defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Hes pleaded not guilty. The former president defended his actions last night during an interview with newsmax. I took them very legally and i wasnt hiding them. We had boxes on the front of a lot of those boxes had clothing and were moving out, unfortunately, were moving out of the white house. With us to talk more about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian outside the courthouse in fort pierce, chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fbi official, and rebecca roife, former manhattan district attorney. What has been happening so far at the hearing where youre at . Reporter good morning, jose. Our colleagues inside the courtroom tell us that arguments are under way before judge Aileen Cannon. Shes hearing two of mr. Trumps seven motions to dismiss this case today. And she began by askin
Trump cant quote, turn back the clock on climate progress. Also, things are getting weird in ohio. What voters are saying about the increasingly angry and now kind of strange gop Senate Primary. Let us get to the reporters starting in arizona. Vaughn hillyard is in maricopa county. Bring us up to speed on arizona. Reporter i just talked to kari lake, who is a u. S. Senate candidate, a close ally of donald trump. She just voted at this location behind me for donald trump. Of course that is the only thing on the ballot here in arizona. The next big primary is when she is on the ballot come this august. But you know, i was able to put the question to her about why donald trump and her would be able to pull off wins in november and she said she believes the choice will be stark between her and rubin gaego. I want to let you listen to some voters we talked to today who took part in the republican primary despite donald trump having the nomination wrapped up. Well, for one thing, i dont beli
On this just moments ago. Listen here. And the president has said he wished he didnt call this the Inflation Reduction Act. What should you call it . Well, he said following that sentiment because i think its a complicated bill that it also has reduced costs and i think its very important to note that both on healthcare and as i noted on the energy side we have already seen costs coming down. John are they . I mean, gas is nearly four bucks a gallon again. Gillian home prices are up. John are americans really feeling any relief as john suggests they are . Im john roberts. Good to spend another hour with you. Gillian you as well, john. Gillian turner in for sandra. Trying to narrow Donald Trumps polling lead. John only one clear frontrunner and that is the former president. Florida Governor Ron Desantis and tim scott are the two main contenders for the top spot. Gillian the majority of Republican Voters agree trump is in the best position to beat trump in the general, 28 are arguing for
87. 8 of the vote in the president ial election which was tightly controlled by the kremlin, with no credible opposition candidate allowed to run. The Electoral Commission says turnout was 77 which would be a post soviet record. Mr putin said the result demonstrated Peoples Trust in russias current path, and when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned his late critic, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to ex