from the ukraine/russian boarder. half an hour away from the opening of the markets. yesterday they took a massive dive after the fed s announcement of another interest rate hike. cnbc s andrew ross sorkin will join us shortly. mike barnicle back with us for the hour. we begin with the lawsuit from the state of new york against donald trump. his eldest children and the trump organization alleging years of fraud. the state is seeking $250 million in damages and wants to bar the family from serving as officers of new york-based companies. the lawsuit is more than 200 pages long and outlines exactly how trump allegedly overvalued his assets by billions of dollars to get more favorable loans. trump, his children, and the organization are accused of using more than 200 false and misleading asset valuations over a ten-year period. new york state attorney general letitia james says she has referred to violations to the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and to the
i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. you notice what i said f.b.i. not allowed in. they were told to step back. more questions than answers still. and plenty of holes in the plot line that the president and his team have been floating. gaps, missing information, whatever you want to call it. a lot of it. we don t know. the press secretary yesterday insisted she only learned about the classified documents found at the president s private d.c. office sponsored by the penn biden center, she only found out after reporters broke the story. white house lawyers found those documents two months earlier as we know. the game of dodge ball was on. i ve been very clear this is something that the white house counsel is handling. this is something that is being handled by the president s lawyers. i wonder why then did the white house counsel go to wilmington to facilitate the handing over the documents to the d.o.j.? separating the white house from the d.o.j. the wh
country s push for more aid in the war. here at home, the white house is facing new criticism and fallout over its muted response to classified materials found at president biden s home and former d.c. office. a law enforcement official telling nbc news, the justice department has not asked the white house not to speak about the facts of the case. while new reporting from the wall street journal reveals that according to multiple sources, the doj considered having fbi agents monitor a search for classified documents at his homes but decided against it. also this morning, disturbing new details about the shooting plot police say was orchestrated by a failed republican candidate in new mexico. the suspect accused of paying men to target the homes of democratic officials is set to appear in court this afternoon. new video from a ring camera appears to show him knocking on a door, identifying himself for name and asking for one of the lawmakers. hi, my name is solomon pen
happened yesterday in the courtroom in just a moment. plus russian president vladimir putin gives a rare national address announcing significant moves in the war with ukraine. the russian president also talked about a plan that kyiv is calling a desperate sham. and president biden will surely have something to say about all of that when he takes the podium later this morning at the united nations general assembly. we ll preview that and the other topics he will likely focus on in his speech. good morning, welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with major moves from russia this morning claiming that the west is, quote, trying to destroy us. vladimir putin announced overnight he s partially mobilizing the military in russia while also approving a move to annex portions of ukraine. in a rare prerecorded national address, putin said, quote, russia will use all the instruments at its dis
trump for their own financial benefit ises a toupding. the values of asset bis whatever means necessary to increase trump s reported net worth. the lawsuit seeks roughly a quarter billion dollars in penalties and seeks to bar trump and his children from serving as executives at any company in new york. and while this is a civil case, criminal charges could be next. the attorney general said her office is making criminal referrals to both the irs and the u.s. attorney in the sosh district for possible federal crimes. every day people cannot lie to a bank about how much money they have in order to get a favorable loan to buy a home or send their kid to college. if they did, the government would throw the book at them. why should this be any different? it is a tale of two justice systems. one for every day working people, one for the elite. a statement sent from trufr s attorney to nbc news says in part, quote, today s filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law, ra