president biden kicks off a key endorsement. then, the former president also looking for a showdown in court, where he could testify as early as tomorrow. and what business leaders are thinking as they brace for a potential trump nomination, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today, donald trump and joe biden are making a serious pivot towards a general election. nikki haley says she is still in the race after trump s double digit win in new hampshire last night. haley is already looking ahead to south carolina s primary, that is one month away. it s haley s home turf, she was born and raised there and served as governor for six years. tonight in charleston, she went after donald trump and challenged him to a good old fashioned debate. bring it donald, show me what you got. the political elites in the state and around the country have said that
president ever be criminally charged, is expected to be arraigned on tuesday afternoon, according to sources. now his attorneys tell nbc news that there will be no plea deal. but keep in mind. trump and his team still don t know exactly what the charges are. the indictment is still sealed. sources do tell cnn that it involves more than 30 counts related to business fraud. remember the new york grand jury has been investigating trump s role in that alleged cover up that $130,000 payment to silence adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 campaign. daniel s alleged affair with trump, which he has denied. his ex fixer and attorney, michael cohen was convicted on campaign finance violations for coordinating the payment, which he said donald trump ordered him to do, cohen says the indictment shows that no one is above the law. this is also about that. whatever laws that sent me to prison. should send him to prison. we re all supposed to be looked at in the eyes of the law. t
this is america s newsroom. a years long investigation. a grand jury brought an indictment to president trump. the charges are under seal for now. the counts number in the dozens. bill: that s sparking a firestorm of criticism for the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. known as a soft on crime prosecutor. since he took office in january, he has downgraded more than 50% of felonies in new york to misdemeanors. he appears to be taking the opposite take against the former president. republicans calling it political persecution. manhattan d.a. s office is in contact with the former president s legal team. they re working to coordinate his surrender. a logistic call nightmare. one of the president s attorneys said the d.a. wanted when im to surrender today. the president pushed back on that and expected to happen on tuesday. bill: let s begin now. chad pergram on the hill. andy mccarthy with analysis. bryan llenas joins us outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, new york city.
there s also the possibility that the judge could put into place a gag order for the former president. you just heard martha and valerie and trey talk about this and will undergo deep down that s what that will really mean for a man who is running for president currently. and, his supporters. people want to hear from him. most specifically they have to get it what words could he not saying that sort of thing. all important. i am harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. harris: no former or current or any president has ever been indicted. here is one of trump s attorneys with his expectations. it won t be a long day in court and one thinking and sure of is that he see you here today there ll be no guilty plea in this case is one thing i can guarantee you. i don t think this case is going to see a jury is going to go away on papery and i think there s a li keqiang as i will be made and should be in a successfully. harris: the former president not bringing in a
Welcome back. 11 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Eastern. I am jose diazbalart alongside my friend and colleague, ana cabrera. In the trump case, the defense rested. The jury is now done for the week, but the judge will meet with prosecutors and Defense Attorneys this afternoon, and thats when they will discuss the instructions the jury will be given before beginning their deliberations next week. Vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. Reporter at 2 15 eastern time, the two parties will reenter the courtroom, donald trump included with judge merchan. The jurors are gone until next week, and this is going to be the Charging Conference. This is where the two sides will present to judge merchan how they believe the Jury Instructions should be delivered to the jurors next week. We can expect tension here because of the extent to which the law that is being alleged that donald trump violated, the 34 felony accounts, kind of a complicating factor here. Of course, we are talking about the fals