jonathan at mar-a-largo. jonathan, how are things looking there? yeah, hi there, neil. joe tacopina, one of the lawyers representing president trump says he plans to file several motions to dismiss on this case on multiple grounds. one being selective prosecution. in his speech last night at mar-a-largo, mr. trump had harsh words for alvin bragg. take a listen. the criminal is the district attorney because he illegally leaked massive amounts of grand jury information. for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum he should resign. yesterday mr. trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records including transactions associated with alleged hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. a federal appeals court in california has ruled that daniels must pay more than $120,000 in legal fees that mr. trump accumulated defending himself against her defamation lawsuit against him that ended up being dismissed in 2018. neil, in his mar-a
may wish to send spy balloons. we will shoot it down as soon as it s safe for us to do so and we won t hesitate, and we will in fact also retaliate against your country and other ways in which we will determine for ourselves. you will not enter our airspace. there will be punishment. this is. and that s the sort of messaging i hope the biden administration will engage in. and viscera string. we mentioned biden there. we could listen again now for him. just to recap. breaking news over the last few minutes. phone but wasn t big enough just to see with your eyes? a chinese spy balloon has been shut down by the us, they waited for it to get over the sea, they didn t want to wait while it was overland but it cleared south carolina, got over us waters, they took it down with a jet and a missile and they are now recovering that balloon from the sea. once we had confirmation that that had all happened, president biden gave a short interview to reporters, let s take a listen. i i
new revelations come from mike el morell. he says when blinken orchestrated the letter saying the laptop story had all the classic earmarks of russian misinformation. the new york post took a beating on that. democrats accusing the paper of being a puppet for putin. after the election the media admitted the story was true after all. dana: it s coming back to haunt this white house. i.r.s. whistleblower says the administration is mishandling the criminal investigation into hunter biden s taxes and according to his lawyer, he is ready to go on the record before congress. my client is a career law enforcement officer who is respected within the i.r.s. and teaches other agents how to properly do investigations. he knows when to spot when investigative steps aren t done in the traditional way to get at the truth. and he has spotted and observed things that are done differently in this particular matter which i can t identify. and he wants to talk about them and he believes
case to allow cameras in the courtroom for the arraignment. lawyers for soon to be the independent donald trump argue against having cameras, they r claiming it would create a circus like atmosphere, and we know how much he hits that tonight, since we ve been on the air, the judge has jus issued a ruling in this case i will tell you exactly what the ruling says. i m just reviewing it at m desk right now five photographers should be allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes unti they re directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can
allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes until such time they re directed to vacat the jury box by cour personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can t use them once they are in there. and again as described in th ruling that i read to, you still photos will be allowed until the proceedings begin. and then court personnel wil tell photographers that they can no longer use thei cameras. i should tell you that we will have special team coverage o tomorrow s historic event here on msnbc, starting at 8 pm eastern, i will be part of tha same coverage. i will see you tomorrow ni