Judge in washington, d. C. As the nation and american democracy face a critical test. The former president is scheduled to be in court tomorrow. Last night federal prosecutors charged him with four separate counts in a sweeping indictment. The Special Counsel is alleging that trump was central in the plot to overturn the 2020 election and has charged him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. This historic indictment says that trump, quote, enlisted coconspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts. It repeatedly references six unindicted coconspirators. Cnn has been able to identify five of those six. Well be breaking down what roles they allegedly played in the effort to overturn joe bidens win coming up in a moment. Paula reid is with us now. What more do we know about the new charges that trump is facing . This is very much expect
Right to have their votes counted. All fuelled by what jack smith calls Donald Trumps widely disseminated and knowingly false claims that the election was stolen, as he counted on violence to help him remain in power. We will bring you new information on the six unindicted coconspirators, including trump attorney rudy giuliani, who pressured officials to manipulate the vote count in multiple swing states. Trumps attempts to get mike pence to stop counting the certified votes. We will have the latest responses from trump and his lawyers as well as his rivals. Our reporters and legal experts also. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A few blocks from the federal courthouse, here we are. Former President Donald Trump tomorrow has been called to appear tomorrow afternoon before a Magistrate Judge to face charges in a new indictment with four counts from Special Counsel jack smith. The 45page indictment alleging three separate conspiracies, which built on the mistrust the
and no leads in that cocaine mystery at the white house. the secret service just briefing lawmakers on their investigation. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin with that update on the cocaine discovered at the white house. nbc s ryan nobles is up on capitol hill, where it looks hot and the heat was on those investigators. what did they tell those lawmakers? reporter: not very much. at least when you talk to republicans, chris, they seemed very unhappy with the information that the secret service was able to provide both the oversight committee and homeland security committee. republicans believe that this is something that secret service should be able to figure out, that they shobe t narrow down the list of suspects, question those suspects and come up with an answer. they were given the strong impression from secret service officials today that when the investigation concludes, they ll not ultimately come to that answer. an
president was in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin defending the russian leader. we ll take you there live. also, right now, wild weather coast to coast from tornados in chicago to flooding in the northeast, and more than 100 million americans under the thumb of a historic heat wave. we have your forecast. plus, setting the stage for another hollywood strike, first writers, now actors, what it could mean for all your entertainment. good morning, it s 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin in helsinki where we are just minutes away from a joint press conference with president biden and the president of finland, nato s newest member. let s go there now with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba. walk us through the presidents day there in finland so far. reporter: well, ana, this is really a historic cap to a week of critical meetings for president biden overseas, and he s here in finland m