phang show, live from miami, florida. we ve got lots of news to cove and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. indictment watch with th latest news that the new yor district attorney s office may indict former president donald trump as early as next wee i ll talk to glenn kershne about the indictment might loo like a what we can expect next in the process and breaking overnight, wyomin becomes the first state to outlaw abortion pills. i want to know, could this jus be the beginning as we await a texas ruling that could have national implications? and an arrest warrant for th president of russia. vladimir putin the international criminal court accusing the russian leader of war crimes i ukraine. have the white house i responding the chilly morning you, i m katie phang we begin today wit the strongest signs yet but new york red jury may have already returned an indictment for former president donal trump. we can see his arraignment a soon as next week. nbc
authorities if he is indicted. we have full team coverage starting with my colleague msnbc anchor katie phang and katie, this is incredibl news to wake up to you you are the lawyer here. talk about what this means in terms of what we can ge essentially see from the mante eight ex week? thanks, jonathan. i think what s important t consider is that this is a truth social posed by donald trump. yes, it is breaking news because it is the former president of the united states but we haven t had a situation on our history with ou president of the united states is been indicted but he has indicated that he anticipates that he will b arrested on tuesday of nex week what s important, jonathan about that post is that we kno that donald trump likes to use truth socialism mouthpiece o sorts. he likes to use it as a no very pleasant playground to be able to put things out there that s not necessarily true. now, he s indicating in that post that is coming from leaks from the da office so
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from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no
Republican senators like Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley appearing to give the president permission to get rid of his Attorney General but theres another way to look at it which is that they seem to be trying to say any action off until after the midterm elections and the confirmation of judge kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and the question is are they telling the president he should get rid of Jeff Sessions or hoping they can slow walk this until things calm down but if youre bob mueller you see november as a day on the calendar that to get your job done before just in case. So susan in his punchback Yesterday Yegs Listjeff session the litany of things he had been leading that were on point with what the president wanted, from enforcing immigration laws, focusing on ms13, the gang, promoting economic growth, et
cetera, et cetera. Do the practice not assuage the president at small i know he thinks that hes not going after the president s political opponents but hes executing many of