hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with major developments involving former president trump. trump saying today via social media post that he expects to be arrested on tuesday and is calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post, lashing out at the manhattan district attorney s office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest, if it is to happen, would be part of the d.a. s investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump called for protests over his pending arrest to, quote, take our nation back. this development comes as sources tell cnn that law enforcement agencies in new york are also preparing for the possible indictment of trump. polo sandoval is outside the manhattan criminal court for us. what more do we know about this possible arrest that the former president is talking about via post? well, donald tr
also come together on immigration. make it a bipartisan mission once again. a major theme in last night s state of the union, president joe biden calling on a divided congress to work together and pass legislation on several key issues. however, some members of the gop decided to make a scene during the speech heckling the president over the budget and the border. and then there was george santos who found himself in a tense exchange with of all people republican senator mitt romney. we ll show you what romney had to say about the freshman congressman who s facing multiple legal investigations. good morning and welcome to wail on this wednesday, february 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden delivered his annual state of the union address last night before a newly divided congress. speaking for just over an hour, biden touted his administration s accomplishments while repeatedly stressing that the job isn t finished yet. h
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation or for that matter why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, husband tax returns, his financial statements shs when th
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ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but don t always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word? plus, president biden about to lay down a critical marker ahead of the 2024 presidential race unveiling his budget just about 90 minutes from now, how it will frame the critical economic and political fight with republicans going forward. and more misery in california as a series of unrelenting storms escalates the danger and the disaster. at least a dozen people have been killed. now a new storm could dump another 8 inches of rain risking flooding in areas that are already buried under 16