donald trump. that same guy, in order to win over trump s insurrectionist supporters in congress, agreed to a series of concessions, including the so-called weaponization of government subcommittee, which is, itself, the weaponization of government. donald trump held a fund-raiser for january 6th felons at his golf club three weeks ago. the michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, said on this program last night, that the threats posed by election denier still persists, and noted the election denier that she beat out the ballot box was rewarded with a job as the head of michigan s republican party. so, yeah, the repercussions of donald trump s lie about the 2020 election have a long tale, all the way to the present day. it s not about making trump and his allies pay for the past. it is about making sure this does not happen again in the future. and to make that case, the only person i wanted to talk to was congressman jamie raskin. he s the ranking member of the house ove
headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley live for
records of falsifying business records. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. virtually everybody that has looked at this case including rhinos and hardcore democrats say there is no crime and that it should never have been brought, everybody said this. it is not really an indictment, there is nothing here. my lawyers came to me and said there is nothing here they re not even saying what you did. a number of legal analysts questioning the foundations of the case against trump calling it weak and a overreach. they point out that the indictment is facing a key requirement, that would be the crime that would make it a felony. some in the media think the case will struggle to hold up. what is the crime that prosecutors are alleging es escalating this to a crime? if this is the only pebble being thrown at donald trump, it is very small. where is the beef? i talked to a lot of lawyers, none of them lawyers or trump supporters, and they said it is a l
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
Hello again. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting in new york. Jose diazbalart should be with us in just a moment. Technical difficulties. But right now, want to bring you up to speed, the court is in Morning Recess in former president Donald Trumps hush money trial, which is now in its 15th day. Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg is in the courtroom for todays proceedings and nbc news has learned through multiple sources that former president Donald Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen will begin his testimony on monday. And is expected to be on the stand for several days. Lets discuss more about all of this with nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, who is outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. Also joining us, Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan assistant District Attorney, who is an msnbc legal analyst. Vaughn, break right now, but set the scene for what has happened so far this morning. Reporter yeah, good morning, ana. Madeleine westerhout