Miami. This case contains 40 of the 88 Felony Counts against trump including willful retention of National Defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Hes pleaded not guilty. The former president defended his actions last night during an interview with newsmax. I took them very legally and i wasnt hiding them. We had boxes on the front of a lot of those boxes had clothing and were moving out, unfortunately, were moving out of the white house. With us to talk more about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian outside the courthouse in fort pierce, chuck rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney and senior fbi official, and rebecca roife, former manhattan district attorney. What has been happening so far at the hearing where youre at . Reporter good morning, jose. Our colleagues inside the courtroom tell us that arguments are under way before judge Aileen Cannon. Shes hearing two of mr. Trumps seven motions to dismiss this case today. And she began by askin
just in the last hour, a major report from the justice department details what they call critical failures by law enforcement in response to the massacre at robb elementary school. we ll take you live to uvalde, where attorney general merrick garland will give remarks next hour. happening right now, former president trump s defamation trial is back under way in new york after yesterday s chaotic day. plus, new attacks in yemen overnight, adding to concerns of a greater conflict in the middle east. and in texas, a standoff between the biden administration and the state over access to the border. we ll break down what could happen next. we begin this morning with breaking news. the justice department has released its findings of nearly year long investigation into the mass shooting at robb elementy took law enforcement 77 minutes, an hour 17 to take the gunman down. right now texas state senator rowland gutierrez is sharing live remarks about the report. nbc justice and
hey, everybody, good to be with you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. there are at least four open criminal investigations into former president donald trump. now 2024 candidate, and now we have new signs that it might be the stormy daniels hush money case that is putting him in the most immediate legal jeopardy. not election interference in fulton county georgia or the january 6th insurrection or the classified documents but the hush money payments to a porn star. nbc news reporting that trump has been told he can testify before a new york city grand jury as part of the manhattan d.a. s investigation into the alleged hush money scheme according to two of his attorneys. the new york times is citing multiple sources who say the d.a. s office has also signalled to trump s lawyers that he could face criminal charges. trump s attorneys told nbc news they were not told charges would be forthcoming. in a statement trump said he did nothing wrong and the d.a. s office decli
Specifically those stills of a cspan video that proves donald trump and Keith Schiller were together, which has just been introduced into the redirection from cohen. So far, todd blanche has landed multiple punches against cohen. Including cohens admission that he stole Tens Of Thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization and the question about how many more witnesses were left and who might the defense call. Those are big questions. Vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with Andrew Weissmann and Catherine Christian who are still with us as well. So, vaughn, its the top of the hour. I will let you top us off. Reporter were looking at the 3 00 p. M. Eastern hour, and Michael Cohen is still on the stand, and there were questions of whether Michael Cohen when we started the day would be off the stand by lunch hour. Thats not the case as there has been of course the back and forth over potential witnesses, the back and forth over the cspan clip from october 24th. A video
report, a glimpse into how the reopening economy is recovering, showing job growth picking up speed, but still not back to normal. we re going to break down what it means for you and take you to the white house live for the president s remarks. here in new york, the investigation into donald trump and his business entering a new phase this morning, where it goes next, now that the former president s company and its long time cfo have been indicted. plus, after nearly 20 years, a significant step toward shutting down america s longest war. the last u.s. forces now out of their biggest airbase in afghanistan, clearing out quietly overnight, but what does that mean for gains made by that country s women? we re live in kabul with the latest. another very busy news day. i m chris jansing in for hallie jackson. tom winter, rebecca roife, prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office and