hello and welcome. less tha n less than two hours before we expect donald trump making that unprecedented appearance in court in manhattan to become the first burton who served as a us president to face criminal charges. let me take you through the light pictures coming m, in, so many in, so many cameras in, so many cameras being pointed at different elements and aspects of this story in new york. the helicopter first charting every bit of the movement that we will see from the former president from trump tower on fifth avenue to the courthouse itself. there at trump tower where the former president has been holed up with his legal team, we were hearing from gary 0 donoghue a short while ago talk about a late minute bid from the legal team to move the trial out of manhattan perhaps to staten island. that request likely to go in and those are pictures from the helicopter of the park opposite the courthouse. we have also been showing pictures on the grounds it we will get that
controlled by any one country. ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what is left of it after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city, thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it, now their co
come back, what to make of the reception donald trump got in south carolina yesterday. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. as one pm on the east coast, a pm in the middle east, and we begin with the breaking news, the third group of israeli hostages transferred now by hamas in exchange for palestinian prisoners. a list provided of names by the israeli government, 14 israeli and three for national abductees released today. it includes nine cldn. four-year-old american israeli, abigail moore adana is back in israel. president biden is celebrating her release in the last hour. she s been through a terrible trauma. her mom was killed in front of her, when her kibbutz was attacked by hamas terrorists on october the 7th. abigail mor edan, who then was gunned down as well while using his body to shield a little abigail. the four-day truce, which ends tomorrow, calls for the release of at least 5
we have done very well. sioux falls, thank you very much, sioux falls. so sioux city, how many people come from sioux city? how many people? not just the wrong city but also the wrong state. he says biden s losing it. that was trump on sunday, just hours before judge tanya chutkan reinstated the gag order in the federal election interference case. which he may have already violated. also tonight, my commentary on the violence in the middle east, and the questions we all should be asking. plus, the war s impact on politics here in the u.s. as republicans escalate their extreme rhetoric and president biden shows signs of political vulnerability, despite the good economic and labor news that just keeps rolling in. but we begin tonight with donald trump getting a taste of what he has long complained he s always wanted, the same treatment under the law as every other american citizen. it comes in the form of a reimposed gag order from judge chutkan overseeing his federal elect