some of tommy tuberville s blockade on military proposals, a move that leaves this country less safe. i a. am michael steele in for my good friend ayman my heady. be careful. if you re claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. as investigators at this federal state livers move toward the final stages of their probes. now let s start with the special counsel, jack smith s inquiry. according to reporting for the new york times and cnn, federal prosecutors recently sat down for hours, apparently, with both trump s son-in-law, jared kushner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke former white house communications director alyssa according to the times, what could the commission was asked quote, a according to four people briefed on the matter. that line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether mr. trump was acting with
Colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanderstownsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. The twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to Face Criminal Charges from the federal government. Over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the Justice Departments case against the former commanderinchief. A case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. When the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. The indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. Outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trumps maralago resort last august. Trump faces 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act, through willful retention of classified records. He faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. Nauta it was also charg
hollywood on strike and everything in between. the 11th hour gets underway right now. we the good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. it is friday, which means are incredible for but first i want to give you a caught up on what down today. if you thought donald trump s indictment unexpected trial and then the case is closed, will buckle up kids. jack smith is reportedly still making aggressive moves in that investigation. abc news is reporting that smith sent a target letter to the organization employee who s expected of line to the grand jury. also tonight the ap reports that smith s prosecutors have spoken to the new mexico to overturn the 2020 election. meanwhile, trump himself is trying to get a georgia prosecutors investigation into 2020 outright canceled. he asked that the state supreme court to throw out the evidence, disqualify district attorney fani willis. but even with his mounting legal troubles, and mounting is an understatement here, donald trump is sti
and new overnight, it appears writers on the picket lines are about to get some reinforcements as failed negotiations set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 13th. i m ali vitali in washington along with jonathan lemire who has another location change, this time in helsinki, finland, where he s still covering the president s trip overseas. lemere, i hope you re drinking coffee and all this travel doesn t have you too jet lagged. but once again set the scene where you are this morning on this next leg of the president s trip. reporter: well, it s not way too early here. it s actually noon. a pretty easy time to do this show, ali. yes, today is the final day of the president s trip to europe, and we re going to get into it. yesterday in many ways was the center piece. he met with president zelenskyy who had been so upset ukraine was not going to be given an immediate entry into nato.
with new details about donald trump s alleged mishandling of classified documents. this time, during his time as president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts 2018 meeting with the national security advisor john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. them, taylor writes, but the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton yeah gasped at first, but breathe a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps lapse in protocol