and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was
manhattan district attorney s office sprawling investigation of the ex president. he was a lead prosecutor in that investigation before he resigned and he writes the office considered charging trump with racketeering, sandra goring around allegations that he inflated the value of his assets. he added that trump reported some values had doubled what they were actually worth. the pattern he claims was unmistakable, leading him to conclude the statements had to be intentional. in another excerpt obtained by the new york times, he describes trump s willingness to go after whoever crossed him and his ability to stay one step ahead of the law. it can only be compared to one person, the head of the gangrene organized crime family. said that he has not read the
book and, quote, will not comment on any ongoing investigation because of the harm it could cause to the case. he has also defended his decision to and also joining the conversation, cynthia former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. cynthia, i wanted to get your reaction to the stunning revelations to the book. what did you make of the racketeering investigation that he described? what does it take to prove these kinds of allegations in a court of law to our viewers who may not be familiar with what racketeering is? let me say this about the book. i am not impressed with this. i think it s ethically challenged. he should not be commenting on what happened in the da s office when they have pending cases and when the attorney general has a pending case that is also similar. it was strikes me as totally
read this book? anyone who reads this book will not be qualified as a juror in the case because they know too much. and so, it messes with the jury pool and i just think it is improper. you know, i was a prosecutor in the da s office there. i can t imagine writing anything about any case i ever had. i was a prosecutor in brooklyn, not manhattan. it is just not something that is acceptable behavior to career prosecutors. and this guy had a reputation as being a bit of an ego. and bigfoot coming in. and he cemented it with a spoke. fair enough. totally respect your opinion on that. can i get just get you very quickly to explain the racketeering part of the investigation? i totally get what you are saying about he should not have done this. but from what you understand racketeering to be, what is the significance of that in terms of trump s potential exposure? well, allen bragg is going to make a decision about if he is going to do a case that