Host what is the thread that connects all these topics. Guest one of the great things as journalist you can do anything you want. Im not a scholar. I dont have a specialty. Having said that there is a connection. I fells i would say its america after world war ii. This country really coming into its own as this global power, this supreme power, really. That fascinated me, and what is it like to be a leader in this world thats your world, your time, your world. So that drew me initially to the wisemen which i did with Walter Isaacson, and then john paul jones, couple centuries before, but even he is a study in leadership, and i just im fascinated by the burdens of leadership, because its hard. Its harder than we think. And im fascinated by what its like to be a man usually men obvious live we Sandra Day Oconnor, but up to her, men. And human fallibility and weak in enormous pressures. How do they handle it . Well, some really well and some bravely and some not so well but its the pressu
school classmate and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. this nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight vo involving former president trump somewhat in that the growing expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that we be that he would be arrested on tuesday. the office has not commented on the timing of a decision on whether to prosecute. in the absence of news, key republicans have been rushing to mr. trump s defense and vilifying democrat prosecutor alvin bragg. but tonight even many of his loyalists are discouraging trump supporters from taking up the former president s call to protest. it s where we start tonight, with garrett hake reporter: the manhattan d.a. s office tonight on the verge of a fateful decision, whether to indict a former president for the first time in history, a case c
an indictment in the hush money case? plus, china s xi jinping cozies up to vladimir putin. ukrainian ambassador to the united states raising questions about whether it was staged. and tiktok, its parent company spying on american journalists. what could this mean for the 100 million americans on tiktok? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a game changer, it is the 11th hour. and at this moment, former president trump s team chose to call up a witness to testify before the manhattan grand jury investigating the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. now, the hope is that this witness could save trump from being the first former president in united states history to be indicted. so who is this person this witness? well, his name is robert costello. he was a one-time legal adviser to trump s former fixer michael cohen, who is the key witness. then emerged to tell reporters why he testified. the only thing i m doing is
a grand jury as we wait to see if there could be an indictment soon for former president donald trump, and today is expected to be a pivotal day in court, and today, a former attorney to michael cohen is expected to testify, and he says that he has handed over a number of documents to back up the story. and we are watching the stock markets after serious banking fury, and the stock market is up, but the banking is down for credit suisse are down 50% after the swiss government had to pick up some risk. and xi jinping is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow, and sending a strong message of support despite the invasion of ukraine. we begin with the latest on the trump hush money investigation. and the legal affairs correspondent paula reid is here with the latest, and lot going on with robert costello testifying, and we have details surrounding this testimony, paula. what is interesting here is that even though prosecutors are running the grand jury, this is witness tha
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. and we re so glad you re with us, hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. and i m boris sanchez. jessica, great to share an afternoon with you, albeit a busy one, right? the nation is bracing to see if an american president is going to be indicted in coming days. that s never happened in u.s. history. it s unprecedented. and the outcome hinges on what happens outside of this courthouse in manhattan. just a short time ago, a man who may be one of the final grand jury witnesses in a case against former president donald trump arrived at the courthouse. this car transporting robert costello, he s appearing at the request of trump s attorneys and he is there, essentially to contradict michael cohen, trump s former fixer. of course, cohen is a key witness as the new york district attorney investigates trump s alleged role in a hush money scheme to cover up a $130,000 payment in 2016 to adult film star stormy daniels. it was to keep her quiet