his mountain of legal troubles. new reporting from the new york times revealed the ex president has spent a staggering $50 million of donor money on his legal bills and he has a lot of legal bills to pay. he faces 91 felony counts in four cases. a lawsuit that threatens to take down his family business. not to mention the millions he owes e. jean carroll after losing two lawsuits. from that new york times reporting, quote, mr. trump has used funds in his political action committee known as save america to underwrite his legal bills. the account was originally flooded with donations that were collected during the period immediately after the 2020 election. he was making widespread and false claim of voter fraud. with save america s coffers nearly drained last year, mr. trump sought to refill them through a highly unusual transaction. he asked for a refund of $60 million that he had initially transferred to a different group. a pro trump superpac to support his 2024 campaig
hour of chris jansing reports. i m alex witt. ahead for us, kevin spacey on trial. the oscar award winning actor appears in court on multiple count of sexual assault. we re live in london. plus, a scathing report in the wake of jeffrey epstein s death. the d.a. blasts prisoner workers for multiple failures. a russian missile strike targets a crowded ukrainian restaurant right at dinner time. also, trump s growing legal woes, word that his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, met with the special counsel s office. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we will begin with nbc s vaughn hillyard who s following the latest trump legal troubles. what can you tell us about rudy giuliani and the legal team. rudy giuliani is a lynch pin in so many of what is a large web around january 6th and the special counsel s investigation. at this point in time, we know that in fulton county in the district attorney s investigation there, he has already been togethe
here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour, president biden today will sign the debt ceiling bill into law. averting a disastrous default two days before that deadline. the president is using his first oval office address to praise the bipartisan agreement, and stressed its importance. it was critical to reach the agreement. and it s very good news for american people. no one got everything they wanted. the american people got what they needed. we averted an economic crisis, an economic collapse. in this debate, i refused to put what was responsible for all of this progress on the chopping block. i ve never been more optimistic about america s future. brand new details today, reports the special counsel has a recording of donald trump talking about a classified document regarding the new york times says the justice department issued a subpoena for that document, trump lawyer say they can t find. it last night msnbc s are allanburg
with my colleagues mark morale us enough impresarios. we have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today. one to prevent global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stares down the possibility of its first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed americans tonight and the key congressional players who met with him or talking. but first the verdict in manhattan. the federal jury finding donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid 90s. he owes carol $5 million for battery and defamation. carol reacted in a statement, saying, quote, they the world finally knows the truth. trump s response, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a distant race, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time. today s development follows the ex presidents criminal indictment on 34 felony counts in a hush mone
welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend