Donald trump launching new unfounded attacks on the judge in his hush money trial, even as the judge rips into his legal team. But with a newly expanded gag order now in place, has judge juan merchan run out of options to try to keep trump quiet . And how does all of this set the stage for that Landmark Trial now less than two weeks away. Plus, a team of innocent humanitarian workers killed by an israeli strike. The stunning claims now from the World Central Kitchen insisting the strike was no accident. And the fallout for millions of palestinians as other Aid Organizations followed wck and paused operations in gaza. And could todays Recall Vote Mark the final chapter of a councilor in oklahoma. His opponents hoping to correct what they call a grievance error. Well get the latest from our reporter in enid, oklahoma, a few minutes from now. We start with the legal walls closing in around donald trump. The former president facing new restrictions about what he can say about his hush mone
Calling on a judge to stop donald trump from continuing to claim fbi agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him during his search of his maralago home during the classified documents investigation. Trump made a suggestion in a Campaign Fundraising email and has been repeated by conservative media outlets. Late friday, smith filed a notion in judge Eileen Tenants court saying, those statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal Law Enforcement agents falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him smith added that the false statements expose sba agents, some of whom will be witnesses at the trial, to threats of harassment. We have reporters covering all of the developments for you. We will begin with julie sirkin on capitol hill. Julie, welcome. The prosecutors request is different from a gag order, but what exactly are they asking of the judge . Reporter this is a first, let me just say, alex, in this case
We know that closing arguments in Donald Trumps you are new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take y us the day, and then it is just a matter of how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. We will get back to that. First, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just ne one of Donald Trumps many indictments. It was bad news for him this s week in one of the other cases. Intros classified documents case, one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents in mara lago and trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence with Obstruction Of Justice for the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting ntto retrieve, as th government issued a subpoena for the camera footage. Tru
Eyes. I was deathly afraid. Wnba star Brittney Griner in her first cable interview since her imprisonment in a russian gulag. We talk about the fear, the sham trial, the letter she wrote to Vladimir Putin, how trump turned on her and her joyful homecoming. Welcome to a Special Edition of the reidout. Interest in Womens Basketball is surging thanks to some talents and top rookies like angel reese and caitlin clark, all of whom helped boost the wnba star power as well as draw attention to pay disparities in the league. Not so long ago, the world was fixated on one particular Basketball Star for an incident that occurred far from any american court. Back in february the 2022, Brittney Griner, a wnba all star and twotime olympic Gold Medalist was stopped at a Security Checkpoint at a moscow airport. Officials said they found canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. Brittney griner played basketball in russia during her offseason, something many wnba players to supplement their lea
Bermuda. Four years since the killing of george floyd, in our next hour, a look at how much has not changed. Plus, he sure likes his papers. In moments, what to make of all those stacks of printouts Donald Trump Holds when he speaks to reporters. A good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. Begin with President Joe Biden wrapping up his Commencement Address to the u. S. Military academy in west point, new york, with a promise to keep american soldiers out of the war in ukraine. Theres never been a time in history where weve asked our military to do so many Different Things in so many different places around the world, all at the same time. There are no american soldiers in the war in ukraine. Im determined to keep it that way. But we are standing strong with ukraine and we will stand with them. And Breaking News in Donald Trumps classified documents case, Special Counselor jack smith is calling out trumps claims that fb