was with the agency for more than a decade has just been indicted in connection with his actions on january 6th. the accusation that his comments encouraged rioters to kill the police. that s next. plus, exclusive new footage of the moment in davenport, iowa, the building suddenly collapsing. what we now know about the three people officials say are likely still trapped in the rubble. also, off the ledge, with the u.s. no longer on the brink of an historic collapse, president biden and washington are breathing a whole lot easier today. we ll hear from the president in just a few hours as he prepares to sign the debt ceiling bill into law. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin right here in washington just five hours away from president biden s speech with nbc news white house correspondent monica alba. monica, what s the goal tonight? reporter: i think for the president, chris, it s really to convey the severity of this issue,
all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments to stormy daniels will go to trial in march of next year. that means that if all of this holds, donald trump will be on trial smackdown of in the middle of the presidential primary. this afternoon, he presented himself as if he were still in the white house, sitting with his attorney in front of a customary wall of american flags. the ex presidents life yet from florida was projected on several screens throughout the courtroom, packed with reporters, and a team of no less than nine prosecutors industry attorney alvin bragg s office. the main purpose of that hearing today was for the judge to officially advise trump about the protective order in the case. the order, typically a r
you re a candidate now, ron. thanks to what is sure to be remembered as the most awkward campaign launch in american history. plus, that s not fair. trump s lawyers channel their inner 8-year-old in a whining complaint to the u.s. attorney general with due apologies to 8-year-olds. later, one year after 19 students and two teachers were gunned down in uvalde, texas, an activist group floats a radical proposal for reining in america s deadly gun culture. and we begin tonight with a question. would you ever hire someone who participated in a deadly insurrection to overtake the u.s. capitol or fellow rioters threatened to kill the house speaker and hang the vice president? would you hire a woman who was once arrested and charged with stealing the campaign signs of a political rival who she had run against for public office? personally i wouldn t and i imagine most of you wouldn t either. but florida governor ron desantis did. this is sandra atkinson. her investigation by
we re only ten days out from a potential u.s. default, and there is still no deal on the debt ceiling. that s only step one. keep in mind it still has to clear congress quickly. another critical meeting between the president and house speaker just hours away. we re going to take you live to the white house and capitol hill. also ahead, the naacp issues a travel advisory for florida, accusing the state of being openly hostile towards african americans. details on the driving force behind that warning and how governor ron desantis is responding just ahead. and instead of walking across the stage to get her diploma, a transgender teen opts out of commencement after the school said she had to wear pants. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the federal government is running out of money and d.c. is running out of time to get america s accounts in order. later this afternoon president biden and speaker mc
one pilot s quick decision that may have averted a disaster. just the latest incident in recent weeks, including a near collision in new york. the state of emergency extended in eastern ohio 48 hours after a train derailment and fire. schools closed, thousands told to evacuate or stay indoors. the warning now about dangerous chemicals. an arrest in a horrifying synagogue attack in san francisco. the suspect accused of firing a handgun loaded with blanks. the attack coming just days after a man allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at a new jersey temple, leaving jewish communities on edge. we re tracking a new cross country storm dropping a foot of snow in the west with severe winds and flooding rain heading east this week. rob marciano times it out. our emotional interview with a widow of an american medic killed in ukraine. why she says he dedicated his life to helping others and a russian defector speaks for the first time about the atrocities he witnessed by his own