a very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. janet yellen is going to be on the hill where she is going to be talking about the budget, and there is going to be plenty of questions about the budget and she is going to need a calm tone where she tells americans that their deposits are safe. we will bring that to you live. and the moment when a russian jet collided with a american drone causing it to crash into the ocean. we will show you how. we rebbring you to the statf the u.s. economy now. matt egan is joining us, and everybody is paying attention to the secretary this morning and the words, and she is getting out ahead of this a little bit with the words telling americans to be calm and their money is safe. yes, this is a big moment for the treasury secretary and she knows that confidence is a fragile thing, and she knows that it has been shaken by the failures, and she wants the americans to know that the money in the bank is safe, a
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a high altitude picture of the mud air encounterer between a drone and russian fighter jets. the classified video shows moscow putting the drone in its cross hairs, ignite ing a cloudf jet fuel and buzzing the drone twice. plus our banking system remains strong. the treasury secretary tries to calm nerves. she s on capitol hill today assuring americans your money is safe. and today the senate barrels toward a vote on undoing the force against iraq. it happens two decades after the run up of shock and awe. tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. saddam hussein and his sons must leave iraq within 48 hours. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to dearm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. up first for us, 42 seconds of simply hold your breath video adding to tensions between the united states and russia. toda
campaigned on the fact that he would get president trump. i m going to get him the defendant repeatedl made false statements on the new york business records. the moment we ve been waiting for, this is the indictment we now have - 34 fall statements made comer up other crimes. trump in his own voic pleaded not guilty today he s frustrated, he is upset, but i will tell you what, he i motivated. this fake case was brough only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election america first meanwhile demonstrators clash outside the courthouse marjorie taylor greene wa also there but it promptly bailed after her insults flirt drowned out. president trump is joinin some of the most incredibl people in history bein arrested today she needs to take her - back to washington nelson mandela served tim in prison. jesus was arrested do your job marjorie taylor greene, you do not need the ne york city talking about that nonsense if this man s name was no donald j tru
americans have that front of mind when they make thei decisions. and i would argue tha democrats need to rethin everything they understood about politics in the 1990s, guns, and abortion are the issues that are probably the two most powerful electora issues ifou believe that, loo att happed in the 2020 midter, one abortioni stil believe,nd me, i election factoin t d if loo tennessee thxt aion l issues that s going to do it for thortif msnbc specia coverage on th his night. i wantthany reid for the very long day, and nicol wallace for the super, super long day, and alex wagner an stephanie ruhle, you still hav a show to do tonight at 11 eastern. we ve got lots to go lots to go now it s time to hand the whee to our colleague lawrenc o donnell. the legal spectacle never seen before in america. president trump a former commander-in-chief now a criminal defendant alvin bragg of new york campaigned on the fact that he would get president trump. i m going to get him the de
presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste