including a major meeting with secretary general of nato pushed to tomorrow after the president underwent unexpected dental surgery. and donald trump headed to miami this hour. what do expect inside the courtroom for his historic arraignment, and what to expect outside the federal courthouse with the city ramping up security and shutting down streets. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin right there in florida, nearly 24 hours away from the president s arraignment. nbc s gabe gutierrez is in dural where donald trump will be spending the night ahead of his court appearance. what are we expecting tonight? reporter: what we re expecting today in a short time is a small group of supporters that have gathered outside of the doral golf course to greet the former president as he goes in and out of the area. many supporters say they support him completely, that this has been a political witch hunt in their view, and we just spoke with
are not going to be going anywhere. he says putin thinks he can wait us out. he said that is not possible. they spoke about that. they spoke about artificial intelligence, at the end of the news conference, i did pose a question to him rating now about the situation as it relates to former president trump. i asked him specifically how he s able to convince americans that they should trust the independence and fairness of the department of justice given his predecessor. former president trump has attacked his credibility, his integrity. he has never once as we have witnessed, he said, told the department of justice to do in any form or fashion, and he said, because i am honest. in fact, that s why you can trust me. the biggest take aways in the news conference. pride month is celebrated around the country. the president did speak in support, in backing of the gay and lesbian and transgender community, calling on congress to pass the equality act, which would incorporate protec
does it for me. thank you for watching. right now american voices with alicia menendez. thanks so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone i m alicia menendez. this week seeing a president of the united states arraigned on federal criminal charges. today, a bombshell prediction from trump s former attorney general, saying that his former boss is quote, toast. we ll have that in just a second. trump s arraignment will go down on tuesday in miami, facing a judge and 37 counts of classified documents mishandling. today, trump announcing that he will deliver remarks about his arraignment in miami. and his on tuesday evening. the indictment, the united states versus donald j trump and trump s aid, an alleged coconspirator, laying out a damning case. 31 counts for violating the espionage act, as far as willful retention of national defense information. the lies of a which meant spewing from trump and the elected republicans who have anointed themselves his backup singers. one me
a federal indictment of donald trump could be eminent. nbc news confirms the doj told trump s lawyers and he is a target of this classified documents investigation. moments ago, a key prosecutor in the special counsel s office was spotted at the miami federal courthouse. so is that probe rapidly reaching its conclusion with the former president smack at the center? plus loyal no more. mike pence kicks off his 2024 bid with his strongest rebuke of trump yet. president trump also demand ed that i choose between him and the constitution. i chose the constitution. and i always will. we will have a live report from the red hot campaign trail. and more than 120 million americans enveloped by dangerous wildfire smoke. postponing national sports games, canceling school activities and prompting delays and ground stops at multiple airports. the transportation secretary will join us and have more on how to stay safe and when relief could come. just a few minutes ago, senior sp
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the