to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of documented fraud connected to hush mone payments that he allegedly mad to cover up fast affairs in th run up to the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that it includes at leas one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown. because the indictment remains sealed nbc news has now joined coalition of news organization urging that the indictment t be unsealed, citin overwhelming public interest ahead of trump s scheduled arraignment next tuesday that group is also requestin that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom during tuesday s proceedings. according to the new york times, trump and his aides were caugh off guard by the timing of the grand jury indictment which wa made public thursday afternoon thinking that any action was perhaps still
tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg s case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i m ayman, let s get started to start this hour, let s brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still unknown because th indictment remains sealed. nbc news has now joined coalition of a new or
good morning, everyone. phil is making jokes before 6:00 a.m. it s friday. we re glad you re with us. five things to know for this friday, september 8th. we want to start with weather breaking overnight. hurricane lee intensify ing int a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. that was double what it was 24 hours ago. the big question, is it going to hit the east coast or make a turn and stay in the atlantic. and eight sightings, but an escaped murderer is still on the run. and new overnight, we re hearing from the american trapped 3,000 feet deep in a cave. he says he was very close to the edge suffering from internal bleeding and rescuers saved his life. this morning for if the first time we re expected to see the full report from the special grand jury in georgia. they are investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll see if it has any new information that was not included in the indictments against former president trump and his 18