you from los angeles and welcome everyone to alex wit reports. developing this, our new reaction today and a growing partisan divide after former president donald trump claim without evidence that th manhattan district attorney is planning to arrest on tuesday. the da s office declined t comment on those claims, which stem from an investigation int a hush money payment to stormy daniels. but nbc news has obtained an email sent by da alvin bragg telling staff they will not be intimidated. if indicted, donald trump woul be the first former u.s. president to face criminal charges, and early today democratic lot makers ar stressing that significance. no one is above the law that is a defining principle o the republic, and has been the case for 247 years it i outrageous there is no thing to low the sky cannot reach every time yo think he s reached, it he goes even further also that he is ver typical of the forme president. he attacks the person who is leading this investigat
attacked and we have this breaking news russian president vladimir putin visited the russia occupied city of mariupol in ukraine. that s defiant move coming after the internationa criminal court issued an arres warrant for him earlier, today a white house security officia gave msnbc the reaction to tha visit. it is certainly a indication, i think, that he knows he is not doing so wel militarily there and he is going up there to tr to buck up the war effort. and domestically, inside russia, and to try to make at least visible piece to the world tha he is in control, he is in command, things will go well i the future so i think it is a lot o propaganda and, president biden is calling for legislation to hol the senior bank executives accountable following a series of huge big failures earlier today, democrati senator elizabeth warren tol nbc news what actions she feel will ensure a safe and secur banking system we have got to have a