Putin threatens war. As starmer meets biden to discuss ukraine, what would 3 harris or Trump Victory mean for the west . And its succession for real as the Murdochs Head to court over what happens after Rupert Murdochs death. Hello and welcome to newsnight, the place to be this Friday Night for insight and illuminating interviews on a day when tensions between russia and the west appear to be escalating. As we speak, sir keir starmer s meeting with President Biden to discuss the next steps in the war in ukraine. So, what does the future looks like, for ukraine and the west, after the us election in november . On our transatlantic panel tonight, were joined by the Journalist Michael Wolff whose Book Fire and fury inside the trump White House is seen by many as the definitive work on the former president. Alison phillips, who was the Mirrors Editor in chief until earlier this year is here. And also with us, john ryley, editor of Sky News for 17 years. Welcome to you all and john, in term
derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trump s indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyiv s counter offensive is failing. we re live with an update on what s happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we do begin this hour with that breaking news from the fed. cnbc s morgan brennan is here for cnbc on msnbc. i think, morgan, we re on a ten-meeting streak by the fed of raising interest rates. what just happened? hold, that is what just happened. so we had ten raises, and now we hold. the federal reserve hitting the pause button on its campaign of interest rate hikes, as i say these words, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged at 5 to 5 1/4%. this a
criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. he has pled not guilty. it was a weighty mood in that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self-inflicted by donald trump. that was just some of msnbc s coverage of the historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. we ll take you through yesterday s arraignment and what comes next in the case. and hours after his court appearance trump was back at his golf club in new jersey taking his typical approach to any accusations against him, portraying himself as the pure victim. and on capitol hill some republicans dodged questions about trump while others continue to support him. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a stonefaced former president donald trump pleaded not gui
for now, democratic opponent. i m paula ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. democratic secretary of state now becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally. in the 30-page decision, she didn t come to that conclusion lightly. writing, quote, i outlined people that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i m also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engage in insurrection. bells issued her ruling after a bipartisan group of former lawmakers challenge promised free position on the ballot and you should know that she s deposit decision but peeling the court. which trump said in the tens of. i ll also on thursday, california secretary of state chose to include trump s name on the list of candidates certified too run in the states presidential primary, despite a call for her not to do so from the state lieutenant governor. those decisio