I give amazing spongebaths. Can i get a room . [ chuckling ] chefs kiss. Im ari melber signing off from this special hour. Keep right here on msnbc. I guess because donald trump does apparently whatever i tell him to do, he did not glare at me again in the courtroom today after i described Donald Trumps weird and childish and trumpian attempt to, i guess, intimidate me by throwing his angry glare at me when he was leaving the courtroom yesterday, i said right here on the program last night that it was a mistake for him to do that. I said that his apparently useless handyman who hangs out in the front row of the courtroom Boris Epshteyn should have told trump not to make a big deal out of that odonnell guy being in the courtroom yesterday. Donald trump shouldnt have given me that pleasure. He shouldnt have done that in such a goofy and public way that the New York Times felt to report it right away on the live update of the trial. No one in the courtroom had seen donald trump do anythin
bare his dark history of drug abuse. we re live at the courthouse. plus, a new look at the raid that freed four hostages in gaza, the blistering cross fire and mishap with the get away car before a final dramatic escape by helicopter. we ll have those details. and when a former president meets his probation officer, donald trump faces questions on everything from his mental health to his living situation. what we know about his presentencing interview today. plus, what you haven t seen from the day of the insurrection. the new video obtained by msnbc of the chaos and confusion on january 6th, including the questions congressional leaders were asking in realtime about why the national guard hadn t shown up. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. but we begin with nbc s mike memoli outside the courthouse in wilmington. mike, the defense has argued that hunter biden s state of mind is critical when considering the charges against him. what are
Moved and we do not know about bob corker and jeff flake. They are not really needed. If sin if Susan Collins comes on, it is a 5050 split and mike pence will be the tiebreaker. Shery we have heard from ron johnson who was a guest. Towho is a yes, he wants expand tax credits for pastor businesses and James Lankford, he had concerns about the size of the deficit. He is on board and says he will vote yes. If senator bob corker and jeff flake and Susan Collins announce a decision expected to announce a decision in a few hours. Vonnie amazing it comes down to Susan Collins. On the health care debate. It was down to her and john mccain who was the ultimate decider. The second time for Susan Collins. That is not the only news. Doolittleto abigail for the sharp Market Reaction this past 1. 5 hours. A risk off reaction to the news that Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty, greed to cooperate in the pressure probe pressure probe russia probe. Abc news says he may be willing to testify against donal
Reaction to both pieces of news. Abigail very sharp Market Reaction. Very sharp risk. Off Market Reaction major averages lower at this point. Dowling s p 500 down. 5 . The nasdaq down 1 . At session lows when Michael Flynn said he would plead guilty to lying to the fbi and would cooperate on the russian probe, abc reporting he may testify against President Trump. All the major averages down more than 1 , on pace for their worst day since may. Ofhave seen some moderation that selling action as investors try to figure out what this means going forward. It comes down to the u. S. Profit outlook. Investors assess these headlines are not going to affect profit, we could see the moderation continue. Ultimately it will matter whether or not this could perhaps mean President Trump is impeached over the rails policy in any significant way. We see for the nasdaq 100, the fiveday chart, the big selling action on wednesday. It was for no apparent reason. When you see Market Action of that type, it
S p 500 by. 5 . Nasdaq down. 75 , well off the lows it is worth noting. They had been down more than 1 at session lows. All this following the headlines and Michael Flynn did plead guilty to lying to the fbi and is agreeing to cooperate in the russia probe. Abc reporting he may testify against President Trump. The idea President Trump had in fact been connected to the russia contact. If we take a look at the intraday chart of the dow, we see this roller coaster ride up until about 11 00. It had been slightly higher, on pace for a record close. As the headlines crossed we see an absolute nosedive. Session lows down 1. 44 . On pace since the worst day since may. Also true for the s p 500. The russell 2000 down significantly, its worst day since may. A little bit of a moderation as investors trying to figure out with this means and the implications. Right now perhaps the moderating of the selling action suggests there is not enough information to know whether or not it could affect the u.