phoenix, arizona as we top a new hour, riley gaines, along with other female athletes, coaches, and parents, are set to rally to demand the ncaa ban biological males from women s collegiate sports teams. we ll be watching and keeping a close eye on developments from there. john: plus hear from riley herself when she joins us live and what she wants to hear from college athletic officials. stay tuned for all that. sandra: begin this hour waiting for a white house briefing as hunter biden is expected to be in a los angeles federal courtroom a short time from now where he will answer to nine federal tax charges just one day after his public stunt on capitol hill. and here we go. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you. john: good to be with you on this friday eve as we call it around here. this is america reports . hunter biden will likely plead not guilty to the tax crstacked against him, donald trump is just coming out of the courtroom to
quote, the financial statements are perfect. the bank s got all their money. the banks are happy as can be. the money is irrelevant. it s a small number. i m an innocent man persecuted by someone running for office. this state is vicious. and it takes away all my rightings. this is no fraud. it s a fraud on me. i did nothing wrong, he said. perhaps unsurprisingly, judge engoron interrupted asking chris kise to control your client, before calling the whole thing off and breaking for lunch. it s the prosecution s turn to deliver its close. asking for a $370 million fine as well as a ban on the trump organization in new york. prosecutors say the court has not heard any new facts from donald trump s team because, quote, most of the facts are undisputed. joining us from outside the manhattan courthouse, yasmin vossoughian. it got a bit spicy today. what else are we hearing from the prosecution right now? reporter: spicy is putting it lightly to say the least. i got to say, when
good wednesday morning, i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now escalating tensions between the u.s. and russia with ukraine front and center. in the last hour, president biden led a show of unity with leaders of the so-called bucharest nine, our eastern european nato allies and he had this blunt message about the future. today as we approach the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion, it s either more important that we continue to stand together. because what s literally at stake is not just ukraine, it s freedom. looming over it all the spector of nuclear weapons with new comments from a top putin ally this morning saying russia has the right to defend itself with, quote, any weapon including the nuclear kind. this as we also learn russia told the u.s. it was going to test an intercontinental ballistic missile before president biden s trip to ukraine. and another wrinkle during a meeting with china s top diplomat earlier, russian president v
austin awful of scottish symbolism. and her son, taking his first steps, scotland s going. just shortly after, charles the third meeting scotland s first minister, nicholas sturgeon. the leader of arguably the most rebellious of his nation s. sturgeon wants to eventually secure another referendum on scottish independence. challenging the unity of the kingdom. but in her address to the king, at the scottish parliament. she pledged her loyalty. your majesty we stand ready to support you, as you continue your own life of service. and as you build on the extraordinary legacy of your beloved mother. our queen. queen elizabeth ii, queen of the scots. the encounter with the scottish leader came after an event in westminster where the king and queen consort received a letter of condolence from both houses of parliament. there, charles a third reiterated his loyalty to britain s democratic values. her late majesty pleasure stuff to serve her country and her people. and to mainta
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