good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
rebuttal witness on monday now, this morning i receive a whole slew of phone calls, from journalists asking me i i m going to be back to th da s office tomorrow, as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing they re tomorrow whether it before the grand jury or it just to meet with them for a interview i m not sure but, ye i was asked to make myself available. the witness michael cohen s rebutting, nbc news ha confirmed that attorney, bob costello, who was once a legal adviser to michael cohen wil testify on monday before the grand jury looking into th 2016 hush money payments, made to adult them star, stormy daniels. trump s attorney is, asked the da for bob costello, t testify. late last night after trump surprise social media post predicted his tuesday arrest we learned that manhattan da alvin bragg, sent a message to his offices employee assuring, them that efforts to intimidate them would not be tolerated. it s not every day that such a important log
you gotta go on the offense, you can t just play defense al the time mehdi, great to see you enjoy the rest of your evening coming up on ayman, the gop blind defense of trump republicans. rushing to his side. they are not even sure wha they re defending. plus, call chris woman, zo lofgren a former member of the january 6th elect committee, i ll get her reaction to trump s arrest production. and his attacks on the manhattan da then, the critical elections case that could drasticall affect your voting rights. and it s all thanks to republican gerrymander, or i north carolina i m ayman medina, let s ge started. there is a lot of new news tonight in the trump manhattan da investigation, today animis be see the former lawyer michael cohen said that he has been asked by the manhatta da s office to serve as