Courtroom in washington just steps from the capital where his supporters rioted on january 6th. The former president facing his third arraignment charged with a criminal scheme to stay in power after his loss. Special counsel jack smith just feet away from him in the courtroom before leaving washington. Mr. Trump, who is running to retake the white house in 2024 coming before the cameras, calling it a very sad day for america. Our team at the courthouse and our legal analyst standing by. Also tonight, two u. S. Navy sailors under arrest, accused of spying for china. The secret theyre accused of selling. The Grim Discovery. Two bodies in the rio grande. One at that floating Barrier Texas installed in the river. What texas and mexican officials are saying. Terrifying moments aboard a delta flight. Police say a passenger with a sharp object cut himself and then attacked a Flight Attendant. How he was stopped. The new development in the gilgo beach serial killer investigation. What prosecu
All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
sailors have each been arrested for selling military secrets to china. sensitive military information ended up in the hands of the peoples republic of china. reporter: the first defendant, 22-year-old jinchao wei faces espionage charges. national defense information was sent to china, including documents, photos, videos and technical manuals. in exchange, his intelligence officer paid wei thousands of dollars. reporter: authorities say wei, a machinist on the uss essex in san diego, sent the chinese officer photos of military hardware and vehicles and information about warfare exercises. in a separate case, wenheng zhao from ventura, california. federal authorities say zhao received $15,000 from a chinese intelligence officer in exchange for operational plans, navy movements and blueprints for a radar system at a military base
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brother cecil and david rosenthal and joyce weinberg. we ve been in spitting distance of evil. reporter: joyce s son was in court today as he had been for the two months of the trial. what was the mood in there like today? a bit tense. the upside is that we finally saw the monster come out in his prison garb. there is no closure because my mom is still dead. so we build from here. i can t bring her back. reporter: this community determined to move forward. we heal really through being able to continue to live our lives to the fullest. we have all been given freedom. we re all granted freedom in our life. and we can choose what we make of it. reporter: the end of the trial hopefully bringing a sense of shalom, some peace. though it cannot heal the pain, that may come only with time and prayer. for nbc news, david johnson, pittsburgh. and up next here tonight, high alert for an invasive insect -okay, and one more. -i thinknk we got itit. th