that was special counsel, jack smith a short while ago speaking in washington, dc officially announcing that indictment handed down by a grand jury today. former president trump indicted on four counts we have been speaking with a pain ultimately spring the bakken. stephanie rawlings blake, former mayor of baltimore, democratic strategist, former deputy attorney general, also alan lichtman, presidential historian. and our correspondent nomia iqbal who s been following all of the latest from outside the courthouse in dc. let s start with you nomia iqbal, for the view isjoining us now and wanting to know what happened. take us through what took place this afternoon as we learned of this afternoon as we learned of this indictment. we were waiting for a potential indictment to come down and it had been a lot of speculation for some time, ever since donald trump a couple of weeks ago said he received a target letter which typically you get
because there is no immediate threat to vladimir putin s rule in russia. that is not the case. but there is now a pr problem that vladimir putin has, and the longer this situation persists, the greater that problem gets. eric: certainly, he s been bakken on his heels a bit. back on his heels a bit. ryan chilcote, based in london for us, good to see you. thank you for that. arthel? arthel: well, eric and ryan [laughter] meantime, defense secretary austin today spoke with defense ministers from canada, france, germany, poland and the u.k. as washington is keeping a close eye on the situation in russia. we re live at the white house with the very latest coming up next. n. together we provide nutrients to support immune, muscle, bone, and heart health. everyone: woo hoo! ensure with 25 vitamins and minerals.