this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
family whether we offer ourself as one of them i think different times call for different leadership. yeah, you know, he tried to kill my family and tried to kill me, but, you know, it remains to be seen, whether i may support him for the republican nomination there you go. scene. we re not here there you go that s he admitted last week, mika, that donald trump put his family in danger and his own life in danger mm-hmm. for i have to say, for me, for everybody that i know, that s the end in an attempt to subvert or democracy. there s that. but let s just keep with the family like, let s go a little john dutton here. you know, you protect your family he admitted last week that somebody tried to kill his family you know, don t go all john dutton on the revenge part, the other side of the boarder. at least you can say, i m not going to support him no, no, jonathan, you know, he tried to have me is and my family killed on january 6th while trying to subvert d
and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher who s out for revenge, that he s furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect their marriage. we are keeping an eye on that courtroom in case costello comes out to speak with reporters, he could. we re also watching for michael cohen who says he s been asked to rebut costello to the grand jury if need be. here s some of what cohen would likely say from his own attorney who just spoke with wnbc. donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there aren t two systems of justice. no person is above the law. that s what we re facing now. we have indisputab
i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
deputy foreign minister. the chancellor has brought forward by three weeks a fiscal statement he was to deliver in november, in a bid to reassure the financial markets. tonight with the context, the former labour mp and cabinet minister caroline flint and the republican strategist rina shah. welcome to the programme. the french president, emmanuel macron who has tried to maintain an open channel with moscow said today s strikes on ukraine signalled a profound change in the conduct of the war. in a televised address, vladimir putin said he personally had ordered the strikes as revenge for the weekend s attack on the kerch bridge. the targets, he said, were ukraine s energy, command and communication, structures. but as so often is the case, the missiles landed on busy intersections, in parks and tourist areas of kyiv, with an intensity not seen since the early days of the war. there were strikes across the country from the east to the west. ukraine s major cities were