Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that Court Appearance in florida for Carlos De Oliveira. Nbcs ken dilanian following all the latest developments for us. Ken, break down what happened in the courtroom and whats going to happen between now and next week. Reporter good afternoon, chris. Mr. De oliveira made his first appearance in Federal Court to answer for these charges but wasnt able to enter a plea or have an arraignment because he didnt have local counsel licensed to practice in the Southern District of florida. So he will have to come back and do that. The real significance of this case is not really mr. De oliveira whos a lowlevel employee at maralago. Its that this new Superseding Indictment makes an extraordinary allegation against the former president , alleging that he conspired to destroy evidence that was under a Grand Jury Subpoena. It says essentially he ordered these two lowlevel employees, nauta and deol oliveira, to
the new york times is describing the moment as a flashing red light for israel, noting that in recent decades attempts to weaken the court around the world have become recurring signals that democracy is in trouble. nbc s raf sanchez was able to ask prime minister netanyahu about that directly. also with us, rick stengel, phenomenoner undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and an msnbc political analyst. so raf, what else did bibi netanyahu have to tell you? well, chris, this was a ride-ranging interview. but i wanted to start by asking the prime minister about the deep divisions in the country he leads. those divisions have been on full display every week for the last six months, on the streets here in jerusalem and tel aviv, other cities, with these mass protests as ordinary israelis try to stop the prime minister s plan to weaken the supreme court. those divisions have gotten so severe that a poll last week found 56% of israelis fear their