The state of New York. This is a Big Deal. Even if you agree with his lawyers that this shouldnt be a criminal matter. Its a Big Deal, even if you agree with the former president , who called the case, quote, the Politicalwitch Hunt by the radicalleft democrats, with New York now taking over the assignment. Why is this a Big Deal . Simple. The investigation is not over. The Pressor Pressure just grew enormously, today, on Allen Weisselberg. And no one disputes how closely connected he has been to the man, whose books he has kept for decadings. Decades. Every single thing, when it was the acquisition of paperclips, light bulbs, furniture, mattresses, you name it. Allen weisselbergs kids payments. Rent, everything, would have a Donald Signature on it or his initial. In a moment, we will dig deeper into where all this could be going. First, the facts of the case from Cnns Paula Reid. Reporter the Namesake Company of formerpresident trump, now charged with tax crimes along with one of its
let s bring in barbara mcquade along with greg bluestein, msnbc political contributor for the atlanta journal-constitution. and author of flood, how georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on republican power. greg, if you will, start us off. i mentioned the former president will be showing up. the arraignment will still go forward. what can we expect? in georgia defendants have the right to waive their arraignments. it s no surprise that at least a dozen of the co-defendants have already done so. that means they re gonna be bypassing with a packed courtroom, tv cameras rolling, they re bypassing logistics. it s not a huge surprise. what happens now as it ramps up the next phase of litigation. which is already underway. there s defendants who are trying to speed up trial, others that are trying to slow the trial down. there are these five that are trying to remove the case to the federal court. what we know now is that donald trump and his litigation strategy revolve
several stories unfolding as we come on the air live from washington. gnu details on that supply balloon. and time running out overseas. let s start with what s up first, the state department confirms that chinese balloon was capable of collecting intel with congress now getting public and private briefings on the whole thing. we have our team live at the pentagon and capitol hill with where this goes next. police sharing new information about an assault on a member of congress. what we re learning about what happened to democrat angie craig, and whether politics played a role. the new info just in from capitol police in a minute. the chances of finding survivors of the deadly earthquakes are beginning to shrink and shrink quickly with more than 20,000 people now killed. we are live on the ground with what s happening around the clock. we ll take you there in just a second. i m hallie jackson in washington, along with dan de luce, our nbc news national affairs reporter at
we ve called on the dprk to refrain from further provocations and engage in a sustained and substantive dialogue. this is something we ve proposed going back many months. if they continue going down this road, it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation, increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions. let s go live to cnn s paula hancocks in south korea for us. another missile launch overnight. what do we know about this strike group being moved into the waters between japan and the korean peninsula? reporter: well, christine, the information we are getting at this point is coming from the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea. they say that the u.s.s. ronald regan is back in korean waters and has been carrying out naval drills with the south korean and japanese destroyer this afternoon, this thursday. now it was just last week when there were naval drills which angered pyongyang and they are now back in the waters just up the east
partners to carry astronauts. they ll carry astronauts to the international space station. let s watch. t minus 15. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mission, engines full power, and lif lift-off. 1 alpha. copy 1 alpha. the vehicle is pitching downrange. stage 1 propulsion. apparent telemetry. stage 1. martin savidge as we watch this takeoff. it s majestic. i could watch it over andover. i m a bit of a space geek. walk through, again, the importance of this mission, and, again, the commander, a native american woman. that s a pretty historic thing. a cosmonaut on an american spacecraft for the first time in 20 years. an important mission and remarkable pictures. it is because of the commitment of the united states and russia despite the tensions that have been introduced into the space program. they need each other. and as a result, the reintegration now of having russians fly an american spacecraft is an important message. and then, of course, for nicole mann.