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busy news day. hi everyone. i m jessica dean and this morning new details surrounding the indictment of former president donald trump, the first former u. s president to face an indictment on criminal charges cnn has learned. trump is expected to appear in a manhattan court tuesday. sources say. that s when he said to be arraigned. this is quite a day. quite a moment in u. s political history. donald trump, former president and current candidate for president in 2024. is facing. we re told more than 30 counts related specifically to business fraud. if convicted, trump could be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison, though no legal experts believe that s likely all of this connected to his alleged role in a hush money payments scheme and cover up involving the adult film star stormy daniels overnight, his attorney, joe tacopina, says the former president is quote ready to fight. we re on this notable day our reporters, correspondents and guests all standing b ....
our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. we start tonight with the historic breaking news here in new york city a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. investigating his role in a hush money payment to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, a claim mr. trump denies a lawyer for mr. trump says the former president has been notified of the indictment the action is unprecedented. it is the first time a former or sitting american president has been indicted. nbc s garrett haake leads our coverage garrett, what m ....
morning joe starts right now trump indicted the first ever criminal indictment of a former president of the united states came down yesterday when a new york city grand jury convened by the manhattan district attorney s office took the unprecedented step of voting to charge donald trump. because the indictment is under seal, the exact charges are unknown, but we do know they center around that $130,000 payment trump allegedly made to porn star stormy daniels just days before the 2016 election, to keep her silent about an affair she claims the two had a decade earlier according to the star witness in the case, trump s own former lawyer, michael cohen, the trump organization tried to cover up the payment, falsely claiming it was a legal expense. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, march 31st along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too ea early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire the host of politics nation, ....
election. the bombshell coming as he once again runs for the white house. what is the unprecedented charge or charges? and would he surrender for arrest? also tonight, the video appearing to show an american journalist arrested in russia on a spying charge. if convicted, he could face 20 years in prison. how will the u.s. respond? also tonight, the chilling 911 calls from the nashville school shooter. a teacher hiding in a closet, pleading for help as shots ring out. the military tragedy. nine soldiers killed when two black hawk helicopters crash in kentucky. the investigation. our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony. her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness. the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring americ ....
involving former president trump, a judge now ordering former vice president mike pence to testify about his conversations with the former president leading up to january 6th. what this now means and jon karl is here. fema on the ground in mississippi. the scope of the need staggering. now they re estimating at least 2,000 homes were destroyed. witt johnson in mississippi. tonight, we re also tracking a new system that could now set up the same severe storm risk across that region again this week. chief meteorologist ginger is timing it out for us tonight. the horrific images this evening, the massive and deadly fire breaking out in a migrant facility just over the u.s. border with mexico and the staggering number coming in. at least 40 people killed. the major turn tonight in the famous murder case from the serial podcast after addnon syed s conviction was overturned. what s happened now? and a very rare sight in the sky tonight. the planets lining up. how many of them ....