maddow and joy and myself. the whole gang will be back at 8:00 for special coverage, our whole primetime lineup of colleagues much more tonight starting at 8:00, but right now it s time to sit down with another bucket of popcorn or whatever you re having because it s time for the beat. hi, nicolle will see you at 8:00 p.m right now we re reporting on arraignment of former president donald trump stepped into court, took his seat to make his first appearance as a defendant in a criminal case. this is what that moment looked like this is here the photo right before the arraignment officially began and the news photographers then left the room a standard practice that trump s lawye lawyers asked to maintain today. meaning these are the photos donald trump did not want to world to see trump appeared at times somewhat sullen flanked by his expanded legal team he went on to plead not guilty today. he was watched over, as you can see here, by court officers, who are there not to p
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The first guilty plea in the Georgia Election case for efforts to steal electoral votes. This guilty plea from a Bail Bondsman scott hall, one of 18 codefendants carjack chad alongside donald trump. Plus a fight over the home of glamorous actress Marilyn Monroe. Should this home be protected as an Historic Site or should it be knock ed down to make room for new red hot real estate. And leading this hour, the odds of a Government Shutdown are now higher than Willie Nelson taking a tour of a. M. Dam. One day until the government runs out of funding and theres no clear path to a solutions. A lastditch measure failed in the house. 21 republicans crossed over to vote with democrats, eeb House Republican leaders say they are in the dark about where to go from here. Its up to the speak er. Its not including active duty troops or any of their families. On average, federal workers earn between 55,000 and 65,000 a year. Average pay for an Army Staff Sergeant
then there s another question, which is letting it proceed under attorney general garland, because that s the biden administration so barr improperly ended the investigation, why didn t it pick back up there may be various understandable answers to that, but we certainly haven t heard anything from attorney general garland as to why that happened. yeah. and then you look at what the actual laws are, and this has been discussed at length news viewers more familiar with the misdemeanor enhancement in new york than ever before. they make these references you and i again, we re discussing this as the news is breaking, andrew we have had a little minute to absorb tax purposes quote, the participant this is trump and his alleged cocons coconspirators, quote, took why does that matter and why isn t it more specific i m old enough to remember when prosecutors like you guys would, you know, cite a oh, those were the days.