Our Special Coverage continues now on the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Im wolf blitzer alongside laura coates. Truly an extraordinary and unprecedented day right here in washington, d. C. I mean the former president at one point was in the custody of the very government he allegedly tried to overthrow, just a mere step or two from the center of democracy of supporters even attacked on january 6th in the culmination of the plot to overture election. Onald j. Trump arres arraigned for the third time in four months on four federal charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights. The next hearing now scheduled for august 28th when the judge intends to set a trial date. And donald trump was standing up in court today, and he actually pleaded not guilty to all four of those criminal charges. And before boarding his private plane to return to new jersey, he was railing against the indictment and try
plus, he s already shaking up the 2024 race, hoping to be a third party nominee. but democrats are growing worried tonight about cornell west and whether or not he could tip the election in donald trump s favor. he s here to respond. and drug bust? the secret service has given up trying to find a suspect in the cocaine case that the white house has now closed. but questions still remain. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, my sources have confirmed that jared kushner testified last month in the special counsel s january 6th probe. questioned before a federal grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election by donald trump and his allies. kushner, of course, is trump s son-in-law and was trump s senior adviser in the white house. according to one source, the grand jury is asking whether or not trump had been told he had lost the election. back in 2020 in december, after trump had lost that election, i reported that kushner was one of
battleground, michigan, his efforts to shore up the autoworker roads. plus, donald trump s cash crunch as he faces mounting legal bills. and the historic court case that could have major impacts on school gun safety. then, the hidden crisis in our education system, kids skipping school, is statistic that has doubled since the pandemic. the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. the president, joe biden, is focusing on a crucial swing state as he gears up to take on likely challenger, donald trump. today, in michigan, which could be one of the biggest battlegrounds on his path to reelection. now, he has won the state in 2020 by just 154,000 votes. as nbc s dave guterres reports, union members there will help him win the white house. just days after clinching a coveted endorsement from the united auto workers, president biden is back in michigan tonight. we n
cheated. they are normalizing the completely false idea that american elections are rigged. and it is not just laura engroom. now, turning to joe biden and what we are hearing from voters on the ground in iowa. about a third of iowa republicans say joe biden was legitimately elected president. but almost half, almost double that i should say, double that amount say he was not, and next up we have the integrity of our elections. and up next moving on, no facts checks necessary. if you thought joe biden was not legitimately elected as president, you re in good company. multiple times steve kornacki mentioned two thirds of election goers, and fox moved onto the next thing, no mention that belief defies reality. after the attack on the capitol january 6th there was a moment it really felt like republicans might finally ditch donald trump. fox news owner rupert murdoch said he wanted to make trump a nonperson, which sounds severe. kevin mccarthy discussed removing trump from o
the democrats are going to stop at nothing, they see this train coming down the track, and they want to derail it. and if they can, they are going to game the system or maybe even cheat. whoa, what now? that was not foxes laura angrum in december of 2020. that was fox host laura ingraham this week, january, the year 2024. despite no evidence of election fraud last time around, and having to make $787 million to settle a defamation case based on their 2020 election lies. fox appears to be priming their audience once again to believe that if donald trump loses in 2024, it s because the democrats cheated. they are normalizing the completely false idea that american elections are rigged. and it is not just laurin graham. now turning to joe biden. what we are hearing from voters on the ground in iowa, about a third of iowa republicans saying joe biden was legitimately elected president. but almost half, almost double that i should say, double that amount say that he was not. a