today on inside politics, more problems, more money. donald trump s donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump co-conspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. the polls. all of them. all for donald trump. republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. and the president corrects how he counts. joe biden acknowledges his seventh grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, saving america or saving his skin. today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. sources put that number north of $40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. this morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals carlos de oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say sc
our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that court appearance in florida for carlos de oliveira. nbc s ken dilanian following all the latest developments for us. ken, break down what happened in the courtroom and what s 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 wasn t able to enter a plea or have an arraignment because he didn t 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 who s a low-level employee at mar-a-lago. it s 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 low-level employees, nauta
i ll break down the legal developments with former fbi senior official chuck rosenberg and talk to one of the republicans challenging trump for the nomination, former texas congressman will hurd. donald trump is running to stay out of prison. plus, impeachment trial balloon. as hunter biden s plea deal unravels in court, house republicans threaten to impeach president biden. if they do not provide the information we need, then we would go to an impeachment inquiry. this is impeachment theater. setting up a potential impeachment investigation, coinciding with the threat of a government shutdown all in the fall. i ll talk to biden campaign national co-chair senator chris coons of delaware. and is age just a number? senator mitch mcconnell freezes mid-sentence in a news conference, putting a spotlight once again on the advancing age of many of our nation s leaders. the president calling to check on me? how old is too old to serve? joining me for insight and a
years. we re ready to go. later. kidnapped in natity. two americans, a nurse and her young daughter taken. we ll have an effort on the update to get them both home. good morning. thanks for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera in new york. the first court hearing for the third defendant in the classified documents case. in just a few minutes we expect to see carlos deolive era appear before a federal judge in a courthouse. he s accused in a scheme to destroy security footage at mar-a-lago. it apparently shows workers moving boxes of classified documents. our katie phang is outside that courthouse in miami. nbc s ken dilanian is standing by with the justice department. also with us, former house committee spokesperson hannah mull daven. katie, what can we expect from today s hearing? reporter: good morning. we re outside the lebron james lawrence king federal courthouse. the different one that donald trump was arraigned in a few weeks ago, but the same that wa
mara gay. white house editor for politico, sam stein. you saw him on way too early. and the founder of the conservative website, the bulwark, charlie sykes. it is a great group. thank you for being with us this morning. we ll begin the week with the latest on those new charges against former president donald trump in the classified documents case. today, a newly introduced third defendant, the property manager at former president s florida home, is scheduled to be arraigned in miami federal court. carlos de oliveira was named in a superseding indictment last week and charged in four counts, including conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements to the fbi. according to prosecutors, trump directed both de oliveira and his valet, walt nauta, to destroy security camera footage last year from the room monitoring where boxes of classified documents were being stored at mar-a-lago. that alleged order came just days after the fbi issued a subpoena for that same f