in some ways. well, thank you. that s what i was aiming for. well done, my friend, thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so anything much going on in the news? enjoying these sleepy summer days without much happening? aghh. all right. we have a bunch of stuff to coffer tonight. first, the former president of the united states is going to be sentenced for 34 felony convictions next week on thursday. the prosecutors who brought that case and who prosecuted in court that case against donald trump, they were due today to make their sentencing recommendation to the judge. in a new york state case like this, it s not the jury that convicted trump that will decide what his sentence is. it s the judge who oversaw the case. it s juan juan merchan who will sentence trump. the maximum sentence under law that trump could face is four years in prison. it s very possible, however, that he might not get any prison time at all. for he does get a sentence of con
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many of you know the anchor here on msnbc, an nbc correspondent and reporter for many years. chris is one of my personal role models. there is nobody better than her in this generation of reporters at handling news as it happens. you have seen it in her on-the-scene reporting all over the country, seen it on her show at msnbc, 10:00 a.m. eastern and see it in the big promotion to be nbc news senior white house correspondent. as a woman in this business and some one who admires her, a really cool thing for me to see her get the senior white house correspondent gig at nbc. and also, it is very cool to be able to tell you that the person who is going to be arriving at msnbc to do the show at 10:00 a.m. eastern is jose diaz ballart, a force of nature. you have seen him on the show. you are likely to see him on telemundo, the anchor of two flag ship programs, one of the most watched, recognized anchors
who is going to be arriving at msnbc to do the show at 10:00 a.m. eastern is jose diaz ballart, a force of nature. you have seen him on the show. you are likely to see him on telemundo, the anchor of two flag ship programs, one of the most watched, recognized anchors in america. he will continue in the role on telemundo. and its competitor univision have huge audiences in the country. basically seen as totally separate from the media because they serve an hispanic audience. doesn t need to be that way. shouldn t be that way. with jose diaz ballart coming to work at msnbc, a world class excellent anchor and starteding to bridge the gap between the msnbc and telemundo audience. if you are an msnbc viewer and care about the balance of media in this country and us versus fox and all that media biz stuff, i have to tell you this is a really big deal for this business and us as a company.