authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
course, and this is a picture of a guy, i m not saying the guy in the picture is himself cute, honestly, what would i, know not my area expertise. but i think just as a picture, regardless of the guy, i think as a picture this is kind of cute. just in terms of composition. in part because it s kind of got a swirl effects. like on the upper left side of the image, we ve got his eye that s looking kind of whisky, kind of head downstream, but then on the lower right side of the image he s got the biggest mark, heading straight up towards his ear so the whole thing is kind of a swirl you know? just as a picture as a mugshot in particular i think that s not bad. that person is the attorney general of the great state of texas and that is in fact his mugshot. his name is ken who s indicted in booked into the collin county jail in texas on felony securities fraud charges a few years ago, those felony charges are still pending against him, he was still under indictment on multiple fel
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
a final push to persuade jurors. i could see certainly a few of them were doing what you re doing right now, shaking your head up and down. tonight, as protective barricades go up in new york, what we know about what is coming and when. plus, the other major developments in georgia and d. c.. the posturing of trump allies in high office and the ones battling him for a nomination. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure wins over some type of alleged affair. tonight, george conway, danya perry, congressman adam schiff, michael steele, mona charen, and jon meacham on what could be history in the making. when all in starts right now. good evening. i am chris hayes. well, the country is bracing for what could be an imminent indictment of donald trump in manhattan. there are reports that it could be handed down as early as today, although as far as we know, that has not happened. over the weekend, the ex president took to social med
but tickets are still available. that didn t land. florida has joined iowa, utah and arkansas to become the fourth state this year to pass universal school choice. it s such a big deal it got randi weingarten to finally wash her hair. today governor right side signed a bill disbanding the state s education account to all k 12 students regardless of race income background or even zip code. now that they have school choice, florida s parents biggest worry will be that their kids will be eat eaten by python. that wouldn t be a worry for me. so the good news is those funds could be used for anything from private school tuition, tutoring, textbooks, home schooling, online theory and, in florida, alligator rappelent. as proponents put it it if you understand students and not systems which force public schools to compete in something other than best drag queen. [cheers and applause] greg: yeah. yeah, man. the hell? florida is the sixth state nationwide to approve such options and