hour of chris jansing reports. i m alex witt. ahead for us, kevin spacey on trial. the oscar award winning actor appears in court on multiple count of sexual assault. we re live in london. plus, a scathing report in the wake of jeffrey epstein s death. the d.a. blasts prisoner workers for multiple failures. a russian missile strike targets a crowded ukrainian restaurant right at dinner time. also, trump s growing legal woes, word that his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, met with the special counsel s office. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we will begin with nbc s vaughn hillyard who s following the latest trump legal troubles. what can you tell us about rudy giuliani and the legal team. rudy giuliani is a lynch pin in so many of what is a large web around january 6th and the special counsel s investigation. at this point in time, we know that in fulton county in the district attorney s investigation there, he has already been togethe
new york grand jury has voted to indict the former president of the united states. donald trump. this is the first time in us history the first time in us history that criminal charges have been filed against anyone who has served as president of the united states. the charges coming after the investigation of hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels to cover up her alleged affair with trump. this has huge implications not only for trump but also for the nation as the former president makes another run for the white house right now, our correspondents, analysts and contributors are all standing by as we cover this breaking story and what comes next paris canal is on the scene for us. let s go to your first year there in new york. you re watching all of this unfold. tell our viewers what else you re learning. well, that s right. we learned that in manhattan grand jury has returned an indictment against former president donald trump. as you said, the first time
hill. this is cnn. mhm. donald trump inside trump tower right now getting ready to leave. for history. we re talking about his arraignment. we still don t know exactly what charges he is facing, but we soon will. we are following all the developments and we have new reporting coming in. the effort to expel three lawmakers in tennessee is now underway. republicans there are trying to remove some democrats for protesting for gun reforms as police now reveal new details about the nashville school shooter. we have just learned he s a billionaire. but could tiger woods soon be wearing green jacket number six. he s won the masters five times already has odds this week as the 87th tournament prepares to tee off those major stories and more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. a former president gets arrested today. boy those words are something we are closing in on a historic moment. in a first in u. s history, you re looking at live pictures outside trump tower. donald t
Of a new fundraising email. he even posted it on twitter or x or whatever it is, which is no small thing. this is his first post since he was banned from the platform after the insurrection. the biden campaign send its own fundraising pitch titled approbo of nothing and says i think today is a great day to give to my campaign. they did not use the photo per se but it was clearly hanging over everything. in fact, it now seems more clear than ever that this photo of inmate p-01135809, the best here rick from lay miss, by the ray, this photo will maybe literally but definitely figuratively be the centerpiece of the 2024 presidential campaign. for trump the legal battle is the campaign. trump is listed as 6 3 , 215 pounds on the booking sheet. all of us who can dunk a basketball can see that the next
Still believes trump is a strong candidate and went out with a fundraising pitch where he called donald trump the strongest candidate. you know, kevin mccarthy probably is happy that right now the house is not in session where he doesn t have to meet up with some of these freedom caucus people who are so loyal to trump face to face. the real question, alex, is what s going to happen when they come back, the conservatives are pushing for a number of measures that would provide donald trump air cover as he deals with legal battles, and heads into the 2024 election. among them, a resolution to expunge his two impeachments, pushed by marjorie taylor greene and elise stefanik. it s not worth the paper it s written on, but one of the symbolic gestures to suggest he somehow wasn t impeached, which would not be the fact. and this is something that kevin mccarthy now may be forced to bring to the floor sooner rather than later to appease a bit of angst from his most conservative