Court for the donald trump legal team, who won, who lost, and the comments the judge made that the former president might not want to hear. Also, a former army officer who was an adviser to the Trump Administration explained why his blood ran cold after reading jack smiths latest indictment. Plus, the Vice President talks exclusively to msnbcs Reverend Al Sharpton amid new revelations about her role in the 2024 campaign. Campaign. As i bid you all a very good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york, welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Were beginning this hour with some staggering the numbers. About the wildfires of this devastated murray this past week. The math now says it will cost five and a half billion dollars to be built from hawaiis governor says. We will likely be the worst Natural Disaster in the states history. So, he comes as many residents return to assess whats left, if anything, of their homes. Officials say more than 2200 buildings were destroyed. That majorit
Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the Us Government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from outside the court. What will we see on thursday . These charges as you outlined there, the Department Of Justice believes it is held a strong case to show the former president of the us tried to select the Election Results of 2020 and essentially tried to overturn the policy. We mention one of the charges, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, obstruct official proceedings, and others. This is the most serious Indictment Set by the donald trump basis, one of the most serious indictments the Department Ofjustice has brought against a president in terms of what they have laid out in the indictment against him. Having said that, despite the seriousness of it, Department Ofjustice has a cha
hello and thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my friend and colleague jose diaz-balart, reporting from miami today. and welcome to the start of a monumental day. in just a few hours, donald trump will become the first former president to ever enter a plea in a federal courthouse. a grand jury voted to indict the 45th commander in chief with 37 counts relating to his handling of classified documents at his alleged obstruction of justice. now, trump has repeatedly stated he plans to enter a not guilty plea. and he will be presumed innocent just like any other american citizen. this won t be like any other trial. no other trial. outside doral, trump supporters and protesters made their voices heard. and on the campaign trail, the current front-runner for the republican nomination is starting to take criticism from his own party. if this indictment is true, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. how a
Have asked federal troops to put down protests over stolen action could trump have legally used troops against citizens lawfully protesting alex, alarming is the word. the insurrection act of 1807 gives the president great authority to use federal armed forces to reestablish order in the states if the federal laws are not being enforced. for example, if the federal courts are unable to operate. two paragraphs in the indictment set out that professor john eastman, who is the academic behind the false theory that vice president pence could refused electoral votes, assistant secretary general wanted to make assistant general were both warned that there could be riots in every major city in america if the election was decided on an unconstitutional basis. assistant general clark replied
Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from outside the court. what will we see on thursday? these charges as you outlined there, the department of justice believes it is held a strong case to show the former president of the us tried to select the election results of 2020 and essentially tried to overturn the policy. we mention one of the charges, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruct official proceedings, and others. this is the most serious indictment set by the donald trump basis, one of the most serious indictments the