embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv
also recently met with prosecutors in manhattan and just yesterday, source told nbc news that local state and federal law enforcemen agencies have already starte preparing security measures in new york in case charges are filed against trump. this is, of course, happenin against the backdrop of th start of the 2024 presidential race trump s campaign confirmed tha he will hold his first officia rally next saturday in waco, texas. joining me now by phone is m colleague, lawrence o donnell, the host of msnbc s the last word lawrence, thanks so much for kicking us off at the 10:0 hour what do you make of trump latest post? he s made a lot of claims an called for his supporters to protest other things in th past we run the, we ve heard them is there something different about this particular post thi morning? well, it actually, when w think about it, it s consisten with the way donald trump ha dealt with development involving criminal investigations beginning with the fbi searc
you from los angeles welcome to alex witt report, would be getting this hour o the investigation into donal trump s alleged hush money payments to film star tort stormy daniels he has been launching out on true to media today. he claims he will be arreste on tuesday clay calling th manhattan da office political. and calling for protests the manhattan da is declinin to comment but some spin campaign said th there has been no notification trump is rightly highlightin his innocence. his defenders have rallied mos notably, kevin mccarthy ca called it an outrageous abus of power by the da democrats are concerned that his social media post coul lead to violence i am just so struck b remembering back this mornin to the two impeachments that i was involved and asked unite states senator of donald trump and remembering my republica colleagues, some of my republican colleagues saying oh they believe that donal trump has learned a lesson fro these experiences. and yet, here we have to
is american voices we began this weekend with breaking news. reacting to former president trump s bombshell claim that h will be arrested on tuesday. trump says that he s receive quote, legal leaks about the manhattan district attorney investigation. on a shrewd social account tha will be taken into custody o tuesday. earlier this, week trump attorney said that if th former president were to b indicted that he would surrender to authorities trump himself already callin for protests to be clear, no evidence tha trump has indeed been indicted the manhattan da s offic declined to comment. just minutes ago, michael cohe shedding light on the gran juries possible timeline the grand jury meets you sa monday, wednesday, thursday. which means he s gonna b arrested next tuesday? they would ve had to vote an indictment thursday. because you were there testifying on wednesday? correct just yesterday the claims of harassment calls for protest nbc learned at least five law enfo
politicsnation tonight s lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential s with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides. and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl