achilles heel of knowledge. jack smith must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that on the night of january 5 and into january 6, that donald trump knew that he had lost the election. and reading through the indictment, i didn t see anything new which would actually be able to establish that. and just within the last hour, trump posted about today s events writing i m now going to washington, d.c. to be arrested for having challenged the corrupt, rigged and stolen election. it is a great honor because i m being arrested for you. he also wrote, i need one more indictment to ensure my election. joining us now, sasha burns live in bedminster, new jersey. tom winter is also covering the arraignment. and also peter baker is here with us. as well as chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney, senior fbi official and an msnbc contributor. so we ve been looking at these live pictures from the sky over bedminster. we know that he needs to be here in d.c. by 4:00 this afternoon which is th
hutchinson, one of the few republican candidates who has been critical of trump s legal problems despite the fact the former president seems to be gaining, not losing political strength with each and every indictment. we re keeping also a close eye on the security situation surrounding the courthouse as a mix of federal and city law enforcement blanket the area ahead of trump s rapidly approaching arrival. we re also learning new details about the latest indictment that appears to rely on testimony from high level trump administration officials including former attorney general bill barr and of course former vice president mike pence. so let s start the hour with nbc s aaron gilchrist outside the court, peter alexander and kristen welker, the cohosts of weekend today, former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann, kristy greenberg, and former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg on set with us. so aaron, kick us off from outside the courthouse. what s the atmosphere out there as we
ten minutes until the top of the hour. tributes pouring in for steve jobs faster than twitker handle this morning. the company announced his death after a long battle with cancer. microsoft chairman bill gates says the impact of jobs work will be felt for many generations to come. steve jobs was just 56 years old. u.s. stock futures trading higher this morning. markets overseas also up as investors grow more confident that european leaders are working to strengthen their banks. of course, the biggest crowd yet at the occupy wall street protests here in new york. thousands marched yesterday against corporate greed, corruption and inequality. police say 28 people were arrested, including one person for assaulting a police officer. a second tape of michael jackson s slurred speech played for jurors at the trial of dr. conrad murray. jackson telling his personal physician he wanted to build the world s largest children s hospital with proceeds from his highly anticipated t