all, i m alex witt in fo jasmine disobedient. the former president on th move today to a florida golf club not to new york, at least no yet, that will happen closer t his tuesday arraignment on wha we now know is about 3 charges. the former president is facing criminal indictment. his legal team is publicly defined. he is a whole lot i mar-a-lago, he will face this, we will face it. we will be successful and sure president trump will not take plea on this case. the woman at the center o this case, stormy daniels, see this as a vindication. it is revealed that i was telling the truth. i didn t lie about anything. all the details came out all of these concepts ar cleared up and you know, a person in power is not exemp from the law, no matter what your job is or your bank account, you are hel accountable for the things you ve done and said justice is served. in addition to all of this, we are following breaking news of at least 11 people dead i tornado sweeping through t
survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
Trump s first indictment, this may just be the beginning of his legal troubles, includin the doj true into trump classified document handling but appeals court prevente trump s attempt for preventing special counsel jack smith fro obtaining key documents from the former presidents lawyer meanwhile, in georgia, we ar still waiting if, any, could b filed after a grand jury there investigated efforts by trum and his allies to interfere in the 2020 election. the da said decisions were imminence more than a month ag now. joining me now, once again msnbc legal analyst joyc vance. here we go does the indictment here in ne york have any impact on if and one other charges could be filed against trump, especiall those in georgia could this open floodgates now, if someone has had the to go first, will othe prosecutors give this manhatta case room to play out before they act so, it s an interesting question, alex
Let s get a check on cnn business this tuesday morning. looking at markets around the world, a mixed performance in asia. europe opened also mixed with paris down and london up. and on wall street, giving back a little bit of last week s solid performance. u.s. markets were closed for memorial day yesterday after a reprieve in the selling last week. dow fell eight weeks in a row and then finally rose last week. it was the best week for the s&p 500 and dow since november 2020. nasdaq is still in a bear market, 23% below its record high. we ll see what happens this morning but leaning down a little bit. at the gas station, record high prices on memorial day. aaa reports the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline nationwide is now $4.62, that is up 44 creptents from a month ag. illinois, new york and arizona just pennies away from $5. the drive to the barbecue costs
Max boots, senior fellow on the counsel of foreign relations. he was talking about russia and china, calling them revisionist powers. what exactly is the tone this president is trying to strike with those two nations, especially since we ve seen him be so friendly with those two leaders in person. he was in ausia just a month ag and had a call with vladimir putin, two calls in fact in the last week. i think you raised the question with the national security strategy, which the the president s policies in many ways seem in contradiction with the strategy itself and what we saw today. the example of russia and china as revisionist powers is especially interesting. since based on the president s remarks today the country that is the most revisionist, that is