greetings everyone, you are watching symone. former president donald trum indicted by a grand jury o tuesday. he will be formally charged an fingerprinted. it s the first in american history. we are digging into why there a debate over whether president, former current should be hel to the same legal standards as you and i. and in true trump fashion, h is lashing out district attorney alvin brag and his staff, even the judg in the case. targets of attacks on social media and we re talking to reverend al sharpton, a man wh knows all about donald trump s history in new york. last republicans, while they are falling in line. the former vice president elec the leaders, even people trump could be riding against in the 2020 primary all defending donald, trum right now. before we even know the charge or the evidence. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. no one is above the law. it is not just a slogan, it an american principle that i supposed to guide the ju
No one is above the law. it is not just a slogan, it an american principle that i supposed to guide the justic system a principle that s pursued accountability for everyon from billionaires, to hollywoo hot shots to members o congress, to capitol secretaries. there, governors to mayors but never for an american presiden current or former. that all changed on thursday when a manhattan grand jur took the historic step o indicting former president donald trump after a lengthy investigation led by manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg that case centers around alleged hush money payment, to adult film star stormy daniels during trump s 2016 campaign true sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news to expect about 30 charges related t document fraud here is what trump s attorney, joe tacopina told my today sho colleagues about the forme presidents response. he decided we have to fight
Now and he got into a typica donald trump posture where h is ready to be combative o something that he believes i an injustice and combat if he, was a access to quentin meltdown o the little block of his. trump battered and berated everyone from prosecutors, t new yorkers, to that very judg overseeing his case. look you, guys we have not see the indictment we do not know yet the specifi charges, we don t know the evidence that guided those charges but we do know that th case was john enough t convince the majority of a grand jury panel to take a unprecedented step despite all of these unknown factors, many republican onc again length to defend the former president, echoing hi social media grants. they will do anything, us any kind of power to try and hold on to their own privileges, their own positions and we are seeing that tonight. this is just unprecedented i american history
Pope francis back home at th vatican after spending three nights in the hospital he is fighting bronchitis, the 86-year-old is expected though to kick off easter celebration tomorrow on a palm sunday. vice president harris complete her weeklong trip in africa, and the last day was in zambia where she met with philanthropic leaders and gave a speech about climate resilience she and the gentleman are no headed back to the states by the way of spain more simone right after this break. (wheezing)
give the presidents a money to fight this blank. this is going to destroy america. it s a political prosecutio by in manhattan da who literally campaigned for offic on a pledge to indict th former president the district attorney alvin bragg was never out to get the former president as so many of trump s defenders what have yo believe. when it bragged took office, h determined that a three-year probe into trump s busines dealings did not have hard enough evidence to pursue an indictment against him this prompted outrage from trump s critics and even let prosecutors of the a brags o office to resign with one calling it a quot brave failure of justice trump s incessant cries of which hunt, i think they represent exactly the kind o disinformation that we hav come to expect from the former president. those determined to stand by him. people, this indictment is not trump s downfall and, fact this is when donal trump s rhetoric is that i