it says this guy did bad things, and this is what happens. but for millions of others, it s come to be a badge of honor, an idea that was helped along by donald trump and his campaign team. who immediately worked to turn what is normally something shameful into something powerful. a marketing photo for exactly the candidate they are trying to sell. a defiant and righteous soldier fighting against a corrupt government. again, with millions of americans, that image does sell. so well it could very well help him win the republican primary. after all, he s far and away the front runner so where in the world does this country go from here? how does this divide not get worse before it gets better? does this country s fate get settled in a courtroom or at the ballot box or does it have to be both? joining us now is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard who s outside of the fulton county jail for us, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett, and atlanta journal-constitutio
for arraignments september 5th. that will be all of them, their first formal appearance, opening the floodbeats for pretrial motion, and potentially fights over the discovery process, but we should take a moment. in the here and now, there s still so much to consider. for instance, beyond what each defendants will have to answer for, there s a much broader university of unknown. do they stick together? this is a rico case, after all. could one of the defendants shake up the status quo and turn on the others. we don t know the answer to that question, but very apparent cracks in the foundation, suggesting maybe they re not all all on a same page. georgia rep shawn still argues that the fake electors met at donald trump s direction to sign false papers claiming they were the legitimate electors. we ll keep an eye on the lesser-known players, but don t lose sight of the big fish, people like mark meadows, and former doj official jeffrey clark. they re two of at least five people
u.s. officials say it was no accident. new video shows the wing of the plane found two miles away. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have passed the noon eastern deadline set by d.a. willis for president trump and his 18 co-defendants to surrender at the fulton county jail. the former president did his motorcade arriving quickly, got his mug shot inside, after his team posted his description saying he is 6 3 and weighs 215 pounds, considerably less than his last revealed white house physical. he was out the door in 21 minutes. before taking off, denied any wrongdoing. we did nothing wrong at all. we have every right every single right to challenge an election that we think is dishonest. blayne alexander is in atlanta. have all 19 of the co-defendants turned themselves in? what happens next? reporter: they have. all 19 have officially been booked in the fulton county jail. the last one just within the past hour. steven lee was the final to
purported death of his ally turned enemy, wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin, in a plane crash. putin saying prigozhin made serious mistakes the mystery, what caused the crash? the deadly mass shooting at a california bar the gunman, a former officer. who police say he was targeting. severe storms. flooding at the detroit airport. in las vegas, flooding on the strip. multiple people swept away the search tonight and hearts of gold how two fierce competitors both walked away winners. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with the latest extraordinary moment playing out tonight in the unprecedented drama of a former president answering to criminal charges. donald trump arriving at a jail in atlanta tonight, and turning himself in he was booked on charges that he was allegedly part of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the georgia results of the 2020 presidential election. 13 counts in all in this fourth indictment against him. charges he calls a political p
he ll surrender in atlanta this evening. his fourth arrest in five months. he s expected to be fingerprinted. will there be a mug shot? it comes hours after his former chief of staff mark meadows also surrendered. our team in atlanta and our legal analysts standing by. also tonight, the fiery gop debate of 2024 race without a front-runner. donald trump looming large over the night including the breakout for newcomer. putin breaking his silence on the purported death of yevgeny prigozhin in a plane crash. putin saying he made serious mistakes. the mystery, what caused the crash? the deadly mass shooting at a california bar. the gunman, a former police officer who police say he was targeting. severe storms flooding the detroit airport. in las vegas, flooding on the strip. multiple people swept away. the search tonight. and hearts of gold, how two fierce competitors both walked away winners. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. welcome, everyon