day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
us the latest. he has all the details tonight. but tonight we begin at 1600 pennsylvania avenue where your buddy joe biden is heading back to the basement. his 2024 reelection bid is officially now under way so i guess that means we can expect to see a lot less of joe than usual and come up by the way, it s official. he has given fewer press conferences than any other president in the last 40 years and according to nbc news, it ll be several months before he even holds one single campaign event and no doubt those events will be you and far between. didn t even hold a rally to kick off his campaign today. instead the biden camp released a heavily edited preproduced video attacking of course maga republicans while attempting to make joe look loose and incapable, and other words everyone knows he s cognitively incapable of making such an announcement without screwing it up. but that is a preview of coming attractions. while republicans shake hands, kiss babies, take selfies, do
will likely change your mind. now, investigative reporter john sullivan, he will join us and tell us the latest. he has all the details tonight. but tonight, we begin at 1600 pennsylvania avenue with your buddy. joe biden is headed back to the basement, his 2020 for reelection bid is officially now underway. so i guess that means we can expect to see a lot less of joe than usual. by the way, it s official he has given fewer press conferences than any other president in the last 40 years. and according to nbc, news, it will be several months before he even holds one single campaign event. and no doubt those events will be few and far between. he didn t even hold a rally to kick off his campaign today. instead, the biden camp, they released a heavily edited ,pre produced video attacking, of course, maga, republicans, all attempting to make joe look lucid and capable and other words, everyone around him knows that he is cognitively incapable of making such an announcement withou
welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement 25 years after it was signed. he said northern ireland will not go back that the enemies of peace will not prevail. he was talking to students at ulster university where he talked about the need for renewal and repair it matters to me personally he said. the president is expected to land at dublin airport in the next half an hour the start of three days in ireland a mix of politics and events linked to his strong irish roots. more on that in a moment. but it s been a busy, busy day for the president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak, both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. these the pictures after the president spoke at the university, he clearly was enjoying every bit of the visit it was so obvious the way he en
know how this ends. breaking news courtesy of a brand new statement that just crossed from donald trump. his home in mar-a-lago is, quote, under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. stunning news overnight, the fbi raid on the home of the former president. search and seizure, the fbi descends on trump s mar-a-lago home. we have a breaking fox news alert. the fbi has raided former president trump s home in mar-a-lago. federal law enforcement authorities would have had to go to a judge and bring to that judge a request for a search warrant. we begin this hour with one word unprecedented. today we are in uncharted territory. the fbi search at mar-a-lago has no parallel in american history. that s all true, and that s all sinking in. the first ever search of the former president s home setting what is today something we didn t have until yesterday. a new legal precedent in america. that matters for the law. it s captivating many, many peopl