the public reaction to the pardon but also to wha preceded net the supreme court going essentially up against nixon directly on things lik the white house tapes which le to his resignation was the public reacting to those things in a way that showed him sympathy or inclination towards one side o another in those previou fights the country - one month to nixon resigned in august of 1974 he d been quite popular. his parole rating has droppe about 20 or 25% people were so angry. thursday there s some people who think that nixon and for made a deal where nixon woul leave office and fort wort respond by giving him th presidency some people even think tha ford russo frayed of what nixo might have on him or be able t retaliate and other ways they did this out of fear of nixon and wanted to make sur that he did not have nixon as dangerous enemy may be the bottom line is not like very bad people to be president. and if you do, make sur there s a big legal proces we re seeing i
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi
history because, on that day at 7:11 pm manhattan distric attorney alvin bragg release this statement this evening, we contacted mr. trump s attorney did coordinat is surrender to the manhatta da s office for arraignment on a supreme court indictment which remains under seal and with, that manhattan district attorney alvin brag stepped into the spotlight o history as the first prosecuto to ever bring criminal charges against a former president o the united states. today the manhattan grand jury voted to indict trump after an investigation into his role in the hundred 30,000 dollar hush money payoff to actres stephanie clifford, also known as stormy daniels. in the final weeks of the 2016 election in a payoff tha prosecutor said affected the outcome of the presidentia election the new york times reports the felony indictment filed unde seal by the manhattan district attorney s office will likel be announced in the coming day by prosecutors working for the district attorney, wi
good day from msnbc world headquarters right here in new york city. welcome to alex reports, i a in for alex. today we will start with breaking news. u.s. forces pulling off daring nato operation to evacuate u.s. embassy staff in sudan and fighting is raging between rival generals there nearly 100 people getting out, but thousands of other u.s citizens are stopping in tha country earlier today. senate intelligence committe chair marc warner gave new insight into what is next. those individuals who are there on aid missions there is actually a human effort now, people from khartoum out ove the land corridor. i know we are working with a lot of international partners. in this case, partners wit china and europeans to say those aid workers we need to find a safe way to get them out. also new today, reactio legal battle over the abortion pill mifepristone. this week in the supreme court allowing access to the drug is the appeals process plays. and lawmakers on both sides of
stephanie ruhle, you still hav a show to do tonight at 11 eastern. we ve got lots to go lots to go now it s time to hand the whee to our colleague lawrenc o donnell. thank you, rachel donald trump was speaking, a you, know during your coverage and after the judge said i court today that he wanted the parties to this case to stop saying inflammatory things donald trump went right afte the judge and his wife today so, tonight, in that speech. so, we ll see, the judge could react to that very quickly after setting the preceden today in today s arraignment for, you know, don t do that kind of thing. so, we ll see what happens next we are entering potentially a new area of consequences for that kind of behavior for that particular politician. we are. thank you, rachel. thank you. today, donald trump took the longest trip of his life it was from his apartment in midtown manhattan to the courthouse in lower manhattan, where he would be fingerprinte and discover the contents of