right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime here in
[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate for fairness in women s sports which could be in further jeopardy after biden administration guidelines issued last night. shannon bream will react to all of this. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this good friday, i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. good to be with you, john. anita vogel in for sandra smith. we are going to unpack all of that straight ahead
denigrate the 2500 troops left, enough to keep the peace, correct? agreed to by the pentagon, director of the c.i.a. said we could do it, not just the 2500. the fact is we were going to keep over 3,000 para military from the c.i.a., keep bagram air base, and it also held the largest prisoner count in afghanistan of former taliban and potentially al-qaeda as well, and they just opened the gates once they walked out. who was the guy who destroyed abbey gate, the bomber, unclassified report, he said that individual came out of the prison. so that s the one who eventually blew up the bomb that killed 13 americans. kirby engaged in revisionist history in describing what we see on the screen appears to be chaos. for all this talk of chaos, i
there are also political problems here because when the u.s. troops left, they opened the door to iran, and iran has a tremendous amount of influence in this country. there s a lot of corruption here, so things aren t perfect, but people are out on the street, enjoying themselves and feel safe. yeah, more of the extraordinary reporting of richard engel. thank you so much for that, richard. buster murdaugh now denying what he calls the vicious rumors tying him to the death of his high school classmate. that nbc news exclusive report is ahead. e. that nbc news exclusive report is ahead ha-ha! it was me the whole time. -whoo-hoo! -[ laughs ] well done, ma am. what.did i do exactly? with snapshot from progressive, you get a personalized discount for doing exactly what you re already doing being a safe driver. congratulations. this is a bowling trophy. yeah, it s the biggest one they had. okay, thanks. mm-hmm. oh. have a good one.
The US weapons which were seized by the Taliban after American troops withdrawal are now being openly sold in shops by Afghan gun dealers who paid governme