good morning. it is saturday, april 6. in nine days, donald trump s first criminal trial and the first involving a former president will begin in manhattan. despite becoming the republican party presumptive nominee, 2024 has not been off to a great start for the twice impeached indicted ex-president. already penalized hundreds of millions of dollars in a pair of civil cases and soon faces the possibility of being convicted and going to jail. as his legal situation grows more worrisome, trump has escalated his rhetoric. he is abusing his platform to publicly intimidate those involved in his cases and we are already seeing the consequences of it. late last month, tyler vogel, a 26-year-old from lancaster, new york was arrested for allegedly sending threatening text messages to two people connected to a high-profile civil case. this week we found out that the targets of the harassment were george arthur and goran and the new york attorney general leticia james, two key figures i
we begin this hour with the real world consequences of donald trump the tax. as we document it, toby is a social media in his campaign rallies two of the prosecutors and judges involved in his many legal problems. at the start of this week, judge merchan expanded the gag order in the criminal hush money case after trump repeatedly attacked the judges daughter. here is my actions like that need to be taken seriously. this week, a new york man was charged with sending death threats to new york attorney general letitia james and judge engoron. tyler vogel threatened them with death and physical harm. former capitol police officer harry dunn joins us at the table. good to see you. this is the world donald trump is right. i do not understand, i fundamentally do not understand why the american people do not respond better in moments like this. instead of leaning into or outright ignoring a lot of this hot rhetoric that donald trump is spewing that is resulting in death threats. you
lot. president biden telling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that strikes on humanitarian workers are unacceptable and demanding immediate action. it comes as nbc reports on a volatile meeting earlier in the week with one israeli official yelling and waving his arms. also ahead, the race to bask in the sun or a rare total eclipse, what the faa is warning about this week s major travel boom. plus, marjorie taylor greene keeping her campaign to oust mike johnson alive, her latest comments likening him to nancy pelosi. and a deadly elephant attack, what happened moments before it charged a truck full of tourists, killing an american. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with courtney kube at the pentagon. you have new reporting on the meeting earlier this week before today s critical call where things got kind of explosive. what can you tell us? this was a meeting earlier this week, a virtual meeting between senior officia
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