Lets bring in Barbara Mcquade along with greg bluestein, msnbc political contributor for the atlanta journalconstitution. And author of flood, how georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on republican power. Greg, if you will, start us off. I mentioned the former president will be showing up. The arraignment will still go forward. What can we expect . In georgia defendants have the right to waive their arraignments. Its no surprise that at least a dozen of the codefendants have already done so. That means theyre gonna be bypassing with a packed courtroom, tv cameras rolling, theyre bypassing logistics. Its not a huge surprise. What happens now as it ramps up the next phase of litigation. Which is already underway. Theres defendants who are trying to speed up trial, others that are trying to slow the trial down. There are these five that are trying to remove the case to the Federal Court. What we know now is that donald trump and his Litigation Strategy revolves around an effort to
decision could be coming soon, that s prompting a warning to prosecutors from former fbi director, jim comey, on why with jen psaki today. trump comes for the rule of law, the system of justice, and the agencies with a flame thrower. he will come and try to criticize and attack your family, your witnesses, there are no limits to what he will try to do to obstruct an effort to hold him accountable. no limits. also, a scary scene at sea, a chinese warship coming with 150 yards of an american destroyer. a provocative action that is the white house reacting. back slaps and finger-pointing, the followed on capitol hill from the debt relief bill playing out on the sunday show. we just stopped them from hiring any irs agents and we also took another 20 billion, going into the future. both sides to come together, i give kevin, mccarthy, and his team doing credit for doing what he what he does and can do best, it s bringing people together. i m in the group that thinks thi
you re just joining us welcome, if you sticking with us we are thankful for that. this week could mark a major turning point in the 2024 presidential election. nbc s new exclusive reporting that the special counsel s grand jury is set to meet in the days ahead after taking a break, assigned to many that they may have a decision on whether to charge the former president though at least one former trump lawyer, is hoping that s not going to nothing. now that he s convening, that is more likely to be a charging decision? not necessarily. it could be that they are continuing the investigation into other things. it could be that the reason for the break isn t the last guy grandeur simply expired, and there can be a new one. i m not sure specifically, i certainly haven t heard of anything new, that would require new testimony. i can t imagine those anybody else in mar-a-lago to testify. not of speculation there is communities where candidates are set to jump into the former r
u.n. thomas pickering on whether there is a potential endgame for israel in all of this. also ahead, a vote could come as early as this week on the next step in the house gop impeachment even as his son hunter turned the table on the committee leader demanding that he testify. it comes as court declared insurrectionist donald trump has a new sales pitch. he s a candidate who will protect democracy. all of that plus the santos saga ends in congress. so i am no longer congressman santos. i m just regular old professor major general reverend astronaut santos. protector of the realm, princess of genova. coming up, i m going to talk to a screenwriter who saw his fictional story about a conman in congress come to life over the past year. stay tuned for that conversation. you don t want to miss it. we ll begin this hour with the breaking story out of the middle east. the pentagon confirmed the uss carney shot down two drones after multiple commercial vessels were attacked in the