Of amateurs to look for it in 2024. The new tools that depending on your take, either encourages activism or vigilanteism, aimed at finding potentially questionable registrations. Could it work, or is it a recipe for a new class of Election Day Chaos . Well dig into that coming up as well. But we start with the vile and dangerous threats aimed at multiple people involved in Donald Trumps legal cases, adding new weight and worry to an already challenging Security Situation at his multiple trials. In texas, a woman has been charged after leaving a voice mail for judge tanya chutkan, the woman presiding over trumps conspiracy trial in d. C. She starts by calling her the n word, then says according to the affidavit, quote, if trump doesnt get elected in 2024, were coming to kill you. So tread lightly. Referring to her with another slur, and then threatening, you will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it. And the judge isnt the only one. Members of the Fulton County gran
coverage of a historic federal indictment of a former president of united states begins at this hour with the dramatic full statement made by special prosecutor jack smith this afternoon when he, in effect, introduced himself to the american people, speaking publicly for the very first time in his six and a half months of investigating donald trump. good afternoon. today an indictment was unsealed. charging donald j trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the southern district of florida and i invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united states intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. our laws the protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united stat
terri sewell, who sits on the armed services committee. , plastile trump has vowed to stay in the race for the republican nomination, even if he s convicted. we re gonna dig into why both his primary competitors are criticizing ham. with donald trump s former attorney general, bill barr, he s someone who s actually not holding back. saying if half of what s in this indictment is true, donald trump s quote, toast. he called this indictment detailed, and very, very damning. i agree with mr. barr, and it doesn t happen every day. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. former president donald trump is set to appear in court in two days. he s accused of violating seven federal laws and he s facing 37 federal counts. 31 of the counts deal with the espionage act, specifically for the willful retention of national defense information, the re-counts for withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation. two counts of false statements. and one coun
adolf hitler saying that immigrants are quote, poisoning the blood of this country. that is similar to phrasing you can find in hitler s manifesto. with less than a month until the first votes are cast in the 2024 republican primary, rivals aren t sitting back. we ll give you what they said in a moment. the biden campaign responding. trump goes beyond the racial dog whistles. he is quoting dictators, and vowing to enact immigration policies that are extreme, round people up by the millions, bring them to deportation camps before forcing them out of the u.s. with no opportunity for due process. it s more than just dehumanizing language. should he win reelection in 2024, he is vowing to enact dehumanizing policies. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard, who is in west palm beach, florida. nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, and senior political report aaron blake who has closely tracked the former president s rhetoric around immigration. thank you
democrats who participated in a gun violence protest inside the general assembly we ll talk to one state lawmaker what calls the move a very dangerous precedent. a violent start to the holiest week in the middle east. new air strikes in response to dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip in lebanon. we re going to bring you a live report from jerusalem. plus, classified documents detailing u.s. and nato plans on ukraine posted to social media we ll talk to one of the reporters who broke the story about how the pentagon is responding and it has been six months since hurricane ian decimated parts of florida we go back and see how communities there are rebuilding and we begin this hour with that extraordinary move in tennessee where the republican-led state house voted to expel two democratic lawmakers for an alleged rule violation for the first time in the state s history. people were removed from elected office before there, but never for violating decorum rules. j