set expectations for what could and would happen next because it does seem like something is happening. today our cameras caught three of donald trump s lawyers at the department of justice minutes after they left, donald trump started posting about the case saying, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged? so does donald trump know something we do not? joining us is senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. donald trump s lawyers were at doj, ken. do we know who they were meeting with? we know who they weren t meeting with. attorney general garland and deputy attorney general lisa mona core were not involved. presumably it was with career officials who have some oversight over this case and are briefed on this case. it s very common for defense attorneys to come in at the end of an investigation and make their case to management at the justice departm
individual. we ll leave that at that. before announcing sentence on these cases, with regard to all of the other pending cases, are any of them here in colleton, i m sure some of them are. yes, sir. half of them or? i don t have that in front of me, but there are a substantial number of charges here, buford s, allendale, there may be others i m not thinking of right now. we might have warn out our welcome here. they have been and i ll take this opportunity to thank sheriff hill and all of the court officials and really everyone i ve met and dealt with while here in colleton county, just been great. without any delay we re going to schedule some of the other matters. i know mr. harpootlian s scheduling is complicated and you ve sacrificed quite a bit to be able to be here defending mr. murdaugh as well as the attorney general s office with all the other many, many they thinks and obligations you have and to be able to have the attorney general here, alan wilson, for th
meeting of his national security team today. why the video feed of that quickly was stopped just after it began. alec murdaugh continues to maintain his innocence after a judge sends him to prison for life. what his defense team just told our craig melvin about an appeal. that brand new interview later this hour. and a renewed push to make daylight savings time permanent with support coming for both democrats and republicans. could we be springing ahead for good. around the globe with the latest developments, first let s start with the critical meeting between president biden and german chancellor olaf scholz. allie raffa is at the white house where we re expecting to see the two leaders any moment. what more can you tell us? reporter: you mentioned that this would be the third visit by chancellor scholz since he took office in 2021, but the first since the war in ukraine began over a year ago. it s also going to be the first time these two have met since we know they both
tonight, we begin with breakin news it s all hands on deck this weekend, donald trump i huddling with a team of lawyer damar legault. this comes as nbc news learned that the ex president has been invited to testify before a ne york grand jury next week. it s part of the manhattan district attorney s years long investigation into hush plenty payments made for adult film star during trump s 2016 presidential run so, why does the ds offer have trump so spooked the invitation is why they received the a warning of criminal charges may b imminent had district attorney alvi bragg joined reverend sharpton a short time ago, and he appears to be keeping his card close to his vest. we have an active investigation. many observed last year that the trial of the trump organization, in some ways, would say is the same team tha is working with the same typ of professionalism and rigor the same type of team on our active investigation i am concerned from saying anything more than that becau
tonight, we begin with breakin news it s all hands on deck this weekend, donald trump i huddling with a team of lawyer down at mar-a-lago this comes as nbc news learned that the ex president has been invited to testify before a ne york grand jury next week. it s part of the manhattan district attorney s years long investigation into hush plenty payments made for adult film star during trump s 2016 presidential run so, why does the da offer have trump so spooked the invitation is why they received the a warning of criminal charges may b imminent manhattan district attorne alvin bragg joined reveren sharpton a short time ago, and he appears to be keeping his cards close to his vest. we have an active investigation. many observed last year that the trial of the trump organization, in some ways, would say is the same team tha is working with the same typ of professionalism and rigor the same type of team on our active investigation i am constrained from saying anything more tha