predicting his arrest is imminent and has repeatedly called on his supporters to protest. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is joining me for a sunday explosive with his firs reaction plus, after a string of mass shootings, i travel to - for a wide ranging conversatio with governor gretchen whitmer about guns, the threats agains her abortion rights an yethonat, as republica candidates running for president. later, i took a selfie rid with new york city mayor eri adams. i asked him about donald trump dealing with crime in a bi city and also his weeken routine. for more than a week now, we v been hearing that donald trump may be indicted by the manhattan da s office an yesterday, trump himself weighed in in an all caps tirade on his social media site, truth social, the former president said he will be arrested on tuesday of next week. even more ominously, he also encouraged his supporters to quote protest. and take our nation back and then he doubled down wit another post
you from los angeles and welcome everyone to alex wit reports. developing this, our new reaction today and a growing partisan divide after former president donald trump claim without evidence that th manhattan district attorney is planning to arrest on tuesday. the da s office declined t comment on those claims, which stem from an investigation int a hush money payment to stormy daniels. but nbc news has obtained an email sent by da alvin bragg telling staff they will not be intimidated. if indicted, donald trump woul be the first former u.s. president to face criminal charges, and early today democratic lot makers ar stressing that significance. no one is above the law that is a defining principle o the republic, and has been the case for 247 years it i outrageous there is no thing to low the sky cannot reach every time yo think he s reached, it he goes even further also that he is ver typical of the forme president. he attacks the person who is leading this investigat
during the insurrection. one of those people who i would argue was trying t coddle or echo some of these comments is speaker kevi mccarthy i want to read to you a twee that he also posted yesterday. he said i m directing relevant committees to immediatel investigate a federal funds ar being used to subvert ou democracy. by interfering in elections wa politically motivate prosecutions leader jeffries, what was your reaction to speaker of the house, your partner at times and his reaction to trump post i strongly disagree wit that statement it s not clear to me wha committee speaker may be referring to perhaps the so-calle weaponization committee. which is really more appropriately named th committee to protect insurrectionists that is what we ve seen from the extreme maga republicans a it relates to the 118 congress
law enforcement and doesn respect rule of law doesn respect peaceful protests in our system he respects only raw power what s in his own self interest a call for violence to do so and there is no dog whistl here he is just calling for violence, in for people to get in a lo of trouble it s, wrong and it should be able to come together as a nation republican an democratic alike and, say it s wrong an we re getting on with. it speaker, mccarthy as you know called trump s arrest i that righteous abuse of powe he also said he is directing relevant committees trul investigate federal funds bein used to support our democracy. now, let s take a list of hous minority leader hakeem jeffrie told me in the last hour it is not clear to me wha committee the speaker may be referring to perhaps the so-calle weaponization committee. which is really more appropriately named. and the committee to protect
all of this is happening as th da is telling his staff in new york that they will not be intimidated donald trum protecting his own arrest will come on tuesday, calling on hi millions of followers to purchase on his behalf and quote, take our nation back. in the face of what could be a historic first, the indictment of a former president mr. trum is making his claims on social media, citing what he, calle quote, illegal leaks from highly political manhattan district attorney repeatin that call to action a late post, writing protest protes protest republicans quickl rallied and his defense i wreaks of the kind of politica prosecution that we endure back in the days of the russia hoax the house speaker going even, further tweeting that he was directing relevant committee to investigate what he calle the pursuit of, quote, political vengeance against th former president nbc news wa forced to report friday that law enforcement officials in