this issue will destroy new york city. destroy new york city. and an nbc news exclusive, what secretary of state antony blinken told our very own richard engel about a possible meeting between putin and kim jong-un. and we begin the hour with the latest on the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. the judge overseeing the georgia election interference case says he remains very skeptical of a plan by prosecutors to put all 19 defendants, including trump, on trial next month. prosecutors told a judge a trial for all the defendants would take about four months and feature 150 witnesses. two of trump s co-defendants in the georgia election interference case kenneth chesebro and sidney powell will go on trial together on the 23rd of october. they hope to be tried separately, but the judge denied their motions. meantime, the former president told radio host hugh hewitt he would be willing to testify in his own defense, but it was unclear which case he was tal
to take a punch and cared about the little guy. and, you know what, we made for a pretty good team. the nevada democrat spent 30 years in the senate including eight years as majority leader. his successor is democratic leader is the current majority leader chuck schumer. tonight leader schumer chuck sc. tonight schumer announced that flags are being lowered to half-staff in reid s honor. quote, he was my leader, my mentor, one of my dearest friends. joining us on the phone is chuck schumer, who took over for reid as top democrat in the senate following reid s retirement. senator schumer, it s great to have you with us. thank you so much for your time. i know harry reid was towering figure during his time in the senate. he was a personal friend of yours. talk a little bit about how his years in washington changed washington as majority leader. wel, i think harry really had such strong conviction, and