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criminal indictment. >> i know, and it all kind of convergence that one spot, right at that spot is trump. imagine that. >> do stay tuned, next week its been great to see you these days, michael. >> you too, alex. >> and thanks to all of you at home for joining us this hour. tomorrow president trump is holding what hes doing as the first official rally in 2024 presidential campaign. now trump couldnt pick anywhere in the country for this event, he may have focused on iowa or the first ...

>> alex was also presented with a copy of newly minted coin, commemorating coleman, along with the common barbie dolls. whats the lesson for you? >> not to take no for an answer. theres a big gigantic yes at the end of the road. >> nbc news, washington. >> brave bessies legacy, to take us off the air, on this friday night. on that note, i wish you a good friday night. im in for stephanie ruhle, maybe her son, and you can watch the meaty hassan show, sundays on msnbc. for all of our col...

firing eight surface to surface missiles and according to a statement from south korea the firing response is to demonstrate to north korea that they have the capability to immediately strike with precision if needed. this is one of the key things the u.s. feels is important to do when north korea does this. theres been these responses before and continuing with them to send a message to north korea. is north korean leader even listening? does he care? we may get a better sense because...

Over yet. Now he has his sights set on a connection between fundraising and the push to breach voter equipment. Mathematical evidence of trump votes being trashed and biden votes being injected. Abuse of power, bribery, retaliation. Some of the allegations facing ken paxton, Texas Attorney general, whose historic Impeachment Trial begins. They will call him to testify. To say this case is not about politics, nonsense. Its definitionally political. Tennessee is the latest state to enact a Third G...

Who has already sued trump civilly, that theyre entitled to know why the us attorneys office decided to go ahead with criminal charges against bannon, even though somebody who has raised the executive privilege defense in the past has ever been prosecuted. bannons lawyers say things shouldnt be moving too fast because its unusual. the government want the trial to start april 15th. bannons lawyer says the trial is going to last at least ten days and shouldnt begin until mid october. one other poi...

Top of the hour here on a tuesday morning. good morning. im erica hill. >> im shjim sciutto. the house committee veging the january 6th insurrection is looking to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress. >> the panel is going to vote. house investigators overnight released a criminal contempt report saying, quote, there is no reasonable argument that mr. bannons communication with the president on january 6th are the type of matters on which privilege can be asserted. >> this comes as former p...

>> if the judge green lights don mcgann testifying, would that mean that john bolton would have to testify point blank, and b, how could the white house fight that? >> well, mccanns in a position where he has a double privilege that he can assert. he can say, its an attorney client communication so its protected. and also, im one of the top advisers to the president. that may be an executive privilege situation. bolton would only have the executive privilege defense to prevent him from testifyin...

We should remember legally you dont have to establish a criminal for there to be impeachable offense. ultimately trump has only one direction to go, which is the executive privilege defense. that would be weakened if there was a criminal case going on. in nixon lets remember it was a criminal case. unlikely to happen here with barr head of the justice department. but it doesnt have to be a full charged criminal offense for it to be impeachable. there is evidence here for the impeachment inquiry....

Boundaries each time. thats where you see a dichotomy here. the folks in private sector, his business, his charity, et cetera, dont have the executive privilege defense. they have fewer defenses. they may go to court as well. you can see the investigations move faster into some of those fronts, whereas the investigations directly into his activity that could be covered by executive privilege may be tougher. theres a third lane here, which i think is what the country had in mind last november. th...