i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. at a start of a historic week for our country. later this morning donald trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida where he ll be arraigned tomorrow, set to become the first former president ever to enter a plea in a federal case. but there could be a wrinkle in the proceedings. we ll explain that. this as some of trump s closest former allies are warning the facts are against him. if even half of it is true, then he s toast. it s a pretty it s a very detailed indictment. it s very, very damning. security in miami ramping up ahead of the former president s arrival. we ll have the latest on the massive effort to keep everyone safe. plus a travel nightmare. a fire causing a section of the very crucial interstate 95 to collapse. this is near philadelphia. we ll have a live update on the repairs and the investigation repairs that could take months. later, a miracle in absolutely every sense of the word. four missin
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
i ll be back to continue our special coverage of the indictment of donald trump, joining my colleagues alicia and then the, simone sanders hand sound, and me, at eight pm eastern for more in-depth reporting. and analysis, but first, there s still two more hours of velshi on this saturday morning. coming up next, the latest on the trump indictment. what we know, what comes next, and what effect it s going to have on the 2024 election. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning. saturday, june 10th. i m ali velshi. for the second time in just a little over two months, the twice impeached ex president, donald trump, has been indicted. this, time by the federal government. yesterday, jack smith made his first official public appearance as special counsel to announce the historic indictment. he also underlined why it s so important that this case moves forward. adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the department of justice. and our nation
like something is going on in the news today, doesn t this remind me of something else? yes, it does, something that might seem unprecedented, like we ve never faced something like this before in the news. it turns out more often than it, it does have an antecedent in history. the very first episode dropped today. it is about something that s very much like january 6th that happened before. i would have more to say about this later on this hour. but chris is right, it s just drop. today we are super excited about it. that s all still to come, it s called rachel maddow presents deja news . all right, so, here s what it said when they finally showed what they had to the public. this was from the u.s. justice department at the time. quote, the following statement is respectfully submitted to the court by the government at the arraignment of the defendant. it constitutes a detailed resuscitation of the facts and evidence developed by the investigation to date. that presentation
rule of law. of our southern border. do you agree with that? [crickets] totally consistent with jump of intees cease animal. it did escape from a chinese lab in wo wuhan. an accident followed by a cover-up. congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats and fans of all gladges studio b deep into left field and bounce into the bullpen. republicans took 15-6. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. marine veteran daniel penny indicted on a second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. he said he acted in self-defense and protect those around him after neely said he was going to kill him. steve: ashley strohmier joins us here in studio m with the latest ashley. the indictment is under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor eric adams confirming in a statement to the associated