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Welcome to The Weekend. I am Alicia Menendez with symone sanderstownsend. Michael steele is off at we began with news is from the Middle East. Hezbollah, the iranian backed militant group based in lebanon confirmed its leader has been killed. The news broke from the Israeli Military who said it targeted Hassan Nasrallah in a series of airstrikes in southern beirut friday. Overnight, hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets across the border towards israel. The Israeli Military continued intensive...

Some voting starts tomorrow. The fallout continues for Donald Trump following last Weeks President ial debate against Kamala Harris. Questions about how his campaign is being managed. Trumps peddling of Conspiracy Theories which was seen by more than 67 Million people just here in the United States has led to very real and some very scary consequences. Bomb threats and other threats of violence have disrupted the city of springfield, ohio after trump amplified unfounded racist allegations that h...

For now, we are signing off. From all of our colleagues across the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. I will see you at The End of tomorrow. Today, the today, the country experienced another uniquely american tragedy when a gunman walked into apalachee High School in winder, georgia, and killed at Least four people and wounded nine more. The suspect, a 14yearold Boy is currently in police custody. Because this is a uely american problem, it quickly became part of the ameri...

Nine more. The suspect, a 1old boy, is currently in Police Custodych and because this is a uniquely american problem, it quickly became part of the american president ial campaign. At a rally in new Hampshire Today, Kamala Harris broke from her prepared remarks to address what happened in georgia this is outrageous that every day in our country in the united states of america that parents have to send their children to school about whether or not their child will come home alive. Im going off sc...

Accountable. In their motion for a protective order, the Justice Department says, quote, such a protective order is needed in this case the because the defendant has released statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys and other associates in legal matters pending against him. In recent days the defendant has issued multiple posts, either specifically or by implication including the following which the defendant posted just hours ago. If you go after me, im coming after you...

Now in a usual case, an indictment would be returned to a Magistrate Judge in a sealed hearing. It would remain under seal until arrest. But jake, again, we dont know if there is an indictment here. But if there is, its unclear if theyre going to follow the usual script, because this case is of course completely unprecedented. We got a little preview, though, in the maralago indictment. What happened there is the former president , youll probably remember, he broke the news On Truth Social, and ...

to mention our allies around the globe. for days and up until now, months. so the way that the presidents demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts. and clearly politically motivated, gratuitous. and, so, i will say that when it comes to the role and responsibility of a prosecutor in a situation like that, we should expect that there would be a higher level of integrity than what we saw. thank you. thank you for the question. >> vice president harri...

present its case and we dont know also whether the former president might choose to testify in his own defense. i want to start by bringing in cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid who has been all over this story for many, many week, and paula, the indictment is out now. i wonder, what to you as someone following this and every single move and detail, what stands out to you as the most damning information weve gotten? >> its such a strong reminder of how little we know com...

bathroom, in a ballroom. there you see the photo of them being in a bathroom, boxes just stacked up there in the ballroom. i mean these are pretty flimsy cardboard boxes in a ballroom that is actively being used for events. there you see sensitive defense information, secrets that are only meant to be shared with a small handful of our closest allies, and theyre strewn about the floor of a storage closet. and its one thing to say that in an indictment, but its another to support this w...

a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nations commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, thats what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. >> the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever hear...