fraud. stone may regret letting the cameras roll in that room. there is new video from that session and we have it for you exclusively later tonight. we begin with news on a story that i can tell you some on the right are hoping the nation forgets. the kind of story they re hoping that you news viewers and citizens will forget because we live in a time of growing inequality and corruption. take supreme court justice thomas blatant taking and grifting gifts from insiders, or billionaires, shaping our politics and clashing with anyone who dares disagree with the power they think they bought over our democracy, or this ongoing rolling trumpian takeover of a political party which has resulted in rallying the gop around rank, transactional calculus, self-interest as a kind of new norm to be minimized or even defended. and i ll tell you this as introduction to some really important stuff we re about to show you. the modern republican party has long embraced capitalism, sure. bu
i am part of the family. say jack announcing his retirement after 48 years i decided my 48th season will be my last. we begin this hour with a fox news alert. former president donald trump is set to plead not guilty today to 37 charges the city of miami ramping up as police brace for large protests, jonathan serrie outside the courthouse with the latest. jonna. yeah. good morning to you. president trump is scheduled to appear. scheduled to appear at 3:00 this afternoon. ahead of that the former president is expected to turn himself in voluntarilily to federal authorities. he will be digitally fingerprinted. in other words, no ink. he will be photographed; however, the photograph will not be released to the public. and at no point will he have to wear handcuffs. now, as he atwhats process. as he arrived yesterday, his motorcade was greeted by a handful of protesters mixed in with a group of supporters. one of those supporters flew all the way from california to be here
i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack and defend. while donald trump and his allies blast away at special counsel jack smith, one of trump s former attorneys tries to explain away those classified documents. so, if they weren t originals, just copies, does that mean there s no crime? plus, the air in this city today isn t just nasty, it s historically bad. forcing the closure of everything from broadway to the bronx zoo. the thickening blanket of smoke now settling over philly, wilmington and beyond as well. so when is it going to go away? and a truly surprising decision. a pair of conservatives on the supreme court helping deliver a big win for voting rights in the deep south. we ll explain that in just a minute. we begin with federal prosecutors putting to rest any doubt about whether or not donald trump is directly in the special counsel s sights. nbc news has learned that jack smith informed trump s team on monday that their client
far as south as louisville. ainsley: looks like it s gotten worse as the day is progression. an hour ago it was not as bad. over # hundred million americans urged to stay indoors a void breathing this hazardous air. coming from hundreds of wildfires up north burning across canada. steve: filly sports plex down in philly right now. let s check a little closer to home. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez joins us live from hears new york. you are just across the river from manhattan and you can see it, but it s not as easy as it normally is. steve ainsley, brian, good morning. let me paint the picture for you here. you mentioned on long island sitting here in queens. we are overlooking the city. you will notice there the haze, the smoke still very present over my shoulder midtown, as you look further west, you should be seeing downtown, the wall street district. maybe even the world trade center but you re not seeing those buildings, that smoke still very much prevale
what we know so far here. the former president told to appear in federal court in miami next tuesday to face the charges. tonight, our team talking with sources at bedminster, new jersey, where the former president is huddled with his advisors. he had recently been told by the special console that he was the target of a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents. that was a signal that this could be coming in tonight it is now playing out. a former president indicted by the special counsel. pierre thomas, dan abrams and our investigative team and what they ve learned of this hour and what america will now witness play out next week. also tonight, 120 million americans now under alerts and warnings over hazardous smoke now stretching down through the northeast all the way down to washington, d.c., alabama. hundreds of wildfires in canada, more than half still out of control. the new york city skyline blanketed. in the nation s capital, the washington monu