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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 ...

us about possible criminal charges in the stormy daniel hushed money case. we break it down the former lead prosecutor - congressman joe laufman join me today she has something to say about the falsely january 6th narrative that took tucker carlson is pushing with some help from hous speaker kevin mccarthy and later, the battle for 2024 is already starting to tak shape. florida governor ron desanti isnt a candidate yet. but it sure sounds like on this week. so called anti woke agenda b...

mifepristone, first, federal judge in texas invalidates the drugs fda approval, hours later, a judges ruling in anothe case, saying the opposite. that abortion rights advocat leans in on what the dueling rulings mean, for women access to potentiall lifesaving care. plus, the case against donal trump. well dig into the facts behin those 34 felony counts acros falsifying business records, i new york and where the histori prosecution goes from here i am symone sanders-townsend and i have ...

im mehdi hasan. this is ralph yarl, 16-year-old from kansas city missouri he is a star student, excellen athlete and a talented musician his teachers and friends are described him as a quote, quie and kind soul that is always willing to help. the father of a 16 year ol myself, i can tell you he is the type of kid that would mak any parent beam with pride he is even a great older brother. on april the 13th, girl mother asked him to pick up hi younger brothers from a friend house. accord...

you are watching symone. we have a lot to get into. >> seems like the days of hono their neighbor are long gone i america. sadly it seems we live in an era of fear our neighbor o hate thy neighbor. just look at what happened i kansas city when 16-year-old ralph yarl was shot twice fo ringing the wrong doorbell trying to pick up his twin brothers and the grandson of th 84-year-old man charged with pulling the trigger says his grandfather was consumed b fear and conspiracies. ben crump, ...

transgender women and girl from playing sports on the tea is consistent with their gende identity a big reminder that the cultur wars we are seeing around th country, and especially in places like florida or the playbook, not a distraction. and americas reeling from a recent string of shootings teenagers or young adults shot and even killed for making a simple mistake we are talking to a safety advocate in and a shooting survivor of the gunman epidemi here in america. you are watching ...

which tucker carlson makes ver clear, here is the motive. theyre losing viewers, th maga viewers, because they are not lying to them. so to keep their stock price u they go forward with allies. what could be a bigger moral failure than that? >> yeah. a news organization is not a word, or two words that i woul use to describe fox at thi moment in time i greatly appreciate your time and insights this evening. the second hour of ayman start any moment we will look at how the trum indictme...

a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. thats all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memo...

for today. i am symone sanders-townsend in for alicia bennett. as you can see me every weekend on my show simone, saturdays and sundays at 4 p eastern, right here on msnbc and tomorrow you can catch a lethal, she coughing, jonathan -- reverend sharpton and myself. our special coverage o the indictment of donald trump it continues at 6 pm eastern >> coming up on the second hou of eamonn. trumps indictment has force his rivals to do the one thing that hurts the most, defen donald trump, ...

manhattan da alvin bragg, wh spoke with reverend sharpton here on msnbc. at the center of bragg investigation, over 100,00 dollar payment to adult them star stormy daniels. nbc news learned that trump former lawyer michael cohe testified for a new york grand jury in the case on monday a the noon cohen pleaded guilty to making an illegal payment to daniel at the keeper quite about an alleged affair to trump. meantime, they tell nbc news that trump has no plans to mee with the manhattan ...