It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, the federal indictment against Sean Diddy combs including charges of Sex Trafficking and racketeering. What were learning about how he allegedly coerced and controlled his victims as he faces his arraignment this hour. Senate republicans are facing new pressure this hour on ivf protections, but it isnt coming from democrats. Donald trump himself is pledging support. Plus, why a judge rejected Mark Meadows efforts to move his indictment to Federal Court over attempts to overturn Donald Trumps 2020 Election Loss in arizona. Mortgage rates are down. Gas prices the lowest since 2021. With the first Fed Rate cut expected this week, is this Data Signaling a true soft landing for the american economy . Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Laura Jarrett following the breaking news on Sean Diddy combs. We have the indictment. Weve heard from federal prosecutors. What else are we learning about how this will all play out when combs appears in court later this hour . Yeah, chris, were getting more details from a Detention Memo filed by federal prosecutors that bolsters their case for why they want to keep him behind bars. He was arrested last night. It was a surprise for him at a hotel. Now theyre telling a judge they want to keep him behind bars pending an eventual trial. The reasons are as follows. Number one, dangerousness. Theyre pointing to the ar style rifles found in his home that We Saw pictures of today at that press conference. Theyre also pointing to obstruction of justice. These are Stat Torre reasons and finally theyre pointing to his vast wealth, chris. The fact that he has so much money and a plane and obviously limitless resources. So that makes him a risk of flight. Those are the main reasons theyre trying to keep him behind bars but its going to be up to a judge. As for where this goes next, a lot of questions about who else is involved. Obviously, there are plenty of employees who are unnamed in this but that have their hands all over this indictment. Take a listen to what Damian Williams had to say today. We are not done. This investigation is ongoing around i encourage anyone with information about this case to come forward and to do it quickly. Do you foresee there could be other charges related . The investigation is ongoing. Thats to him and anyone else we believe committed the crime with him. So you heard him there. Nothing off the table at this point. Now as for the defense, chris, weve heard Diddys Lawyer saying he maintains his innocence. He plans to plead not guilty when he appears a that arraignment of just a little over half an hour. And hes saying he wants to be let out on a 50 Million bond. Quincy, christian, justin, his three sons have just arrived at court. Thank you. Just over an hour from now, the senate is set to vote on a bill that would guarantee nationwide access to ivf. Ali vitali joins us from capitol hill. Where do things stand on is this . Reporter We Saw it in june and it failed then and is likely to fail now. The political dynamics around this are even messier for republicans than they were in june. At this point, this was a Flash Point Issue because an Alabama Supreme Court ruling wherein the court at one point said that fetuses and embryos should have the protections of children if theyre created through ivf. This carries that debate on. You see Senator Schumer talking about why theyre reviving this bill. In large part its because President Trump has changed the contours around the way republicans could talk about this issue. Trump himself saying on the Campaign Trail that he wants to see Insurance Companies cover the cost of ivf for families. Thats in part with this bill theyre voting on today would do. It would also enshrine protections to ivf overall. Heres how democrats are now talking about it as they say the ball is squarely in republicans courts. Watch. Women who struggle to have kids dont deserve to be someones political punching bag. They do not deserve to be yanked around by politicians who when push comes to Shove Wont actually vote to help him. Im sure some of my republican colleagues are going to run to the nearest camera to claim their actions have been misunderstood. To those colleagues, i say that Todays Vote is your chance to put your vote where your mouth is. Reporter the sponsor of the legislation on the democratic side, someone who has pushed on this issue during her time in the senate. Again though, the political contours are not likely to change. When We Saw the Senate Vote on this last time, two republicans crossed party lines. Senator collins and murkowski. Were always counting to 60 in the senate and theyre expected to fall short in about an hour and a half when they vote on this again. Schumer continuing to make in a hot Button Issue here in the senate and out on the Campaign Trail. Were watching him talk right now. He does this weekly availability. He just said weve seen republicans tie themselves in knots over this. Where does this put republicans right now . Reporter it puts them in a difficult position. Again, because youve got the nominee of their party out there on the Campaign Trail with talking points that are Out Of Step, a, with how republicans have voted on this even just in the last few weeks, but then b, Out Of Step with where the party is writ large on this. Especially because as someone whos covered reproductive Care Access over the last ten year, this question of what to consider embryos over ivf is one that should vex the prolife and republican movements because they are in direct conflict. So republicans are out there saying they support access to ivf but that may not support mandating Insurance Companies to actually cover it. Thats not in line with conservative positions. And then of course theres the actual question of if this prolife issue of when does life begin, many prolife republicans say it begins at conception. It begs question in the ivf process, how republicans can be supportive of that. There are many Tension Points within this agreement but the sheer politics boils down to the fact that ivf is popular. Especially in battleground states, but also across the country for people trying to grow their families. Its another sign that republicans know theyre Out Of Step on the Issue And Schumer is now trying to force it on the legislative front. Ali, thank you for that. Now to former Trump Chief of Staff Mark meadows and his bid to move the arizona fake electors case. Lisa rubin is here. He wants to move it to Federal Court. Why . Why would that be such a big deal and tell us the details behind it. Chris, this is one of those circumstances where while Mark Meadows would have liked to win, he is also winning by losing. And thats because theres a provision in the federal Removal Statute that applies to people who are federal officers, including potentially former federal officers like mr. Meadows. That says if you attempt to remove a case to Federal Court and youre still litigating that, that the State Court doesnt have to put your case on hold but they cant enter a judgment of conviction, which is equivalent to a sentence. So, while this doesnt prevent the State Case against Mark Meadows from going forward, it may also prevent that State Court from entering a Sentence Or Judgment of conviction against him and that in and of itself is a major victory for meadows and any other defendant who can use that vehicle. Lisa rubin, thank you. We have a slew of positive economic data ahead of the feds plan to cut Interest Rates tomorrow. The feds goal now, keep the good times rolling. I want to bring in Nbc News senior business correspondent, christine romans. What do we know about tomorrows big decisiOn And what has yet to be decided . Its amazing. Were entering a new phase for the fed after Keeping Rates so high now. 23year high for Interest Rates. We just dont know if its ging to be a little one or a bigger Rate Cut. Theres some Discussion And Debate about what will happen, but a Rate Cut is coming and that will affect anybody who borrows money. It comes against the backdrop of Gas Prices that are declining. Theyre down about 67 cents a gallon. Mortgage rates are already falling in anticipation of that Rate Cut. 6. 11 for Mortgage Rate here. Inflation at 2. 5 . The white house, the counsel of economic advisers in a Blog Post Today saying all of those expectations of a wreck for the economy were defied and in fact, youve got inflation coming down without a recession that goes with it. Then retail sales this morning. We saw retail sales unexpectedly tick up so the consumer is still hanging in here as well despite complaining about inflatiOn And higher prices, the consumer is hanging in there and Stock Market is touching record highs. So its a really interesting moment with lower rates on the way. We dont know how much tomorrow, but we think the fed will do. Quarter, half . Thats the big debate. If you do a quarter, the economy is still pretty sturdy here. Usually you cut rates 50 Basis Points or half when Theres Something really dangerous brewing there. So a lot of people think it would be just 25 and keep going. I think a Basis Point Cut could signal theyre worried about whats happening in the labor market. Thats the big debate. 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We hear all the time, brendan, about the dangers of Election Denial. Not only are officers getting white powder, directors say theyre installing Bulletproof Glass and Panic Buttons for their workers. How did we get here . Over a long time. Democracy only works because we decide were all going to play by these rules. Its selfgovernment by definition. If we start losing Faith And Trust in it, it falls apart here. As were seeing across the world. And the symbol that the united states and example the united states sends matters. It was one of the first things that i thought about on January 6th when i saw the images of the capitol that day. How does the rest of the world going to react seeing this . Were giving them permission to challenge and question the outcomes of elections. Its really all on us if were going to be able to restore any confidence in this and thats why these campaigns that a lot of republicans have been running are so damaging and not just for this election, but the longterm confidence we have in our system of government. Kimberly, the study says between 2020 and 2024, 20 of global elections, their results were contested by a losing Candidate Or Party and it stresses that if elections fail, successive democracy is, this is a quote, utterly impossible. So what is the real scope of the threat here . Well, we have seen in the united states it become, weve seen right before our eyes, it become a backsliding democracy. Now think about that. The united states was the leader in the world in encouraging democracies and in pointing out the dangers where people are not able to govern themselves through representatives and here we are now on the list of countries that are moving in the wrong directiOn And we are seeing that as brendan pointed out. When you have active efforts to discard or overturn the will of voters. It also happens when you have leaders that encourage that and when you have leaders, President S, and former President S who praise people like maduro, like putin, like kim jongun, who either embrace autocracy entirely or put up sort of sham democracies and claim to be the victors when they are not. That really tells you why were seeing a lot of what were seeing in terms of the backsliding of Democracy Right here. Hillary clinton spoke to my colleague, Rachel Maddow last night about this and i want to play some of it. Part of what trump is counting on is for people to get desensitized. I mean, oh, my gosh. Did you hear what he said yesterday . Did you hear who he attacked . The viciousness . With a shrug, were moving on. Americans need to understand they have to take trump both seriously and literally. So whether its rhetoric, if its a white powder, threatening phone calls, Panic Buttons, if this becomes just a normalized part of american politics, what does that mean . Are you worried that theres been so much of it it just becomes in the ether . Ive been worried about January 6th of 2025 when they have to certify the next election. Since January 6th, 2021. This is i think, we all remember the famous quote, The Infamous Quote where somebody said what harm is it to let him sort of get this out of his system for a little while . We saw what the harm was. It was January 6th. And you would think that after what happened there, there would be a recognition that we went too far. Instead, every elected republican will say out loud that Donald Trump actually lost. So i have no Confidence Whatsoever that Donald Trump is going to concede or that his allies are going to go easily to certify the outcome if he loses. This happens at multiple levels of government. Whether its as you saw governors needing to certify at the State Level. Once it gets to congress, the pressure that republicans there are going to feel to try to hold this up and block it somehow, i dont think theyre going to be successful but you know, even getting close again is extremely problematic. So im worried about what happens in january if Donald Trump actually loses. So here we are, kimberly, at a point where former governors feel that they have to suggest pressure to their successors to actually certify a free and fair election. And look, its important that people speak up. Its important that we point these things out and we say this isnt normal. I grew up in an immigrant community. My parents were Election Poll workers. They were proud and excited to do that. And now people are afraid. So what else can and should be done . What did democrats do to handle this going forward . And thank you for your parents for doing that because we see lately what people like Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman have gone through when they did that. They werent in any it was the furthest thing from Anybodys Mind then that something bad could come of why so many people came to this country, which was for democracy. Thats absolutely right. And what needs to be done is more accountability. I think that the prosecutions that have happened in states for those involved in the fake Electors Scheme is important. It would be great if the federal case against Donald Trump for his role in January 6th were allowed to move forward and not to be indefinitely delayed in the way that it has. And also passing laws like the electoral Count Reform Act was important, but that was just a tiny bit. That requires, for example, a single slate of electors be certified by states as opposed to putting upputting up alterna. Theyre calling on them to do their jobs which you wouldnt think they needed to be told that. But we need those types of guardrails in place. We have shown we cant just go by the principles of the constitution. We need guardrails in place with enforceable consequences when people break those rules. Thats the only way we can try to ensure this doesnt happen again. I wonder what the guardrails really are. Brendan. Maybe one of them is, and yo