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MSNBCW Alex July 3, 2024

Destruction and rescue efforts underway . It is a frenzied effort. Theyre trying to, just as they did when i was back, here where im still in turkey, back in february. They are trying to uncover what could be thousands of people buried underneath that rubble. Thousands of survivors. Thats why its such a desperate effort. One of the differences here is that some of the architecture in morocco, and especially in the rural areas, in the atlas mountains, and in the high atlas mountains, its really rudimentary. Its basically made of adobe blocks or an reinforced concrete, as you can imagine. A. Just crumbles. A lot of people are wondering whether or not Rescue Workers are able to reach some of those remote areas. Whether or not the devastation is going to be even worse than imagined right now. The fact is they went when i was in turkey back in february, we saw essentially Mid Rise Buildings Shoddily built, and indeed, they were reinforced concrete. They were multiple stories. A lot of those buildings, and especially in the older city, and those rural areas not going to be those sky high recently built towers that would crush so many people sleeping. This could become a different story. Alex, we just have to wait and see. We are speaking with people on the ground, at least those agency materials, agencies speaking to people on the ground. Heres one of the eyewitnesses speaking to one of the agencies. Where on an intrepid tour and we just went to bed and then we did not go to bed because the room started shaking. The room just started shaking. Going backwards and forwards and everything started moving, pictures started moving, we just drive some clothes and our bags and lauren, one of the other people on the tour, came running and screaming to tell us that and so all of our group came out here me and just hung around with everybody, with the locals. Alex, its another story, weve been hearing time and time again from people on the ground and outside of marrakech. One of the differences here between this and turkey is the timing. It happened a little after 11 pm and so a lot of people are asleep. Here in turkey, that earthquake happened later on with almost everybody asleep and inside of their homes in these mid level to high rise buildings we. It looks like some people had the opportunity and wherewithal because they were conscious to get out of those buildings. Again, the death toll, more than 1000 already. Just a couple of hours ago is in the eight hundreds, and even before, that six hundreds. Once these Rescue Workers get to all of these sites, and particularly the remote paces and highlight them afraid they will be discovering a lot more bodies. That death toll in number of injuries will be reaching skyhigh levels. Alex . Ill tell you now this, is just heartbreaking. Thank you for bringing us the latest and following the recovery and rescue efforts. Thank you. We have more Breaking News to share from all of you. President biden, returning to his hotel this hour as he wraps up his first day of World Leader Meetings at the G20 Summit It india. The president , along with indian Prime Minister and allies, announced a rail and shipping project linking india to the middle east in europe. Brighton, highlighting how it fits into the key focus of the summit. I am hearing all of the transitions. In many ways, its the focus of this partnership. That we are talking about today. Building sustainable, resilient infrastructure, making quality infrastructure investments, and creating a better future. When earth, when family, when future, that is indeed the theme, well have our live report from the summit in a moment. Here in a moment, the u. S. Has denied mark meadows request to move his charges from state to Federal Court. Trumps former Chief Of Staff filed a notice of appeal for the 11th Circuit Report for other georgia defendants trying to move their cases to Federal Court. As trump lawyer signal that he might follow suit. This comes as a Special Grand Jury report that was the basis for the Georgia Election case which has been unsealed. Last month, d a fani willis announced charges against 19 people, but we now learned that the Special Grand Jury recommended charges against 39 people in total. That means 21 of them are unindicted. Meanwhile, donald trump on the campaign trail, picking up an endorsement from the south dakota governor kristi noem. The former president , offering his route Mount Rushmore state. It means that if i win, somebody wants to run against me, i tell my Attorney General and say listen, indict him. He hasnt done anything wrong, i dont know, indict him an interim tax invasion. Well figure it out. Trump had said i would today alongside many of his republican rivals. It comes as a new nbc report says that a number of trumps allies are growing concerns that his campaign and first in the nation caucus state is lacking. Lets go now to more on that Breaking News. From the g20 summit, we will go to msnbcs in new delhi for us. A long distance. Mike, what more are we hearing from the president as he wraps up his very busy first day here in india. Good to be with you, alex, the big headline, the big announcement from President Biden on The World Stage is very similar to what we hear him talk an awful lot about back home. It is infrastructure. This g20 summit, is really an opportunity for the leaders of the worlds biggest economies to come together and to find ways to Work Together on dealing with some of the biggest economic strains we face across the world right now. You think about with some of them are. It is food insecurity, inflation, it is supply chain disruptions, all tied to the war in ukraine as well as the fallout of covid19. The big announcement that the president made with some of our key allies has to do with taking and improving upon existing rail infrastructure, and expanding on that into the middle east and out here into india. To create what they are calling a new corridor that includes some new underground tunnels as well to bring a Broadband Connection It Energy across that sweep of the world. That is significant because what are we talking about . Regions in the middle east and india that are already under these areas. It is also a counter way to china. China over the last decade especially, trying to work with other developing economies to do similar types of projects. President biden today is calling this a very big deal. Listen here to more of him explaining what this means. Our partners are working to mobilize the trillions of investments needed to close the infrastructure gaps around the world, and including the formation of a new investor form that the United States will host in a couple of weeks. Lets continue to work as one to seize this moment and maximize our collective investments. Finding new partners to unlock new capital, because when we invest in low income countries, all countries benefit. Alex, ive talked to so often from these various International Summits that the president attends. Often theyre smaller gatherings, think of the g7 and nato, often just the u. S. s closest allies. The g20 is, defining includes adversaries like china and russia, those leaders not here, it gives the u. S. An opportunity to demonstrate what america thinks their role is in the world. And to the other point, i just have to say that i admire the way youre able to go from times into time zone and really delivered nicely. I might be doing this right now. Thank you, my friend. Lets go now to a victory from Fulton County prosecutors in georgia. The federal judge ruled late yesterday that trumps former Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows Cannot move his Georgia Election interference case to Federal Court. Meadows argued the charges against him were but u. S. District judge steve jones didnt buy it. Writing in the ruling, his efforts fall short. Lets bring us in on capitol hill. And katie feng, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show. She was a former Florida State prosecutor into counties with an extensive felony trial experience. That makes her a good one to ask these questions to. I will go fast meadows has already appealed, and help us break down the judges decision. Look, just or judge steve jones did exactly that. In hours of testimony, meadows trying to plead his case to have him move out of Fulton County, where he likely thinks a more friendly jury pulled that of the mostly democratic jurors in Fulton County. He failed to prove that the work that he was allegedly doing, that words that he was indicted, im trying to pressure State Officials to overturn the Election Results in favor of the former president , including a call that he was on with Brad Raffensperger, the top election official in that state with his former boss. And he failed to prove that he did that, and according to his Job Description as a white house Chief Of Staff. He did admit, according to the judge, plenty of times that he did this work as a Campaign Official instead for the former President Trumps 2020 campaign. Of course, that is subject to some violations. Its some of the things that the state prosecutors had pointed out. This is not boding well for meadows, and of course noted that he we did expect him to do so. He had also asked that he hauled all proceedings while this plays out. Remember, there are others that are also considering to make this move, at least five of the mitt of so far asked to move to Federal Court, including the former president that was weighing that option. He will make that decision at the end of the month. Overall, its a setback for those seeking to do that. And they will delay fani willis, the District Attorneys move to try to get them together in a speedy fashion as well. Okay. Katie, over to you now. Based on what julie just reported, was meadows attempt to even try to move to Federal Court wise . Could it change the calculus of the others, including donald trump that could do the same thing . Alex, your last question first. It should serve as a deterrent for people like donald trump that have not attempted to remove yet, even though that federal official has to find out under the law. The ruling of judge jones, releasing a 49page opinion, its very explicitly noting that any of the comments of mark meadows, has a really good for the defense, all of those defendants. Judge jones, making it clear that any action picking up outside of the realm of your capacity is a federal official, if it veers too far outside of the that in itself will probe prohibit you from getting into Federal Court. Donald trump i know has acknowledged, as julie has said, that he was contemplating maybe removing the Federal Court. If i am Donald Trumps attorneys, you have to think about the time. With regards to whether or not it was a mistake, its always a mistake if youre a criminal defendant looking at serious prison time. Taking an oath to tell the truth on a panel, a jury, and then testify for hours. Mark meadows has now walked into his testimony. Any deviation should he be crazy enough during his criminal case, just a criminal trial, would be nuts. Fani willis would have a lot of that material to work with and impeach mark meadows. I tweeted last night about this trump issue, alex, if you were to be tried to remove, he himself would have to go through an evidentiary hearing process. He would have to testify. I think its just too wild. Its just too unpredictable to put donald trump on the stand. I dont think you would be wise for him to do . It is a bombshell when Fulton Countys Grand Jury Court was unsealed yesterday. It revealed that the jury recommended an additional 21 people we charge in this Georgia Election interference case. They didnt make this cut. Senator lindsey graham, former republican senator kelly roffler, david perdue, they were on the list. They were not indicted by disputed tierney fani willis, nor was mike flynn. The top and boris epshteyn. Many familiar names there. Why were they not indict it . What separates them from the ones that they were . Why they were not indictment, will probably never get an answer at this point. Now is that Second Grand Jury at Fulton County that was seated to make a determination on whether a true bill would be tanya, it does not necessarily mean that fani willis will pursue charges. Remember, that Special Grand Jury, the one in the report released yesterday, isnt entirely different body doing an investigative effort. Taking in evidence, listening to witnesses, making recommendations only. The special grand jurors, not lawyers, no legal training, no legal background, just considering the evidence that is putting put in front of them. Making that recommendation to have this georgia statutes that apply. I would, you know, tell people, look out. Your record looking right now at your screen, at these recommended for indictment but did not get charged folks. Youll probably see them as witnesses called by d a fani willis, charging them early as they kind of chesbrough in sydney powell trial, which is due to set off in october 23rd. Up to get through that hurdle, jury selections, the state approving the element of exclusion, and without reasonable doubt, guilt 150 witnesses in this case, and you will see people like lindsey graham, et cetera, probably calling to testify [inaudible] yeah. Its interesting because, as you say, these folks are not attorneys, they dont know the law. But clearly they are thinking something is rotten ended, mark something is wrong with what these people were doing. But you mentioned lindsey graham, usually, how is the senator responding to this news that the grand jury recommended charging him . We follow that, katie, when you talk about the Political Landscape of this, senator graham is saying now what he said back in November Of 2020 when we asked him about these calls that he made two State Officials including Brad Raffensperger who is on the record saying that the senator told him to essentially find different votes, he denies ever doing that. Yesterday he talked to reporters, after this report came public that he was one of those 39th of the Special Grand Jury wanted d. A. Fani willingness to charge. Obviously he wasnt. Heres what he said. Watch. I called around different states including georgia. As a sitting United States senator, chairman judiciary committee. I eventually certified the election and all states, including georgia. I did not find any evidence of mass voter fraud, but i did have concerns about the mailin ballots. We cannot criminalize senators doing their job when they have a constitutional requirement to fulfill. We are opening up pandoras box here. I should, note while the other two senators, the georgia senators, kelly and david perdue, they are no longer in congress. Here is the thing, graham back when he made those phone calls, those conversations, he was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee. Certainly serving in a top role, top capacity, a really Important Committee here in the senate. Certainly he is defending his actions. Hes defended trump, hes one of his biggest allies here on capitol hill. I dont know if hes going to get called to testify, as katie said, if he, does will he actually show up . Theres been some back and forth discussions already in the last couple of years with the georgia District Attorney trying to get him to show up and testify and say what he knows. He has been blocking and stonewalling that at every single turn, i expect we will continue to see that from him. Julie, i thank you very much for the report. Katie, you will stay with me because we still have a lot more to discuss including this. 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