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derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trump s indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyiv s counter offensive is failing. we re live with an update on what s happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we do begin this hour with that breaking news from the fed. cnbc s morgan brennan is here for cnbc on msnbc. i think, morgan, we re on a ten-meeting streak by the fed of raising interest rates. what just happened? hold, that is what just happened. so we had ten raises, and now we hold. the federal reserve hitting the pause button on its campaign of interest rate hikes, as i say these words, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged at 5 to 5 1/4%. ....
docket for nauta. will it be in front of judge aileen cannon or will she self-recuse? we know what the prosecution is arguing, that donald trump took the papers when he had no right to take the papers, that he kept papers even when he was asked repeatedly to give them back, that he lied about what he had, and that he threatened national security, putting lives at risk and the safety of this nation in jeopardy. what else might jack smith s team have, and why wasn t bedminster a bigger part of the indictment? meanwhile, what is donald trump s team going to argue? we ll lay out what will likely come up in pre-trial motions. you heard one of trump s former lawyers tease him yesterday when he talked about prosecutorial misconduct. what else will they argue? and what or should we say who is donald trump s biggest liability? the legal process is just beginning. and so is arguably the political process, just beginning right now. donald trump is already trying to turn this case ....
republicans represent an extremism that threaten the very foundations of our republic. the speech featured some hopeful tones, but it made headlines for its dark warnings about what would happen if americans allowed the maga ideology to grow. with more appearances to come in pennsylvania and beyond the president is showing he s unafraid to draw sharp contract not just between himself and trump but between democrats and republicans. not every republican, not even a majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology, but there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. the rnc rejected that distinction releasing a statement saying, quote, joe biden is the divider in chief and epitomizes the current state of the democratic party, one of divisiveness discussed and hostility towards half the country. as for trump he ll hold his own rally in ....
reporter: absolutely. he was still in power right before he died. he was part of the right wing coalition that won the last elections a few months ago. he s been elected three times prime minister, 1994. during that time he was also king maker of many other prime ministers and he was at the top of the game right before he died on monday, chris. claudio lavanga, always good to see you my friend, thank you for that. that s going to do it for us this hour. joining us for chris jansing reports every weekday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. our coverage continues with katy turr reports right now. donald trump has pleaded not guilty. the only court case is on the ....