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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 as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice. this indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the southern district of florida and i invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. the men and women of the united states intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. our laws the protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the unite ....
i am stephanie ruhle. it is the eve of another critical january six committee hearing, the panels fourth, one starting tomorrow at 1 pm eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d.c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this brought effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. in another hearing, means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, bowers gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s ....
eastern. california congressman adam schiff will take the lead. the focus, first, to pressure state officials into overturning joe biden s 2020 victory, a race, of course he won fairly. i m gonna say it one more time, a race he won fairly. and the plan to get fake electors to washington, d. c., in time to stop the transfer of power on january 6th. this was, i think, really unprecedented in u.s. history. this broad effort to overturn the presidential election, and you ll see just what the weight of the presidency brought down on these officials. another hearing means more republican witnesses, and that s what we re gonna get to tomorrow. arizona s republican house speaker, rusty bowers, gets his turn. committee aides tell nbc news he will detail, for the first time, how trump and rudy giuliani leaned on him directly to overturn biden s victory in arizona. joining bowers tomorrow, two other republican officials, who were targets of a very similar pressure campaign. ge ....
at a recently retired marine captain who has been missing since april. on friday, russian state television showed video of two other u.s. military veterans who hadn t been heard from since the previous week. president biden is urging americans to stay out of ukraine. alison barber has the latest. at least two missiles were intercepted in the kyiv region last night. one of them, not far from here in bucha. meanwhile, in the united states, the families of three americans missing in ukraine are desperate for answers. one of those men, a former marine named grady kerr posh, he has not been heard from by his family since the end of april. we spoke to a representative of the family and they tell us that he had a conversation over the phone with his wife around april 23rd. but after that, he says it was like he vanished. no text messages, no calls, the family says they now believe he is a prisoner of war. can pot is one of three americans reported missing in ukraine, russ ....
Seek a speedy trial in this matter. what is that going to actually mean? that was one of the two things that jumped out at me. first as paul has noted, he was at pains. the behavior is criminal no matter what, but he was at pains to place it on a national security footing and really make clear what the risks were to us. and then the speedy trial. i know what it means, it means to have a trial completed probably by the summer so the american people can make their election judgment knowing where trump stands. that s the biggest risk, by the way, with the prospective appointed of judge only candid. not that she would somehow negate the whole charges but that she would indulge trump in what is obviously going to be a strategy of delay starting with oh i just have new lawyers we need time to get up to speed and alike. the real concern here is that we don t have a trial run its course by november 2024 and ....