the west coast, 3 am in the, east i m ali velshi you re watching msnbc s indictment of donald trump, in just a few, hours americans will be waking up to this front page for th new york times, the head lin reads quote, the first e president to face criminal charges. trump indictment going acros the top manner on thursday, an unprecedente move and grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president donald trump, part o manhattan district attorne alvin bragg s investigatio into a hush money payment, mad to the adult film star storm daniels back in 2016 as of right, now we do not kno what specific crime or crime the vice president s bee charged with, but we shoul know more on tuesday, when i going to one of trump s lawyers, he s expected to be arraigned. and we do know that alvin bragg, i ve been focusing on a felony charge of falsifying busines records which carries a maximu prison sentence of four year we will forget the possibl prison sentence, here s what w can come e
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg
a former president donald trump. mr trump landed at laguardia airport, just a short while ago. the former president expected derives soon at trump tower. he is expected to spend the night there ahead of his arraignment tomorrow afternoon at the manhattan criminal courthouse, where mr trump is expected to voluntarily surrender sources tell cnn that the former president faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud that we should note the indictment. remains under seal. these charges come after a years long probe. into a hush money payment made to adult film star and director stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election, and let s let s uh we re looking. let s let s start with cnn s katelyn polantz right now she s outside trump tower and caitlin . it s odd watching this kind of for want of a better term like o j. bronco coverage of donald trump coming into manhattan for this criminal matter, and i know that media critics are taking issue with the way t
Too, when you dont get the answer you want, you reask the same question. Youre more amazing, and stalling, racking your brain, wait a minute, i had this down as a yes and now hes giving me an i dont know. You ask the same question again, if nothing else, you bought yourself eight seconds to figure out where youre going to go next. You can see that in the transcript, when he asks the same question again, he was surprised with the answer Michael Cohen gave him. You cant write your questions in stone because youre dealing with someone who on every question is trying to throw it back in your face. You have to be able to do improv. I want to say thank you so much for joining us this morning. Its the top of the hour, and give a quick reset for viewers who may be joining us now. Michael cohen back on the stand. Day three of crossexamination. He has been testifying before jurors for about an hour and a half this morning and todd blanche asking questions that ultimately go to his credibility an
Lisa ribbon, Suzanne Craig and katie vang were inside the courthouse. Plus nicolle wallace, and Catherine Christian as special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Im here tonight along with my colleagues. Big night. Todays proceedings unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old Agatha Christie style british detective story. Youve been following along more or less, you know who most of the characters are, you can at least remember most of their names. You know the basic plot of the mystery but then there is this kindness, this great helpful moment in the story where the detective sits down under some stupid pretense with some other character and in their conversation they give you all the answers. Its okay you havent been playing close attention all along. They are going to recap the whole story and not only will they get to the big answer, th