professor at the university of michigan and msnbc legal analyst, yamiche alcindor, nbc news washington correspondent. dasha, we re waiting, we re watching this historic moment. set the stage for us outside of trump tower. well, we have got a calm before the storm here yesterday. we had a massive crowd, a lot of noise today. it has been fairly quiet this is a business district, a tourist district, a lot of curiosity, a lot of onlookers. we have choppers overhead. we have got some anticipation building there are officers, heavy police presence here, some officers directing traffic right now, getting ready for the motorcade to make its way downtown and, look, this is a building, this is a residence that was the center of gravity for the trump campaign back in 2016, the center of his power. now, the place where he begins to make a journey that is unlike a journey that he has made in new york city before now to downtown to the courthouse where he will be arraigned, where he will
to make a journey that is unlike a journey that he has made in new york city before now to downtown to the courthouse where he will be arraigned, where he will be under arrest without the power to leave a different moment for the former president than he has had in new york city and right now everyone here waiting to document this moment, whether it is tourists or folks who live around here, everyone seems to understand the historic nature of this moment here, guys. and nobody knows manhattan and the tabloid nature of dealing with the press in manhattan and in new york city than donald trump. back here in washington, republicans, yamiche, are house republicans are inserting themselves into all of this. we saw marjorie taylor greene there in new york city but jim jordan and james comer, two powerful chairs, warning the
you do also have a deliberately tabloid feel. i was very tempted in the office earlier to open the story watch a naked man stroll down london street before his semi clothed pal knocked a cyclist off bike. fantastic. but that s click bait, isn t it? is that how you make money? no, not at all. to touch on the tabloid nature of the newspaper, i agree, i think that tabloid has become sort of like polluted by the red tops. what we were doing right at the start was trying to make more complicated matters such as politics and economics accessible. obviously, like any newspaper, we are notjust a politics newspaper we have food and sport and lifestyle pages. we obviously try to cater
traditional redwall areas, that is not of interest to you? i wouldn t say that viewers per se, we wouldn t say that viewers per se, we wouldn t draw a line to any sort se, we wouldn t draw a line to any sort of se, we wouldn t draw a line to any sort of audience anywhere, reatty~ any sort of audience anywhere, reatty~ we any sort of audience anywhere, really. we are a newspaper, but we are really. we are a newspaper, but we are here to serve sort of a quite we are here to serve sort of a quite clearly defined demographic and so i guess in some demographic and so i guess in some regards, that may be true. you do some regards, that may be true. you do also some regards, that may be true. you do also have a deliberately tabloid feel. i was very tempted in the office earlier to open the story, watch naked man strolled down london street before his semi clothed powell knocked a cyclist off bike. fantastic. but that is click bait, really. is that how you make money? bait
naked man stroll down london street before his semi clothed pal knocked a cyclist off bike. fantastic. but that s clickbait, isn t it? is that how you make money? no, not at all. to touch on the tabloid nature of the newspaper, i agree, . i think that tabloid has become sort of like polluted by the red tops. - what we were doing right at the start was trying to make more complicated matters such as politics and economics accessible. obviously, like any - newspaper, we are notjust a politics newspaper, we have food and sport and lifestyle pages. - we obviously try to cater to a broad audience. - but i think using the tabloid format to communicate - with people is not a bad thing. what is your business model? how do you make money?