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11:00 a.m. eastern. we begin way major development and former president donald trump's legal battles. special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a landmark supreme court decision presidents have broad immunity for official acts. the updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. special counsel saying, "the superseding indictment reflects

the government's efforts to respect and implement the supreme court's holdings and remand instructions." joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former federal proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbc's garrett haake. walk us try the new versus the old one? >> yes. jose, start with the stuff that hasn't changed. it's the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. it's the same defendant. donald trump. there's no new defendants. no new charges, but what's significant, jose, is the special counsel's attempts to comply with the mandate from the supreme court, which said that official acts have immunity and kind of a range of acts that could be arguably immune, and so jack smith said, you know what? we're going to eliminate some

language from the indictment that clearly runs afoul of the idea of what the supreme court said. you know, applied in this case. we're going to be really smart, and we're going to add language that says that conduct that was done that was either conspiratorial with donald trump with his co-conspirators or violated, federal statutes, that he were done in a private capacity. done by candidate trump or citizen trump and not by president trump. and by doing so, what jackson smith has done. said to the judge here's a cleaner version of the indictment. now let's move forward with that and we can anticipate a motion to dismiss from donald trump moving forward. >> paul, how do you see this new indictment? >> i think this is a bold strategic move by jack smith to say that he can prosecute and win this case, even within the super limited confines of the supreme court's immunity

decision. what everybody had been expecting is that on friday both sides would file papers about whether and how the case should go forward, and then next week judge chutkan would hold a hearing, go line by line through the indictment what could stay and what had to go with regards to the new supreme court decision. what we didn't know, jack smith secretly impaneled this new grand jury which produce add superseding indictment that streamlines the whole process. as was said, a lot more the same than is different between these two new indictments but i think jack smith felt he needed a new grand jury indictment to avoid claims from trump that the previous indictment was marred with evidence that's no longer admissible after the supreme court's decision. >> garrett, has team trump responded?

>> you know they have, jose. i would say the response is one of the things not especially new comparing indictments. the former president coming out aggressively on social media moments after the indictment dropped yesterday saying this is an attempt to bring back the witch-hunt against him in washington. attacks the special counsel calling him deranged, nickname of choice for jack smith and the timing inappropriate, he goes on to say, suggesting it comes so close to the election. or at least beginning of the election. we no longer have election day in this country. we have election weeks with early voting, it would violate the doj's policies against acting too close to an election. something i've not seen response from the doj on specifically. obviously the former president unhappy with the revival of his case against him. >> yeah. this whole issue the doj doesn't bring cases before an election.

is there any truth to that? >> it's not a new accurately ouy window. we're at 70 days from the day of the election. more specifically and legally speaking, a superseding indictment still travels under the same case number. if you guys look at this document, it has the same 2023 case number at last year. judge chutkan keeps this case as well. it may have been a separate grand jury, but there's no new charges. there's always been the position from special counsel jack smith, we've heard it in the classified documents case and in other prosecutions of donald trump, that once a case has begun, once the prosecution commenced it can continue to do so up through and including and beyond election day. so this is more postures from donald trump, but it were not be a legal basis to get the superseding indictment dismissed. >> and, paul, this new

indictment includes donald trump's conversations with the vice president, mike pence. why would the prosecution choose to keep this part in? >> a great question, jose. i was surprised jack smith left in allegations regarding the former vice president, because the supreme court decision says that most conversations between the president and his vice president are immunized, because the vice president is part of the executive, and what jack smith is likely to say is that the charges in the indictment have to do with the vice president's ceremonial role as president of the senate, and that's different from his executive responsibilities, and, therefore, appropriate in terms of being evidence for an allegation, but almost certainly, this is something even if judge chutkan allows it in the indictment will go all the way back up to the supreme court, with review.

again, the supreme court's decision was wrong in terms of lessening presidents with immunity. in terms of details how a trial can actually proceed, it was not specific at all. so, again, it's the effort, this new indictment is the effort by jack smith to try to get this case back on track, but we're a long way away from a trial, even if the vice president wins in november. >> and, garrett, nbc news also reviewed newly released footage shot by nancy pelosi's daughter released after the capital on capitol hill? >> moving back and forth between the capitol and fort mcnair where lawmakers sheltered during the attack. one picture shows how serious it was and how quickly the speaker

identified who she felt was responsible for what was happening on the 6th. let's watch. >> taken off to protect our country from all enemies foreign and domestic. there is a domestic enemy in the white house. and let's not mince words about this. >> one other bit from these newly released tapes, interesting. discussions pelosi had, use of the national guard and why not deployed in advance of the attack on the capitol. i don't think we've heard the last about that particular topic. >> thank you all. next, take you to georgia where vice president harris and governor walz will kick off their battleground blitz later today. we'll ask senior advisor to the harris-walz campaign, what needs to be done to win her state of georgia. great to see you. chat in a minute. plus, new details about the

series of raids targeting a group of democratic latino activists in texas. why they're calling it pointblank, voter intimidation. later, dirty water, mold, mice? new photos shared exclusively with nbc news showed the dangerous living conditions on some u.s. military bases. we're back in 90 seconds. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. ports on msnb

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the democratic president's ticket is getting back on the campaign trail today. moments ago vice presidential nominee tim walz spoke in boston, talked about the upcoming debate between vice president harris and donald trump. >> kamala harris, she's ready to hold him accountable on the debate stage. tell me you're not looking forward to that. look, i know you're busy watching "monday night football" or something. but it's going to be good. it's going to be good. as i said this will impact you. the things said on that debate stage will impact your retirement, your kids' education, impact infrastructure. things that matter to us. >> this as vice president and governor walz kick off a bus tour starting this afternoon. president biden won georgia less than 12,000 votes in 2020 becoming the first democrat to carry georgia in nearly three decades. harris' visit comes days after

being sued with new rules conflicting with state laws regardsing notification of election results. joining us, from savannah, georgia, and a washington correspondent for the "atlanta journal-constitutions." what message is the walz campaign bringing to georgia today? >> well, jose, for starters, trying to emphasize they take this date seriously and plan to compete throughout the state for every single vote. the vice president and governor walz coming here today first time in georgia and first campaign event announced since the democratic national convention last week, designed to boost enthusiasm in a state that is critical for their path to the white house. that they have a renewed sense of optimism in vice president harris' ability to win. visiting two counties that are

pretty blue in southern georgia, but the goal here is to come, engage voters and juice the turnout here. because some of the controversy with the state election board as you just mentioned a sense of pressure on democrats to win the state again and win by a much larger margin in hopes of ensuring there aren't the same challenges to the legitimacy of the election. involved with that, coming to areas like southern georgia, like the coastal cities, which the campaign noted. savannah hasn't been campaigned in since the late ''90s. introducing themselves as a ticket to the voters who may not be tuned into the election and emphasizing their own background. the bus tour modelled after the one seen in pennsylvania and they went to a local high school, to small businesses. talked to volunteers at a field office. expect to see much of the same today as work to show appreciation to the volunteers doing the work on the ground here and again engaged with voters that could be critical to their path to the white house.

>> interesting. the significance of doing that tour through southeast georgia. >> yeah. so southeast georgia gives them a little bit of the best of both worlds. you have savannah which is georgia's third largest city. a relatively, you know, facilities to have a big rally. a pretty big population center, with lots of supporters. a decent sized airport. but it still has suburban and rural all nearby within driving distance. you know, georgia has a lot of counties over 170. so to be able to make as many touches as possible, i think they felt southeast georgia gave them a lot of variety, but, again, they still will be able to get into those rural areas, but still in savannah, which i believe just a really important place to visit, they believe. we mentioned that the last time

a president visited southeast georgia was in the 1990s. that was bill clinton. ahead of his campaign in 1992. he also happens to be the last democrat to carry georgia, which he did so in 1992. the last democrat to do so, until joe biden did in 2020. >> interesting. what is the state of the presidential race in georgia right now? >> well, the state of the presidential race in georgia is a true toss-up. all elections predictors side moved georgia from kind of leaning republican under joe biden to being a toss-up under vice president kamala harris, which means that every vote counts in georgia. again, like you said at the top of this segment, biden only carried georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes. and if kamala harris is to win in georgia, she's got to do just as well as joe biden if not

better, because the difference is, there is not a raphael warnock or jon ossoff on the ballot state-wide. no other notable state-wide races on the ballot. so the president's race is it. the harris-walz team knows that they've got to up their turnout and get every vote they possibly can which includes in rural areas. >> thank you both for being with us. and with us now to continue our conversation, she is a senior advisor to the harris-walz campaign and former mayor of atlanta. thank you for being with us this morning. do you think that vice president harris can win georgia? this time? >> thank you for having me, and i absolutely believe that she can and will win georgia. no one believed that georgia

would turn blue in 2020, and we believed on the ground here that it can happen, and it certainly can happen again, because you have to remember even after the presidential election, we've had a couple of races since then. there was the runoff in 2021, and then again sending senator warnock back to the senate just last year, and savannah is home to senator warnock. this is a great place for the vice president to visit. there's a saying there of atlanta and then there's the rest of georgia. there's a lot of the rest of georgia, about half of the population is in the metro area, but the other half of the population in the state is throughout the rest of georgia and she will be hitting the rest of georgia. >> so what is it that, the issues she should be focusing on when she visits particularly rural areas? african american voters?

>> well, there's been a big push from the biden-harris administration how we are dealing with farmers and agriculture in the state. specifically a lot of emphasis from senator warnock towards black farmers if this area. i'm sure that will be a topic, a conversation topic, but also the economy. we know that's a really big discussion point across georgia and across the nation. and we know that there are discussions regarding immigration and how we're dealing with immigration. we are experiencing labor shortages in georgia and many communities, agriculture communities. i suspect that's going to be a big topic of conversation, and just the fact that the vice president has seen fit to go to these other places is a really big deal, because you know, jose, these are different tell the vision markets outside of the metro area. so we will be hitting a completely different audience and audiences not always used to

seeing big names come to their local communities. >> you know, and when you talk about the issues, the economy and immigration, in many ways, intertwined. but the importance of defining what your policy and position is on specific issues, for the farming community. agriculture community at large. the poultry processing plants that are throughout much of georgia, and i'm thinking also, immigration is so important, and just thinking, how has something that, really, people used to think was just a border issue affected georgia? >> well, when you look at georgia and you look at -- when you talk about the metro area in georgia, tenth largest economy in the united states, and you think about this state as a whole, there are a number of fortune 500 companies based here. huge agricultural communities.

you mentioned a poultry community. so all of these issues are intertwined but the great thing is that as vice president, kamala harris has a record to speak about. she can talk about this bipartisan border deal that was taken to -- or that wanted, the administration wanted to present it to congress that donald trump killed, he owns killing this deal because he didn't want a win for the biden-harris administration. this directly impacts people in the state of georgia. i suspect you're going to hear the vice president talk about that, and then there are a lot of great things that have happened in the state of georgia directly coming from the biden-harris administration. a lot of economic impact and infusion of dollars into communities outside of the metro area, which, by the way, we know that republicans didn't support. the bipartisan infrastructure deal but are sure taking credit

throughout the state of georgia for it. >> thank you very much for being with us. always appreciate your time. >> thank you. up next, new details on the series of raids that were carried out against democratic activists in the state of texas. the nation's oldest latino civil rights organization, what they want the doj to do about it. why the largest trading partner is pausing relations with american embasembassies? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. like nasal congestion. (♪♪) live claritin clear. clem's not a morning person. or a...people person. but he is an "i can solve this in 4 different ways" person. you need clem. clem needs benefits. work with principal so we can help you with a plan that's right for him. let our expertise round out yours. you'll find them in

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26 past the hour. mexico is pausing relations with the u.s. and canadian embassies in response to criticism of mexico's proposed judicial overhaul. mexico's president is suggesting a constitutional change that judges be elected by popular vote as opposed through appointed through a system based on training and qualifications. of course, many people are criticizing this saying the president is trying to remake the supreme court in that country. u.s. ambassador ken salazar said the reform is a major risk to democracy and it's unyear this pause actually really means, but mexico asserts it will not impact trade between the u.s. and mexico. the two countries are each other largest trade partners. more now on a story we've

been very closely following for you. the league of united latin-american citizens or lulac, demanding action from the department of justice after the homes of democratic latino voting activists, volunteers and political operatives were raided in texas. the raids ordered by texas republican attorney general ken paxton. paxton says the raids are part of a state election integrity investigation. no charges, however have been filed as a result of these raids. nbc news has reached out to paxton and has not received a response as of yet. joining us now, ceo of lulac, and thank you very much for being with us today. >> thank you. >> first of all, tell us about the raids and what's going on? >> so we actually got word last thursday it as a matter of fact. so our understanding is that on tuesday morning there were about 12 warrants essentially for search and seizure of latino leaders and lulac members

actually in the community. they started at 6:00 a.m. one of our members, lydia martinez. 87 years old, grandmother, great-grandmother, awakened by nine police officers with firearms. another with 40 police officers in s.w.a.t. gear. >> 40? >> 40. and basically going in to confiscate cell phones, computers, essentially, documents, anything they could effectively find, and interrogations. three hours interrogating lydia martinez. seven hours in the other case as well. >> what is it that -- this is just unbelievable. what do you want the doj to do? >> we want them to investigate. number one, we think there are civil rights violations. in addition to that, likely criminal aspects to it as well. >> so paxton is saying that these raids are part of some investigation? what validity do you give to this state investigation into

election integrity? >> none whatsoever. it's debunk. started two years ago with a report from the dow jones industrial providing no evidence at all for any voter fraud or manipulation, if will you. what we've seen here, jose is a pattern. in june he sued catholic charities of the rio grande valley. and then in july he sued the annunciation house and a series of other latino nonprofit organizations. so we were certainly very surprised when he took it to latino leaders and lulac members. >> so i want to just end by -- recognizing that extraordinary work that lulac does, but if you would, just give us an idea of what lulac is and what lulac does? >> lulac is the country's oldest and largest civil rights organization. over 246,000 members in all 50 states. we advocate for the civil rights of latinos in the united states.

>> not democrats or republicans latinos. latinos? >> independents, democrat, republicans, of all stripes. >> talk about the latino vote. it's the latino voter, because every single latino voter may be different in what are the conditions and circumstances that they decide when they go to the ballot box, but i'm wondering. it's important for people to know the strength of the latino voter in our country. >> and, you know, always said it's a sleeping giant. i saw do you the piece on georgia, for example. in texas, there are 12.1 million latinos. >> yep. >> we outnon-hispanic whites in texas. if you factor in hispanics, african american, asians in texas alone, that's 60% of the population. texas is and has been majority minority state, but in georgia, there are a million latinos. actually less than 5% of the population, significantly under the national average, but 5% of

the electorate is latino in a state that biden won by less than 15,000 votes. latinos can actually make a difference there. pennsylvania and in michigan. >> and in the entire country. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. good to see you, my friend. >> my pleasure. next, nbc's steve kornacki back at big board as he always is looking at one key state that's gone red in every presidential race since 2008 but to be changing. steve good to see you. chat in a minute. plus, what vp harris and governor walz need to do as they prepare to sit down for their first interview as running mates tomorrow. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. and that means there's about a 5 times greater risk of stroke. symptoms like irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, or light-headedness, can come and go. but if you have afib, the risk of stroke is always there.

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36 past the hour. vice president harris and donald trump are running an an extremely tight rate in the embattled state of north carolina. democrats haven't been able to win the state in a presidential election since 2008, but vice president has been making gains with a cook political report shifting the state from leaning republican to toss-up. nbc's steve kornacki join us from the big board to help us understand what this change is. steve? >> yeah. it's interesting here, because a lot of skepticism. democrats talked all year about making north carolina a battleground. the other battleground states we always talk about, all voted for joe biden in 2020. one that went for donald trump.

so i think that's where some of the skepticism went, came from. because trump improved polling performance nationally. so the sense was the action in those states democratic in 2020, trump trying to flip. one that democrats are trying to flip, and as you see that rating and polling seen suggest this really is that close. what's going on here? first of all keep in mind the state did tighten in 2020. back in 2016 donald trump won north carolina by about 175,000 votes. that margin fell to 75,000. down 100,000 votes in 2020. you see the result here. now, what goes into it? what are the ingredients in north carolina that went into this close race and would go into determining the outcome this fall? one thing we see, democratic support getting increasingly concentrated geographically into metropolitan areas suburbs with high concentrations of college diplomas. take a look here.

wake county. raleigh, north carolina. biden won this by 27 points in 2020. look at what's happening in wake county. going all the way back here to 2008. '08 when obama actually carried north carolina by this much. look at this. 2008. giant county. wake county. obama won it, but by about 14 points. look how that margin crept up for democrats. basically biden doubled almost obama's margin in wake county and also note the number of votes cast going up. you have population increasing and you have democrats running up now just massive margins. you see it right there in wake county, and you can look around the state. mecklenburg county, where charlotte is. you see it here. this area. winston, salem, you see it happening, a blue, blue islands around the state where democrats had been making gains, and they think four more years of

population growth in these areas since 2020, and maybe another step towards the democrats in terms of the result could get that 75,000 votes. the other thing happening, though, is all of the red you see outside of these blue areas here, a lot of these are smaller counties. rural counties, but it's the other trend we see nationally. getting more and more republican. especially in the trump area. an example. small county but could stand in for many in north carolina. trump wince western north carolina by 20 points. 2008, obama competitive in a place like this. didn't win it. only lost this county by eight points. 2020, democrats losing by 25 points. smaller counties, geographically, republicans made gains sort of almost canceled each other out there. i think if there's an x exacter to keep an eye on in north carolina it's in this part of the state.

you see a lot of blue there. these are, forget raleigh but over to the east. smaller, rural counties with large african american populations. just to give you an example here. this is what democrats are hoping may be the harris switch will help them with. one of the largest black populations in the state. take a look. go back to 2008 when obama won. obama was able to hit 65% in a county like this. biden was 5 points off that. not huge but a bunch of counties like that, and if democrats can get back to that 65-ish level there, that could make all the difference. >> hmm. steve kornacki. thank you very much. with us now to continue our conversation, don callaway, democratic strategist host of "the caucus room "podcast" and a former gop communications director on capitol hill and co-founder and ceo of the seneca

project. president obama last president to win in this state. what is moving to a toss-up? >> exciting. remember vice president harris map is not and never been joe biden's map. joe biden's map counted on democrats carrying the traditional blue wall. upper midwest and rust belt. pennsylvania, ohio, michigan. of course we still need those and need to be competitive in those, but kamala harris puts north carolina into play, georgia and arizona into play. nevada, sunbelt states. kornacki laid it out very right. if i could be so bold to disagree with the great steve kornacki i suggest the population growth in those centers like recall around eastern north carolina, rural african american counties will outnumber the votes republicans dominate in western north carolina. extraordinarily rural red counties. there's simply not enough people here. you see explosion in population around raleigh and didn't even talk about charlotte.

i spent a lot of time in north carolina with their politicians. the population around that rdu triangle substantial, significant and primarily democratic. i see north carolina in play. i see georgia in play in very much a way that those states were not necessarily going to be carried by democrats under president biden. >> and so just wondering. the issue will be clearly, you know, you talk whether it's a washout one or the other or one stronger than the other. there's going to be a lot to count on turnout and enthusiasm. i think this is a new race as of just over a month ago for the possibility of a different turnout come the 5th of november? >> there's no doubt about it. 's listen, kamala harris for better or worse i think for better will get a lot of voters simply not going to participate under a biden candidacy. we saw that last week with the dnc and i think it's also important to remember that the

shortened, compressed timeline could actually work in the vice president's favor, because you can keep folks' attention for about 90 days. 70 days left now, of course, in a way you simply couldn't over the course of 18 months drawing down to the end. you'll see a lot more increased participation from people who simply were going to sit it out. we have to remember the couch is always on the ballot and i think kamala harris is beating the couch. >> interesting. tara, another battleground state. a new nbc news interview, former president trump's running mate, j.d. vance, discussed a truce between brian kemp. a public rift between the two. how big a deal is this for the trump campaign in georgia? >> listen, trump's campaign operatives understand what a huge strategic mistake it has been for donald trump to continue to attack a very popular governor in georgia. let's not forget that donald trump and his campaign and their efforts in 2020 to try to pretty

much extort the governor for a few extra thousand votes is still something that haunts them, and will be a top of mind for people in georgia again in 2024. this is -- georgia should be a winnable state for donald trump, but it's now in play, because of a lot of reasons not only because of the way that they've mistreated brian kemp and his wife, by the way, insulting her, but because of similarly to north carolina, the demographic changes in georgia favor democrats. and there are rural black voters as well in georgia who need to be engaged and brought out to vote as well. that's why you see kamala harris and tim walz often this bus tour down there in georgia this week. it's crucial. this is -- this election's going to be won in the margins. i think that they know they have a problem. trump's team knows they have a problem in georgia. momentum is clearly on the side of harris and walz. the enthusiasm is clearly on the

side of walz and harris. and that's something that the trump folks are trying to work against, but their own candidate continues to sabotage them when he attacked their popular republican governor. it's a "get out the vote game." doesn't matter how many go to a rally but how many actually vote. >> don and tara, thank you both very much. appreciate it. after a break, an nbc news exclusive report reveals dangerous conditions facing service members and their families living on military bases. what one group is doing to push the pentagon to take action. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. . . getting a brick and mortar in new york is not easy. chase ink has supported us from studio one to studio three. when you start small, you need some big help.

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this is not a new problem. there was a government accountability office report on this in september of 2023 that looked into allegations of these sorts of things like you mentioned mold, sewage backing up in bathrooms in barracks, air conditioning units that weren't working, and then danger, safety dangers, like things like windows that were broken that presented a potential issue for troops who were living in some of this military housing and in barracks. it's not a new issue, but these groups came together, a group of seven military housing advocacy groups led by someone, a group called hots and cots, they came together and they're calling on the pentagon to begin addressing these issues in a more aggressive manner. their argument is that, yes, the military is aware of these issues, but they just take too long to fix them. in many cases they'll do things like contract out for new -- for building of new bareracks that could take years and cost billions of dollars rather than addressing the problem head-on

and quickly. we received those photos in addition to some others from the group hots and cots. it's an app that allows service members and their -- some of their dependents to upload photos and reviews of their housing, of the places where they dine on military bases, so that they can expose some of these problems. the department of defense says, of course, they have initiated a new reporting structure just earlier this month to try to address these issues, and they are aware they do occur. jose? >> courtney, thank you so very much. appreciate it. after the break it's been three years since the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan and the taliban returned to power, bringing with them horrible human rights violations, rolling back women's rights and even banning music. how one group is fighting back by playing on. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ♪♪ businesses... so my tech and my network need to keep up. thank you, verizon business.

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57 past the hour. when the taliban came to power three years ago after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, life changed radically for millions afghans, among the many freedoms afghans lost was playing music. now far from home, young members of the afghanistan youth orchestra are playing again. nbc's richard engel has more. ♪♪ >> reporter: in the city of braga known as the rome of portugal, where tradition and history run deep, members of the afghan youth orchestra are keeping their country's rich musical traditions alive because in afghanistan now, this -- ♪♪ >> reporter: -- is a crime. three years ago, as u.s. troops left afghanistan, the taliban seized power. >> it was like we are dead. >> you felt like you were dead? >> of course. >> reporter: for these cousins it was a threat to their very

existence. they were students at afghanistan's national institute of music, established in 2010 in kabul, the school was a direct challenge to the taliban's extremism. for years, the group tried to silence them, even diswatching a suicide bomber to a performance. so when the taliban returned as rulers, the music stopped. the school's director, dr. ahmed samast orchestrated a miracle, a mass evacuation of students and staff. >> it's an opportunity for our students to dream once again. >> reporter: today, the school and orchestra live on in portugal, and their sacrifices are being recognized, with an invitation to play carnegie hall. it was bittersweet for zoro. >> we were happy and sad at the same time. >> reporter: sad for those left behind in afghanistan, where music remains banned and girls

are not allowed more than sixth grade education. the orchestra is fighting back with instruments. this august they made it to new york city. >> welcome to carnegie hall. ♪♪ >> no one can silence us. >> each concert is a protest? >> each note is a protest. >> reporter: bringing them one step closer, perhaps, to returning music and hope tock their homeland. richard engel, nbc news. >> that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you frp privilege of your time. katy tur in for andrea mitchell picks up news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," former president trump lashes out after special counsel jack smith files a new revised indictment in the d.c. election interference case. what this means for the election and why these