>> authorities say that 27 year old tristan -- getting handcuffed. he gave faces charges including safe cracking. well, that wraps it up for this hour, thank you so much for being with, us i'm zinhle essamuah you can watch me every day, 2 to 4 pm, weekdays on nbc news. now we have you stream live. symone starts right now. greetings everyone, we are watching symone. donald trump hit with new charges of obstruction and -- classified documents, including damning details of this alleged conspiracy to delete security video. while that plot thickens, a third indictment against the former president late into january 6th in the 2020 election happens next week. i'll be joined by the man who laid the groundwork to hold donald trump accountable for efforts to overturn a free and fair election.

-- chair of the january six committee. we're going to get into what he expects to see in the next indictment and what's at stake for democracy now. meanwhile, trump is out on the campaign trail joining opponents in iowa. most of them are still dancing around the elephant in the room. i'm simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. this week was full of surprises, the classified documents case just got a whole lot worse for former president donald trump and some of his employees. a superseding indictment unsealed on thursday comes with new charges. previously undisclosed evidence and additional defendant and the historic case. for trump, this includes one additional counts of willful

retention and two additional counts of obstruction. for a grand total of 40 criminal counts. trump's personal aide walt nauta saw at the same to obstruction charges in addition to the 60 already faced in the initial indictment. and now, there is a third defendant, mar-a-lago property manager carlos dead live europe. he's been indicted on for charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice and -- he will be on court on monday. the details behind these new charges are astounding. picture it, mar-a-lago, june 2022. fbi agents arrive on june 3rd to begin collecting classified documents from trump's storage room. they notice nearby surveillance cameras. on june 22nd, the justice department since trump's lawyers a draft subpoena for that footage. and then a flurry of activity, starting with the very next day, when the former president calls de oliveira, and they speak for 24 minutes. the day after that call, the

department of justice delivers the official subpoena, demanding the footage. on june 25th, walt nauta meats de oliveira, and they review security footage and locations. then two days later, folks, de oliveira tells of mar-a-lago i.t. employee that the boss wants the footage deleted. a jury will decide whether he will be convicted for that obstruction. this is all unfolding as another indictment against donald trump looms, one with very major implications for the future of our democracy. on thursday, donald trump's lawyers met with prosecutors in jack smith's office, according to two sources, to inspect an indictment related to trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trump was a -- insist that's not the case. in the 944in the stormed the united states capitol, there have been more than 1000 arrests. and 551 people sentenced.

but these were the foot soldiers for a lack of a better term. what about those who gave the footsoldiers their marching orders? where's their accountability? there are very real questions here. how do a father and son from dayton ohio and end up traveling to d.c. to assault officers? what leads and air force veteran from san diego to storm the speakers gala? it doesn't happen in a vacuum. in the weeks before january 6th, even before the 2020 election, donald trump used a deadly pandemic to sow distrust in our democracy. he pressured local officials to toss of millions of votes to secure a false victory for himself, and when none of that worked out, he summoned a mob to our nation's capital and ordered them to march on congress. if you know this better than the members of the house select committee that investigated january 6th. over a year and a half, they spoke to more than 1000 witnesses and collected millions of pages of documents, all culminating in an 814-page report that recommended for

criminal charges for trump. including one for assisting an insurrection. a congressional committee, they do not have the power to prosecute. that power lies with the special counsel's office, whose potential indictment could drop as soon as next week. guess what -- bennie thompson told me about the committee's correspondents with the department of justice last year? >> there were people that we deposed, that justice had not deposed, there were electors in various states that justice couldn't find, we found them. >> you found them? >> we found them, we deposed them. so we have a lot of information, but now, we will make that information available to him. and if they come back and want to interview staff or mask for any additional information, we'd be more than happy to do it. >> we don't know for sure when

or even if this third indictment against donald trump will happen, but if he is held accountable for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, it is solely due. due to the exhaustive work that started with the january six committee and its commitment to democracy. joining me now is a democratic congressman, former chair of the january 6th committee, bennie thompson. congressman, good to see you. first of, what is your reaction to these additional charges against donald trump in this superseding indictment? >> well, it's consistent. first of all, i think you documented what had occurred after january 6th. we're talking about activities over a year after january 6th. where the president was still hiding information, he was also basically not telling the truth either directly or indirectly

through his attorney. and as you know, no one is above the law. not even a former president. everyone at some point has to stand up for the rule of law, or as a nation, as a democracy, we will fail. so i'm convinced that the department of justice has absolutely the right authority, the right to do what they are doing right now. >> so congressman, as it relates to jack smith's january 6th investigation, have you been in contact with the department of justice or even the special counsel's office, specifically, since we last spoke? and if so, what was the nature of those conversations? >> well, i'm happy to say that when we ended our work, and transmitted all the documents that doj -- they have not formally come back and asked for anything

else. i think our investigation made the case. we interviewed, as you've already indicated, some people who said that they couldn't find it. but i'll be honest with you, simone, i think those hearings we held put significant pressure on the department of justice to come forward. i think up until that point of the hearings, it could've gone either way. but i think the compelling argument that we made as a committee, that before millions of americans as to how close we came to losing our democracy, justice really didn't have a choice and when the special prosecutor -- i think --

all the false electors, who tried to make the case that donald trump was a bad candidate, all those things, people wouldn't have looked. and i think we actually helped the department of justice -- get to wear that with that get to wear that with that we know that you have not formally had any corresponded with the department of justice. what about informal? >> i have not been -- but there are lawyers who worked on our committee, who all have to pay special tribute to, they did one heck of a job. they worked night, days, weekend, they had no holidays. they did the work necessary to demonstrate how close we came

to losing this democracy. but as in florida, simone, no one has come forward to question the work of the committee. they tried to say that it was a witch hunt. but you can't which hunt with people you hired to work for you, who came forward under oath and told the truth. -- >> let's talk about that, congressman. i'm sorry to cut you off but i think that you're making a good point. we all remember the hearings. but from what we know so far about the special counsel's investigation, it seems like he is focusing on the effort to overturn the election overall, and not necessarily the capitol attack. i think the committee made a wholesome case that the two are connected. so will you be satisfied if none of the charges that we see in this next indictment are connected to the insurrection itself? >> well, i am confident that if

charges come next week or whenever by the special counsel, some of it will reflect directly on the work of the committee. you know, we cleared lee identified donald trump as the main culprit in what went on. we made recommendations. but as you know, i actually sued the president right after january 6th, and i used the clue clocks clan statute but talked about how you could not impede government. i would not be surprised if some of that same statute is applied to this situation under the department of justice. we can't allow individual organizations to stop the peaceful transfer of power in the greatest democracy in the

world. if you lose, they have some alternatives that they will hold to you. you can go to court. but under no circumstances can you cause an insurrection against that government. we're a better country than that. >> congressman, you talk about the -- statute, we discussed that in december, specifically around some republicans in the house in congress. do you know if any of your republican kong leagues who supported donald trump's efforts are concerned about their names coming up? >> well, i would think, first of all, some of the same folks who are upset over our report are now trying to come back and go at some of us, saying that we should honor subpoenas and other things that they didn't honor. our job, we stand behind the nine members of our committee. they do a wonderful job, and if -- the point, i symone, is we have

had our report -- no one has taken that report to task. it has not been anything but truthful. we continue to offer that work of the committee before the -- and so we stand by it. i'm convinced that the special counsel, in reviewing all of those hundreds of thousands of documents that we shared with him, in that document is proof positive that donald trump and a few of his clown car cohorts really created havoc on january 6th in this country. it was a conspiracy, it was something that we should never see happen again, and i'm convinced that at some point next week whatever point, i'm

actually doing better since the letter has gone out to the president. that's something that will happen. i don't know what, but i'm convinced it will be directly related to the work of the january six committee. >> my last question for you, congressman, quickly. what is it like to see some of these same members who coward in the capitol on january 6th push to expunge donald trump's impeachments and also attempt to pursue a baseless inch -- impeachment -- >> it's indicative of what speaker mccarthy had to do to become speaker. and so now, he is playing to the most extreme maga elements of the republican party. they want to unimpeached a president who's been twice impeached. but it has no basis at all. it is just --

for those maga republicans who think that by doing this, they are doing something. but they're not. it's clear, based on the evidence, that donald trump committed errors and illegality for pursuing the january 6th insurrection. and our committees work shares that. >> congressman bennie thompson, thank you. i really appreciate your time this afternoon. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, donald trump's multiple pronged legal nightmare. it is actually just beginning, folks. i've got two great legal minds joining me next to unpack both of the major developments that we expect to see in this upcoming week. also, what we're learning from that bombshell super indictment. but first, -- is here. richard louis has a look at today's other big stories. richard, what is going on out there? >> thank you symone, and a good and warm after noon to you.

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that indictment also included two new obstruction charges, against trump, and another charge for this 2021 encounter at trump's bedminster golf club, where he described a u.s. military plane of attack on another country. >> this was done by the military and given to me. i think that we can probably -- >> will have to see. >> declassify. because i'm president, i can declassify it. but now i can't. isn't that interesting? >> the document the former president was showing at that meeting is charged as count 32. and on tuesday, the d.c. grand jury looking into 2020 election -- it will begin after trump's legal team spoke with the special counsel's office last thursday. this all sparking expectations that donald trump could be criminally indicted again soon.

maybe tuesday. we don't know, we don't know. former president trump has denied any wrongdoing, okay, in either of these cases. and is claiming, you guessed it, prosecutorial misconduct and political persecution. we're going to dig into all of this with my amazing legal panel. former federal prosecutor cynthia alksne, and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian are both here. cynthia, first to you. did this superseding indictment clarify anything for you? i was surprised to see it. >> i was surprised to see it come, i what i was hoping to see the other indictment, i'm looking forward to tuesday. and it does a couple things that are pretty important. it solidifies the ads obstruction case, and makes it very tangible and understandable. what you want to do is make something so simple it's easy for members of the jury to go in and go wow, how could it not be obstruction? he said the boss once the server wiped. he specifically said the boss

wants it and it's so easy to go into the jury room and so tangible, and it will be very helpful. it also solidifies, as you have noted, the bedminster account, because now they have the document that was in question. and the third thing it does is it ups the pressure to flip. i think they were waiting for this additional information, because they were trying to flip the i.t. worker. the maintenance worker. mr. de oliveira. and they didn't slip him, and so now they've indicted him. which is the way we're going, we're serious here. you're going to have to flip or you're going to go to jail. the poor guy, he's some 56 road guy, he's not that connected -- >> he has his opportunity. >> but still, other little people are paying for the crimes of trump. and it's a very expensive, this is his livelihood, this is his health insurance, it's just not fair because loyalty is one way with trump. and i feel sorry for this guy,

but he needs to get his own lawyer and he needs to flip in about 32 seconds, otherwise he's going to go to jail. >> kathryn, look. we have a very, very detailed timeline of when carlos de olivia asked trump employee number four to delete the security tape footage on june 27th 2022. this was three days after a grand jury subpoenaed for the video was issued. yesterday donald trump insisted that he handed over all the footage intact. are we looking at a potential witness who can speak to the lengths that they went to delete it? they must have this other person to be able to corroborate the first person account. >> i think that's employee number four. and donald trump likes to refer to the people who were the mobs scene at the capitol as patriots. employee number four is a patriot. so i think that if you read that timeline in the indictment, it's clear that employee number

four was basically saying i don't think we can do this. and i agree also with cynthia. it's never too late to flip, i think what happens and what i've seen happen in prosecuting criminal organizations, where you have a big boss and i always had a little empathy for the ones who were the little -- i always called him the schmoes because they also have misguided sense of loyalty and sometimes because they are afraid. sometimes because they don't have a lawyer who's representing their interests. but as soon as they start seeing the evidence against them, and they start to smell the coffee, and if you've never been in prison, you don't want to ever go to prison. and you realize this is not going to work for me, and if you are a lawyer and if a lawyer is paid for by someone else, that's not unlawful, that's not unethical. as long as that lawyer remembers that your duty of loyalty is to your client. not to the person who's paying for you. so i agree with cynthia, he

needs to -- he's dead. and i mean that literally. but they have phone records, they have text messages, they have employee number four, probably employ number five, they're all numbered. so the evidence is there and i think the boss wanted the server deleted, if this case goes to trial, it will be one of the highlights in that opening statement. whoever is going to be the lead prosecutor is going to point to donald trump and say he is the boss. that's the boss they're talking about. >> yeah, cynthia, my question is there was lots being made from former prosecutors and also attorneys who say look, all of these charges against trump, it may muddy the jury pool, if you will. because the jury may feel as though the former president is in fact being targeted. but as catherine just said, this is a very detailed. this is like donald trump's

people in their own words, their own actions, their own text messages, incriminating their own acts. >> you know, the cynic in me is always worried about a jury pool that is from such a ruby red area. and let me tell you what makes a difference in that ruby red area. it's lying and deceit. it's the same thing in all kinds of cases. in police cases. hard to get a conviction unless you can prove the officer is lying about it. and in this case, now they have made it so clear that trump is obstructing justice, it will be the hook that makes it possible to convict him on the documents themselves. but recognize, they're still maybe more objects missed. we have knowledge from this indictment, this huge indictment, that they removed 64 boxes from -- and tied them -- >> where the boxes? >> the only brought back 30.

so there are 34 boxes missing. and the other thing we don't know about is this carlos de oliveira, he happens to be the guy who by coincidence drained the pool that went right into the server room and damaged. did he do it on purpose? what is the damage? a lot of mysteries abound. >> a lot of these people on a cliff-hanger. we're out of time here but catherine, before we go, i have to ask your reaction to the hunter biden the plea deal. it went awry in court. is this amateur hour? what is going on? >> yes. what we had there was a failure to communicate. you had the defense coming into court, the prosecutor coming into court, and they weren't on the same page. and the judge did her job, because she asked questions, because you always have to make sure as the judge that the defendant's knowledge a pleading guilty. and when she asked whether or not this plea will cover all charges that are being investigated, the defense said

yes, the prosecutor said no. that is sort of unheard of. the only time i've ever seen a plea breakdown, and i took a lot of police, is when the defendant suddenly gets cold feet. and says i'm not doing this, i can't do this. i've never seen it where both sides were not on the same page of what the agreement was supposed to be. so, amateur hour may have a chance, they have a 30-day period to come back to court and be more professional next time. >> all right, we'll leave it there. but catherine christian, i cynthia alksne, thank you both very much. up next, republican presidential candidates were campaigning in iowa. they're back in familiar territory, just trying to stay on message with donald trump's legal problems sucking all of the arc -- oxygen out of the room. my panel joins me next to discuss what we heard from the candidates, including one who took a direct swipe at the former president. all learning to save and spend their money with chase. the chef's cooking up firsts with her new debit card.

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latest charges against donald trump, but we need to talk about what's happening on the campaign trail. let's get to our political panel, they are here to discuss. it aisha c. mills is a democratic strategist and msnbc political analyst brendan buck is also here. he's a former press secretary for former house speaker john boehner. he's a guru in what's going on on the hill. i want to start with these republican presidential hopefuls. -- iowa caucuses, and last night folks were at the lincoln dinner, campaigning all over

the hawkeye states. a dozen candidates attended the dinner last night, chris christie was not there. donald trump said the only reason that he is facing these indictments, is that he is the front-runner. i want to play how some of the republicans discussed or ignored the elephant in the room. >> donald trump is not running for president to represent the people that voted for him in 2016 and 2020. donald trump is running to stay out of prison. and if we elect -- >> the weaponization of federal agencies like the fbi and the department of justice, on day one with me as president -- >> we have to win the cultural war here at home. the radical left and joe biden have us, as they continue to sell this drug of victimhood. >> brandon, look.

some of those sounded like some speeches these candidates always give. what did the speeches tell you about the candidates strategies? >> well, look. will hurd is obviously one of the few people who's willing to actually say what he actually thinks about this. but i continued to kind of pull my hair out, some of these higher teared candidates continue to ignore -- though the only people in the country that are willing to ignore donald trump. this is donald trump's party right now, and they think they can kind of escape by. will hurd got through and i think that's unfortunate, but i really hope that it doesn't dissuade others in realizing we have to go at the front runners. but this is ultimately in some ways a trump event. so there were a bunch of trump voters there. it should not be surprising that some of them got upset when you criticize him. but it's all about figuring who you can put on your side. what are the votes you can make? these people who are die hard trump voters or never going to vote for you, so don't worry about them. there are a lot of other

republicans out there who are willing to vote somewhere else, or are open to an alternative. and i think a lot of these people need to realize that there's an opening there, trying to be a trumpy trump like candidate doesn't work with donald trump being in the race. and once again they seem to be unwilling to do it, afraid to do it i guess. and meanwhile, he continues to hold a 30 or 40-point lead. >> okay, let's talk about the economy, because you've got the 2024 candidates on the campaign trail. in the midst of all of these improvements in the economy, the gdp grew by 2.4% from april to june, the inflation race, everyone was talking about inflation. the i word has vanished, maybe because inflation has slowed to its lowest point since early 2021. you've got unemployment returning to pandemic levels. president biden recently insisted, he gave a speech earlier this week any insisted that he's not declaring victory on the economy, and that there's still more work to do.

i think he's walking a tight line because while everything i noted is true, folks aren't necessarily feeling the changes and the improvement in the economy in their everyday lives. what do you think democrats should be doing to bolster the presidents message, while walking that very tight rope? >> yeah. symone, the thing that i always think about every time we have conversations as democrats about the economy, is that some of the words that you're throwing out there like inflation, well you and i recognize how important they are and what you talk about them all day long, that's not the conversation that's being had around the table at least at with my family. unemployment, sure. that's important, people are feeling the pain at the top, people are still feeling the pain of utility costs, people are feeling pain. but i think that democrats need to figure out how to have a conversation about household economics, and the way that we actually experience them.

the one thing the democrats always seem to have going for us now is that republicans aren't actually talking about -- issues either. and so whoever is able to get stage right, to say that we are the party that actually cares about how you're going to manage your mortgage, how you're going to make ends meet, how you're going to get off to college and figure that out, how you're going to have a sustainable living wage, not just a hustle or a gag, whoever can have that conversation in a way that regular americans, the average person that it resonates with, i think is going to do best. >> so, aisha, it's giving strategist. okay. third and last topic very quickly, we saw this week on capitol hill launched of conversation around the age of elected officials. there was a moment with mitch mcconnell at the podium where he froze, and then there was this moment in the committee hearing with senator feinstein. brendan, i think you're back

with us. very quickly from you, what do you think democrats and frankly even republicans in -- should be doing and how they should be talking about the very real things we saw this week? >> yeah, they were tough to watch. i think for both of them. you know, i walk in to what democrats do about dianne feinstein, i think that she sort of -- they've got some tough decisions to make their. i think we have a lot of unanswered questions about mitch mcconnell. his conferences raleigh behind him, you saw very clearly that no one is looking to push him out, they know that this is someone that for all the reasons that the left hate him, the wright likes him. so i think he's pretty strong as long as he can do it physically. >> all right. brendan buck, aisha c. mills, think you both very much. up next, ron desantis may think he can get away with rewriting american history in florida. i'm talking about because

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the lie that the incitement of african people provided any benefit is absurd. before europeans arrived, african people were running empires they were running entire political systems. they were skilled in arts and technology math and medicine and so so much more. the notion that african people needed europeans to help them build their skills is just monstrous lee untrue. you and i both know that this lie is not new. this is a narrative. by this narrative i'm talking about the narrative that slavery was a good thing for our country. the confederacy was on the right side of history. it's a narrative that has been taught to our children before. all across this country and especially instate south of the mason-dixon line. the plan has always been two attempts to white rush the true history of this country with lies on top of lies on top of lies so the florida standard is just a new way to place an official stamp if you will on

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congressman david cicilline. and a former adviser to president biden, he's on the ballot making the case the voters should choose him to represent them based on his experience. give ammo a candidate and rhode island's congressional race joins me now. good to see, you gave. when you announced your candidacy you said that the first congressional district needs someone who can deliver on day one. by my count you've identified three very clear priorities gun violence, protecting medicare, social security and reproductive freedom. so how are you going to deliver on that on day one. what is your plan. >> yes, first off, simone, thank you so much for having me on. it's an honor to be with you i plan to use the experience i built working for president biden in the white house to be effective for people in the first congressional district. how can i do that on an issue like gun violence? it's tapping into the anger and

the frustration that so many local leaders around the country have had in response to gun violence. as you might remember i was the person who calls from the white house to offer condolences on behalf of the president but also help communities heal. i think taking that action. taking that energy, especially in a role where i had to work with republicans and democrats to be a part of solutions around the country, that's what i want to do in congress. that's how i think i can be effective for people in rhode island. >> the 2022 midterm election, the cost of living was rhode island voters biggest concern by far. we have to pull it up on the screen. voters are in fact still worried about the economy. you acknowledge this there is a real chance that democrats take back the house in 2024 but lose the senate. how if you are elected as a member of the house would you work with your republican

colleagues across the aisle and across another chamber to get something done on the economy? >> dollars and cents issues matter so much for people when i was in the white house working to advocate for the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law it was clear cut when we called republican mayors across the country to encourage them to call their republican members they take a point to the specific roads and bridges they need to work on the broadband they needed and focusing on things that matter things that have a material benefit to people and communities across the country is an effective strategy to make that message come across. when that's what i promised to do for people in rhode island. focus on our core issues around the economy, it's always top of mind as you identified. >> if, elected you would be heading to the house of representatives where republicans are very seriously considering impeaching your former boss, president biden what do you think about the metrics like that in congress?

. >> this is one of the fundamental problems with extreme republicans across the country. instead of focusing on the core issues that we need to be focused on like protecting social security and medicare, like making sure that we are free from the threat of gun violence, like dealing with the challenges that we are experiencing with climate change they didn't want to put forward ideas that where the country wants us to focus. the president has done an excellent job. i am so thrilled to have that experience on my resume and i look forward to supporting him vigorously for reelection. >> gabe, almost thank you very much for joining us today. it's good to see you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> global warming it was just the beginning. up next, the terrifying warning of you secretary generals after scientist announced july was on track to the the planet's hottest month ever. stay with us, y'all.

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after tomorrow and it's concerning. that's it for me thank you for watching symone on this saturday. i'm symone sanders-townsend. you can catch me right here on msnbc weekends at four pm eastern. anytime over on peacock. i have new episodes on the msnbc hub every monday. politics nation with the great reverend al sharpton is up next i know you're going to talk about trump and update the people on what's going on. i also understand that you're going to get into this case of an alabama man who black man elected beer and an bantam that alleges that white leaders in the town are keeping him from the position that he filed a civil rights lawsuit. it sounds like something straight out of 1952. >> absolutely. we're going to get it to. it they locked him out of his office. they won't let him run. again we'll get into that as well as alabama defines a supreme court. it reminds me my mother was from alabama. growing up, i remember the governor of alabama standing in the door,