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joining me now for more on this breaking news, ari melbur, kristin welker, chuck rosenberg and suzann craig. chuck, to you. this is a civil lawsuit. at the moment, there's no fear of any kind of criminal penalties, prison time, anything for former president trump or his children. they are referring this to the manhattan d.a. and the irs for future investigation. fill in what you see as the gravatus of this. >> quite grave. you are right, andrea. this is a lawsuit. they are suing the trumps and their organization. they are not charging them with a crime. that's a very important distinction. in a civil lawsuit, which the attorney general of new york state just described, they are seeking regress. they will bar the company and members of the company from financial transactions. they will seek disgorgement for compensation from the company in the tune of about a quarter of a billion dollars. even if the attorney general succeeds in this, nobody goes to jail as a result of this. it's a civil lawsuit. that means that she has a lower burden of proof at trial. in a civil case, that burden of

joining me now, kristin welker, michael beschloss and mark landler. the president has been briefed about the queen's health. >> reporter: we just learned that moments ago from john kirby, let me read you what he had to say. it's worth noting the president this morning was holding a call with u.s. allies to discuss ukraine. this was raised during that call, according to kirby. he said, his and the first lady's thoughts are with the queen and her family. the president did in that video conference that the president is having, as this conversation was going on, convey to the prime minister truss, who was on the video conference, that he and dr. biden are thinking of the queen and the people of the united kingdom. this does come as you point out, president biden met with the queen last year. it was his first meeting with her as president. it was significant, because it came at a time when he was there for the g7 summit, but also when he was trying to reinforce the united states appliances. that reinforced what has been referred to so many times as a speci

joining me now, chief white house correspondent kristin welker.ll us about the president's visit and tributes from other u.s. leaders? >> reporter: as you say, the president is planning to attend the queen's funeral. he had met her twice. once as president, once when he was a senator. her passing is being felt across the u.s. overnight, president biden saying the queen helped make our relationship special. thisforged with 13 sitting presidents and this american audience who adored her. we are hearing praise not only from this president but from former presidents. president trump, former president trump saying, what a grand and beautiful lady she was. there was nobody like her. former president obama saying, we were struck by her warmth. the way she put people at ease and how she brought her considerable humor and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance. again, chris, as you know, the american public just felt a strong connection with her as well. we are hearing from some of the mourners here. take a listen. >> a lot of people like to try t

kristin welker joins me from our perch on the north lawn.k us through what more we know about this indictment and what you are hearing from steve bannon himself in reaction. >> reporter: you are right. we are hearing according to "the washington post," steve bannon, former president trump's top advisor, will turn himself in to new york authorities on thursday to face that indictment. we don't know what that is about. last year, he was indicted along with three other people on federal charges of fraud. essentially, that indictment accused him of defrauding people out of $25 million for a build the wall effort. that was a key campaign promise of former president trump. former president trump pardoned steve bannon. pardons do not apply to state charges. they only apply at the federal level. steve bannon lashing out overnight in the statement that was first given to nbc news. let me read you a key part of what he said overnight. he said, this is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system. they are coming