laura jarrett, this is your life. laura joining us. >> we had a chance to get to know you the last few weeks and months. now we want you to be able to do the same. >> do you want to come with us? >> james is 4 and going on 44. june is 1. they are the life of the party. >> smile. >> kite. >> my favorite part of being a mom right now is how much these kids love spending time with us. >> which is her card? >> i'm trying to soak that up because i know it will not be forever. >> mama llama, i love you. >> what about me? >> i do, too. >> i grew up on the south side of chicago and family was everything. every sunday night, my grandmother would invite all of our extended family over for a big dinner. my mom was a single mom and working all the time. it was helpful to have the support system. obviously, her career took her in pretty incredible places. she always tried to emphasize public service. tony and i met in law school, obviously, with my mom in the white house at that time. could be intimidating for an ordinary guy to wa

offering abortions in wisconsin today after a recent court victory for abortion rights supporters laura jarrett reports on this major change and the ripple effect. >> reporter: for more than a year these doors were closed to women seeking abortions in wisconsin. but today in madison and milwaukee planned parenthood clinics restarted their work the result of a shifting legal and political landscape. >> we filled all of our appointments for today within 24 hours. >> reporter: wisconsin's abortion ban has been on the books for more than 170 years, laying dormant for decades but kicking in again after the u.s. supreme court overturned roe, handing abortion rights back to state control last year. but in july a judge in wisconsin decided its state law cannot prohibit consensual abortions. >> the judge could not have been more clear >> we have this law on the books and they're like we're just going to skip all that >> reporter: that july ruling bolstered by the state's highest court now holding a liberal majority by one seat a democrat who campaigned on her support of abortion rights, sworn in last mo

here's laura jarrett >> reporter: tonight, embattled texas attorney general ken paxton fighting for his political survival at a rare impeachment trial. >> some of the evidence that you're going to hear is shocking >> reporter: with firing opening statements rounding out day one. >> what is being attempted here hasn't happened in our state in 100 years >> reporter: the conservative firebrand suspended after the republican-controlled state house voted to impeach him back in may. the state senate now deciding whether he should be permanently removed from office. paxton's been accused of misusing his powers to help a local real estate developer's struggling business in exchange for free home renovations. house impeachment managers say that same developer was helping paxton cover up an alleged affair >> those allegations are offensive and false. the attorney general pleads not guilty >> reporter: the attorney general formally pleading not guilty today to 16 articles of impeachment. >> for god sakes, what are we doing here? >> reporter: it's a dramatic turn for paxton, known for his lawsuits

day care center, resulting in the death of a 1-year-old, and making three other children sick laura jarrett has details. >> this is a tragedy. >> reporter: tonight, federal charges against two suspects who prosecutors say were storing fentanyl at a day care, killing a 1-year-old boy and hospitalizing three other babies -- the youngest, 8 months old. >> this case is different. we allege that the defendants poisoned four babies and killed one of them, because they were running a drug operation from a day care center. a day care center. >> reporter: the owner grei mendez and acevedo brito accused of packing up and keeping larg amounts of fentanyl here in the bronx. investigators discovering a brick of the drug on top of play malts in a closet when they arrived on the scene last week. the father of nicholas dominici, the 1-year-old who died, telling wnbc he was their youngest child a lawyer for the day care operator tells nbc news her client had no idea drugs were in the building. the day care had just passed a surprise inspection this month. but after finding the babies unresponsive, prosecuto

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we're joined now by senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. what should we make of the timing of this? >> the reality is prosecutors are simply running out of time here. they have five years from when they say he lied about buying that gun in 2018 to bring any charges. which means they have to charge by next month or it's all gone. plus even if the facts were straightforward legally, the case is just not a slam dunk. a federal appeals court recently struck down one of the two gun laws being used here as unconstitutional. and of course that's a different case and a different jurisdiction, but it underscores the gamble that prosecutors taking with what's charged here, lester. >> laura jarrett, thank you. >>> we have the exclusive reaction tonight to those new hunter biden charges from former president trump. he sat down today with our kristen welker for his first broadcast interview since leaving the white house. >> mr. president, can you continue to say that there are two systems of justice? >> well, i think there's no question about it. he had

son hunter biden just as republicans ramp up their own investigations senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is here. laura, explain the timing why now? we knew there were charges afoot. >> yeah, and it seems as though it's still headed in the direction of trial, lester, but for the first time, the special counsel, david weiss, announced he does plan to seek a grand jury indictment of the president's son hunter by the end of this month that new timing is largely driven by biden's rights to a speedy trial now, the precise charges, those are still unclear, but this comes after weiss had negotiated that plea deal allowing hunter biden to avoid prison time for illegally buying a gun while using drugs and failing to pay his taxes on time. you'll remember that deal fell throug under a judge's scrutiny in july, biden then pleaded not guilty meantime, republicans have blasted weiss for what they call a sweetheart deal for the president's son and are pressing weiss for more information but the real question is whether prosecutors only charge him for the gun and the tax issues that we already know abo

thomas, revealing he accepted three trips from a billionaire friend who is a large republican donor laura jarrett joins us now. laura, justice thomas putting out the new disclosure, also taking aim at some of his critics. >> reporter: yes, lester this was long-awaited, as justice thomas today officially d disclosed several pry vault jet rides he accepted from that conservative mega-donor harlan crow last year. their friendship has been under heavy scrutiny, after reports about all the luxury trips thomas hadn't does closed for years. now, his property sales to crow also now detailed for the first time now, thomas' lawyer says any errors in reporting were just inadvertent mistakes, as the disclosure rules were recently clarified. at least one of those rides from last year thomas says he took was because of security risks after that draft opinion leaked, the one overturning roe versus wade he said he never took any gifts from anyone with any business before the court meantime, senate democrats continue to push for ethics reform on the court, while republicans and thomas' own lawyer say this is all

joining me now, our laura jarrett, senior legal correspondent for nbc news, an investigative journalistsuzanne craig. one of the lead reporters in the new york times pulitzer prize-winning investigation to trump's finances. sue, laura, i'm so thrilled to have you. help me understand, i read this ruling. i've gotten slightly better at understanding, this one was tough for me. i'm not gonna lie. laura, i understood this to be a fairly devastating rebuke for trump's defense, is that how you're reading it? >> i think the plain language, the scathing language, in particular, the judge seems angry that his words weren't taken seriously. overt over, get essentially telling them, i warned you about these arguments last time. and yet, you continue to make them. they're borderline frivolous. so much so, he has ordered sanctions against the lawyers. this is not something you see often. the judges clearly so angry about what he calls glaring misrepresentations. that's an embarrassing thing to receive as an attorney. you never want to have that associated with your name. >> in defiance of $75? >> pe

. >> joining me for insight and analysis are, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett.ork times chief white house correspondent peter baker. >> and nbc news washington managing editor carol lee. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >> good sunday morning. we begin this new chapter of "meet the press" after yet another extraordinary week in american politics. house republicans announced an impeachment inquiry into president biden. the president's son hunter was indicted on gun charges and house conservatives doubled down on their threat to shut down the government. meanwhile, people close to president biden are increasingly worried his son's legal troubles could strain the president's focus on what's expected to be a razor-close election. it was against that backdrop that i sat down with the former president at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. his first network interview since leaving office. we have extended the same invitatio

back to you. >> laura jarrett, thanks so much. >>> let's bring back former u.s. attorney joyce vance. are you expecting sort of a deja vu moment here, a possible gun charge and the tax charges from that original plea deal, or do you think we might see other charges if there's an indictment? >> we don't know for sure what to expect. this filing by david weiss yesterday said they were seeking charges related to the failed gun charge that was brought previously. we know weiss has also said that he has been investigating charges that the younger biden was acting as an unregistered agent for a foreign country, not sure what precisely they'll ask the grand jury to return an indictment on at this point in time. >> on that potential gun charge, hunter biden's attorney abby lowell spoke about that last night right here on msnbc. take a listen. >> hunter had a gun for 11 days. it was never loaded. it was never used. there's never been a stand-alone gun charge like this and brought by this office ever. they decided to made sense to do a diversion because of hunter's conditi

laura jarrett is here. laura, the suspect has been on the run for a while now. >> yes, lester. and now authorities are saying where exactly they found him. the husband of that day care owner, accused of using it as a stash house essentially for fentanyl. well, he was apprehended by authorities in mexico, law enforcement sources tell nbc news. now prosecutors say the wife, grei mendez, you see there, she discovered the babies in her care were unresponsive, poisoned by fentanyl earlier this month. instead of calling 911 right away, prosecutors say she called her husband. you see him there. he was caught on surveillance footage, dashing out a back alley with bags in his hand. that day care in the bronx a disturbing scene with investigators finding a kilo of fentanyl on the babies' play mats, even a trap door with drugs in that area. the suspect, who has now been caught, likely to face similar criminal charges as the others allegedly involved who have all so far plead not guilty in court, lester. >> all right, laura, thanks for following up for us. >>> there is growing pressure on

we are thrilled to welcome my new co-anchor laura jarrett to the show. s a tradition. we want to talk about how you are sleeping in on your last weekend. we thought we would wake you up to ask you how your last weekend was going before joining us on saturday mornings. >> i love that you think i'm sleeping in when you know i have two small children. we're just managed off stage here in utter chaos as usual. we have a household that gets up very early in the morning. i think james and june were both up before 6:00 a.m. there is no sleeping in at all. it will be fun to be with you guys bright and early next week. >> how are you getting ready for next saturday? are you making any plans? do you have visions? how do you prepare for the show next week? >> you know, i am really excited the show is coming back to new york. i'm excited to have you guys down at 1a. that is really special. you know, just try to enjoy the long weekend a little bit. you know, channelling jimmy buffett "it's 5:00 somewhere." that will happen. my mom is watching the kids tonight. we get

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joining me now are laura jarrett, senior correspondent for nbcja news, and susanne, craig, one of the lead reporters into the investigation of trump's finances. help me understand. ruling and i've gotten slightly better at understanding. this one was tough for me, i'm not going to lie. laura, i understood this to be a fairly devastating rebuke for trump's defense. >> i think the plain language, the scathing language, in particular the judge seems angry ht his words weren't taken seriously. over and over again essentially tell them i warned you about these arguments last time and yet you continued to make them. they're borderline frivolous, so much so he's ordered sanctions against the lawyers. this not something you see hi often, but the judge is so angry about what he calls glaring s misrepresentations. that's an embarrassing thing to receive as an attorney. >> and fines of $7,500 each. >> i think the question mark is what the is practical emplication of having a business canceled. for all intents and purposes the judge that is going to be trying this case clearly has strong feelings

here is my colleague, laura jarrett, with all the questions. >> tonight, battled attorney general kenaxton -- >> the evidence that you're going to hear is shocking. >> with viral billing statements running on day one. >> hasn't hqappened in our state in a hundred years. the conservative fire ban suspended after the republican controlled state house voted to impeach him back in may. the state senate now deciding whether he should be permanently removed from office. paxton has been accused of misusing his powers to help a local real estate developer in exchange for home renovations. that same developer was helping paxton cover-up a secret affair. the attorney general pleading not guilty today to 16 articles of impeachment. >> for god's sakes, what are we doing here? >> oh baby. back with me tonight, tony plohetski, investigative reporter for the austin american-statesman. he has been all over this story and covering this man for years. i'm so glad you're with us. so for people who do not know paxton, can you give us a repressed or a fresher on his background, because he has heads swirli

my colleague, laura jarrett has all the details. >> justice thomas, today, officially disclosed severale accepted from that conservative megadonor, of harling pro last year. their friendship has been under heavy scrutiny after reports about all the luxury trips thomas hadn't disclosed for years. now, his property sales also now in detail for the first-time. not thomas's lawyer said any errors and reporting were just inadvertent mistakes as the disclosure will recently clarify. at least one of those rides, from last, year thomas us turk was because of security risk after that draft opinion leaked, the one overturning roe v. wade. he said he never took to any gift from anyone with any business before the court. meantime, senate democrats continue to push for ethics reform on the court. are republicans and thomas his own lawyer say, this is all just a partisan smear. >> joining me now to discuss, award-winning journalist, chris gardner. but i didn't invite him on because of that. i brought him on because this newsletter is called law dork. and he covers the supreme court law and politics.

garrett haake, nbc investigative correspondent, tom winter, nbc news senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett, and nbc legal analyst, and former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. i can't think of a better group of people to talk to about this. laura, back to the basics, for everybody just joining us now. explain these charges. >> this all relates to something that happened in october of 2018 when hunter tried to buy a gun, according to the u.s. government, and got that gun while he was under the influence or at least at a time in his life where he was addicted as he would say to crack county. you are not allowed to be under the influence of crack county and buy a firearm. he fell out of form, lied, said he was not using drugs at that time. he only has the gun in his possession for roughly eleven days, according to our understanding, and according to the charging papers, it gets disposed of. the question is why are they bringing charges for something that happened in 2018, now in 2023, and our best understanding, based on the reporting and the rest of our team, it has

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. fall is not wasting time. pack the ponchos if you are sitting on the side of the soccer game. >> i have been in denial. i cannot be in denial when i walked out today. it is chilly. we start with the tropical storm ophelia with rain forecast up and down the east coast all weekend. it just made landfall along north carolina's outer banks. >> we will get to angie's forecast in a moment, but we start with aaron gilchrist. aaron, you are next in line. how is it looking? >> reporter: this storm is delivering as promises, peter. we are in a lull along the jersey shore with the rain not coming down as hard as it has been. we are getting the wind for sure. i want to show you what we are seeing in the atlantic ocean. the waves are getting more and more aggressive as the night has gone on. the concern here is we will see waves 10 to 15 feet high and that will create coastal flooding up and down the eastern seaboard with ra

we have the latest on how it's affecting the president's re-election campaign let's start with laura jarrett. >> good morning to you the special counsel in delaware is sticking to his pledge to indict hunter biden. but there are plenty of questions about whether there are more charges left to come here this morning less than two deals after his plea deal collapsed, the president's son now fighting criminal charges in the midst of his father's election bid, indicting hunter biden on three federal counts, accused of lying when he bought a gun in 2013 those allegations the same ones he stood ready to admit over the summer, which would have allowed him to avoid prison time. >> this office never bought an office like this against anybody. >> but the deal unravelled after a judge questioned it and biden's legal team now calls the charges as a result of partisan interference, accusing special counsel david weiss of bending to political pressure. >> if the republicans yell loud enough, at some point it cracks through and people believe it. >> while some on the hill say they hope this is just the beg

nbc's senior legal correspondent laura jarrett here with the details. >> reporter: good morning to youat federal investigation into the president's sop that has stretched on for nearly five years is now on the verge of a crit a critical new stage of republicans demanding more action while prosecutors race against a ticking clock. this morning a criminal case against the president's son moving full steam ahead. newly stand special counsel of the day weiss says prosecutors plan to seek special charges by the end of this month potentially setting a stage for a trial in the midst of his father's re-election bid the precis are unclear, but this comes after hunter biden's legal team and the justice department failed to close a plea deal over the summer that would have allowed him to avoid prison time. >> the government was up against a clock that had to charge within a certain amount of time. >> reporter: prosecutors had accused hunter biden of illegally buying a gun while using drugs and failing to pay his taxes on time. once a judge questioned the deal, biden pled not guilty. >> it's possi

. >> erin, thank you let's go to nbc's news laura jarrett.> let's start with this evidence of jury tampering that allegedly is going to be revealed at this news conference in a few hours how steep of a hill do they have to climb to get a new trial? >> it is a really high bar to get a new trial in south carolina and basically everywhere it can't be a regurgitation of arguments that you already heard at trial it has to be something that you found afterwards that's so significant it actually would have changed the verdict it has to be they will put forward evidence and put forward jurors to say we would have found him innocent but for whatever tampering happened. >> when you talk about tampering, could it be something as simple as they read some articles and they shouldn't have what is the gamut of conduct you might be talking about as mentioned, two of the jurors have lawyers now, so that kind of raises some eyebrows as well. >> his lawyer already hinted it has to do with outside influence. could it be a person that talked to them that wasn't s

laura jarrett has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, less than two months after his plea deal collapsed his drug use when he bought a gun back in 2018, those allegations the same ones he stood ready to admit over the summer, which would have allowed him to avoid prison time. >> this office has never brought a charge like this against anybody. hunter owned an unloaded gun for 11 days. >> reporter: but the deal unravelled after a judge questioned it and biden's legal team now calls the charges a result of partisan interference, accusing special counsel david weiss of bending to political pressure. >> if the republicans yell loud enough, at some point it cracks through and people believe it. >> reporter: while some republicans on the hill say they hope that was just the beginning and remain focused on their own investigations related to hunter biden's foreign business dealings. >> you have to follow the money. does it lead back to the white house? does it lead back to joe biden? we don't know the answers to that. >> reporter: no official word from the white house on the indictment, but the