. >>> leading the news, manhattan district attorney could announce charges for the trump organizations week new york prosecutors told lawyers for the former president they must respond by today with any arguments about why the family business should not face charges. the post cited two people familiar with the matter the case is expected to center around the case of avoiding paying state taxes in the form of gifts and compensation to officers the charges would be against the organization and not donald trump himself. the former president has called the investigation into the company, quote, purely political. >>> now to tragic moments in new mexico where five people were killed in the hot air balloon they were flying in struck a power line witnesses down below watched in disbelief. >> the balloon just fell off, you guys it hit an electrical pole. this is crazy. it hit the electrical pole oh, my god, it just blew up. >> the victims were identified as three men and two women ranging in age from 59 to 65 years old. the faa and ntsb have taken over the investigation. >>> in case you missed

don't call for a new manhattan project professor internet. it's not worth it. thank you alex on the manhattan project. john cloud is wrote in a question. your research is as usual spot on he writes, but did the secrecy protocols really begin at the beginning of the manhattan project or that the protocols borrow and absorb pre-existing protocols from industrial secrecy particularly large scale industrial chemistry and munitions and many other weapons system between the wars. yeah. it's a great question and with anything historical you can always find an antecedent. there's nothing new under the sun in the us you do have some technical secrecy during world war. i really don't have a lot before world war i and that to me is quite interesting secrecy and on the scale that we think of it is mostly a 20th century creation world war. i sort of beginnings of that with the espionage act and some other laws that are passed around this time and fears of submarines and gas warfare it's on a much more partial scale. it's is large and they end most of it after the war ends. t

now in the current trump org probe, all of a sudden, brand-new, the manhattan da may have found his insider i'd like to throw out one more name, which is jeff mcconney. it would be unusual to see someone like mcconney into the grand jury if they didn't think he had something useful to provide. in other words, manhattan may have found their insider. >> that's striking. he's talking about the current trump org official who just testified to the grand jury handling this criminal case who reports directly to trump's money man. there is a reason the new york da is immortalized in so many stories and on the big screen. it's a big job. >> in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups. the police who investigation crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. these are their stories. >> i'm glad to have you on my team. >> i'm not on a team. i represent the people of the state of new york. >> come on, harvey. we've got this da. if you're not being shot at, you are not doing your job right. >> we know vance sees the money tra

when they could feasibly come down. >> so, yasmin, what's new this week is on thursday there was a meeting between prosecutors and the manhattans office and lawyers for the trump team and that's really what these news reports are written up. we've known for a while that cy vance the manhattan district attorney as well as state prosecutors, even federal prosecutors before that have been looking into, pouring over troves of documents that had been handed over to investigators in part during the mueller probe. this is really part of a larger tapestry of multiple investigations looking at trump and the trump organization. allen weisselberg who is front and center here, this is not the first time we have heard of him. he is the cfo of the trump organization, he was given immunity by robert mueller and passed a ton of documents over to that federal prosecution team and there was a general -- all my reporting indicates there was a general confidence that allen weisselberg was going to be safe. he was granted immunity. and now here the manhattan da has been swooping in and over the last year has been honing in on him and specific perk

multiple sources telling nbc news manhattan district attorney cyrus vans is expected to announce an indictmentesident's company as soon as next week. the first criminal charges stemming from vans's wide-ranging investigation. long-time chief financial officer allen weisselberg also potentially facing charges as prosecutors ramp up the pressure on him to cooperate with the broader probe against trump, which centers on potentially extensive and protracted criminal conduct, including falsifying business records, insurance fraud and tax fraud, with prosecutors focused on fringe benefits, allegedly awarded to people like weisselberg, including thousands in rent on apartments and car leases, according to "the new york times." an attorney for the trump organization telling nbc news they'll plead not guilty and want the case dismissed, calling the charges completely outrageous and describing mr. trump as outraged. but some lawyers see this as only the beginning. >> it's this phase of going after the trump organization and his employees on taxes. >> reporter: they put financial, as well as political pr

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the thames that said, we do know that even before this latest news, there have been some pretty serious developments in this case. the manhattaney general joined the criminal case, and prosecutors met with trump's former fixer, michael cohen, at least eight times. i mean, i bet they got everything they needed the first time, and then just kept bringing him back for the zingers. >> i think donald trump is going to flip on all of them what do you think about that including his children so he's going to turn on his accountant, and point the finger he's going to say don jr. handled that ivanka handled that. melania. don't take me, take melania. >> seth: man, michael cohen is just a totally different guy now. loose, confident, laughing it up, having fun he used to be the terrifying mob-style bag man, and now he's coming off like a shipwrecked ray romano "trump would say, 'fix this for me i can't. i got a tee time.' "raymond." [ laughter ] you can't write the brad garrett impression in, baze. i also totally believe that trump would throw his family under the bus. you think he named his eldest son after himself for sentimental reason

breaking news tonight on the manhattan district attorney's criminal investigations of the trump organization'sal officer allen weisselberg, the new york times is reporting that weisselberg could face charges as early as this summer as the investigation by the manhattan district attorney's office appears to have entered its final phases. the times also reports that prosecutors have obtained weisselberg's personal tax returns which would provide the fullest picture yet of weisselberg's finances and whether or not he paid taxes on numerous very expensive benefits given to him by and his family by donald trump. prosecutors are trying to turn weisselberg to testify against trump but new york times says even if mr. weisselberg chooses not to assess the investigation into his boss, charges against him could portend trouble for mr. trump, signaling that the prosecutors have identified what they believe is misconduct at his family business. and joining us now is daniel alonso, former federal prosecutor in the eastern district of new york. and more importantly tonight former chief of assistant district

multiple sources telling nbc news manhattan district attorney cyrus vance is expected to announce anent of the former president's company as soon as next week. the first criminal charges stemming from vance's wide ranging investigation of trump's company. long time chief financial officer allen weisselberg also potentially facing charges as prosecutors ramp up the pressure on him to cooperate with the broader probe against trump. that probe, according to court documents, centers on potentially extensive and protracted criminal conduct, including falsifying business records, insurance fraud and tax fraud. with prosecutors focused on fringe benefits allegedly awarded to people like weisselberg, including thousands in rent on apartments and car leases, according to the "new york times." an attorney for the trump organization telling nbc news they will plead not guilty and want the case dismissed, calling the charges completely outrageous and describing mr. trump as outraged. but some lawyers see this as only the beginning. >> it's first inning of this phase of going after the trump orga

news confirming the manhattan da is indeed investigating trump's former bodyguard matthew calamari, who is now an executive at the trump organization. nbc news confirming calamari and his son have indeed hired outside counsel to represent them. with that, let's bring in our lead off kissed on this tuesday night jonathan lynn your white house reporter for the associated press. since the ox nate, former federal prosecutor in the civil rights division of the justice department and sam stein, a veteran journalist who is now white house editor over at politico. sam, indeed i'd like to begin with you. and i would like to play this for you. we'll discuss on the other side this is republican senator mike lee of utah tonight. with >> this bill was written and held by the devil himself. this bill wouldn't make it easier to vote. it would make it easier to vote illegally. this is the corrupt politicians acts. if there's any chance this becomes law, it would be devastating for the country. this would be bad for everyone other than democratic political incumbents. >> so sam, how is bipartisanship go

. ♪ ♪ >> sean: disturbing news tonight to bring you out of a district attorney's office in new york, manhattanonx, despite mountains of evidence including countless surveillance videos and photos and social media posts from offenders admitting guilt, well, the new york d.a. cyrus vance jr. and the bronx d.a. marcel clark the mother dropping hundreds of looting cases from last summer in order to prioritize the ongoing investigation into the trump organization and what is clearly a politically motivated decision. how do you think you're going to stop arson and how do you stop lawlessness and looting if you get people a gel on a free card? former members of the obama administration starting to criticize the zero experience hunter, former obama ethics chief walter shall is now calling hunter's upcoming art show in which he's selling his art at massively inflated prices to anonymous colliers, $500,000 portraits of a crackhead. the latest of zero experience hunter it seems never ending to get as much money as possible living off his dad's name. recently, revealed text messages show that he called hi

new york. however, the manhattan d.a. icers that were protecting the citizens of new york city. so the politics and the -- politicians and the district attorneys are not setting forth the necessary agenda, and something needs to happen. we need to put a moratorium on this because police officers are our first line of defense in connection with the social contract. and, unfortunately, these politicians just don't get it. elizabeth: yeah, we hear you. let's listen to one politician. he is retired new york city police officer eric adams. he's leading the new york city democrat mayoral i primary. he raises this point. listen to this. >> think about this for a moment. 9 a 5% -- 95% of victims of shootings are black and brown in new york. 95% of the shootings are are black and brown. elizabeth: so it's gang violence. it's gang violence. it's illegal guns. it's the people who are holding the i guns and doing the shooti. and it's just horrendous that it'sng blacks killing black people. how do weus change this? this is a humanitari

here in new york city the manhattan district attorney dismissed all of the charges against the rioterswake of the death of george floyd that plagued the city of new york, however the manhattan d.a. continued to prosecute officers that were using force to protect the citizens of new york city. so the politicians in and district attorneys are not setting forth the necessary agenda. something needs to happen. we need to put a moratorium on this. ers this the first line ever defense on the social contract and unfortunately the politician insurance don't get it. elizabeth: we hear you. listen to one politician, retired new york city police sergeant eric adams. he is leading the new york city mayor primary. he raise as point, listen to this. >> think about this for a moment, 95% of victims of shootings are black and brown in new york. 95% of the shooters are black and brown. elizabeth: so it is gang violence. it is gang violence. illegal guns. people holding guns and doing shootings. horrendous blacks killing black people. how do we change this? this is a humanitarian crisis? >> you know whe

new reporting this week that the manhattan d.a.' "the new york times" saying the longtime loyalist could face criminal charges as early as this summer. the latest sign that an investigation into his financial dealings could be approaching its final stages, even as mr. weissleberg continues to rebuff cy vance's office. joining me is syracuse law lecturer, foundering of dcreport.org, and author of "the making of donald trump." david, thanks for joining us on this. this was groundbreaking information in hearing that they were now circling allen weissleberg. this is the closest it seems an investigation can get to the former president or to threaten, i should say, the former president considering all he likely knows about the financial dealings of donald trump. >> well, allen weissleberg has been with the trump organization back to when donald trump's father, fred, ran it. and so he is the person who tells people to cut checks, who donald would with a wink and a nod tells what to do. he's absolutely central to this. and if the state of

new york. can you believe that, 10 years ago, with that ship, i docked on the west side in manhattan, and 30 years later, i opened my biggest restaurant 150 meters away from the same place i arrived as a young sailor? the american dream is real. david: after you finished your tour of duty in the spanish navy, you went back to spain. when did you come to the united states as a non-navy person? jose: yeah, i arrived around the beginning of 1991 to new york to be a young cook in a catalan restaurant in new york in manhattan. there was a large investment that was coming from spain into the united states with the olympic games in barcelona from 1992. there was a lot of cultural and business collaboration. i was one of the guys that came to america to become like a culinary ambassador, to a degree. i came to america. i never looked back. david: so you set up your own restaurant, eventually. your first restaurant, was a spanish restaurant? jose: i was in new york. i left new york and traveled around. i went to puerto rico, california, i was in la jolla. i really got to know america, different parts of am

back like the beginning of 1991 to new york to be a young cook in a catalan restaurant in new york, in manhattanthere was a large investment that was coming from spain into the united states with the olympic games in barcelona in 1992. there was a lot of kind of cultural and business collaboration. i was one of those guys that came to america to become almost like, you know, a culinary ambassador, to a degree. i came to america. i never looked back. david: so you set up your own restaurant, eventually. jose: yep. david: and your first restaurant, was it a spanish restaurant? jose: yeah. i was in new york. i left new york and traveled around. i went to puerto rico, california, i was in la jolla. i really got to know america, different parts of america. but then i got this call, two businessmen that both had two restaurants, roberto alvarez and rob wilder. and they say, "we are opening a spanish restaurant in washington, and we would like for you to be our chef." i came, i joined another great chef who was a partner. i was 23. it was january of 1993. since then. david: now you have 30 restaurants,

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abc news exclusively learning that one of the most senior officials in the trump organization, controller jeff mcconney, testified before a special grand jury in manhattan the first employee of the former president's company called to testify and could hold critical information about the company's finances. sources familiar with the matter tell abc news. one focus of the manhattan district attorney's criminal case is whether trump inflated the values of his assets to benefit him and allegedly undervalued them for tax benefits. >> rachel scott joins us now from the nation's capital. rachel, how is the trump organization responding tonight, and also what comes next in the investigation? >> reporter: linsey, no word tonight from the former president or his organization. but we are learning several more officials could come before the special grand jury in the coming weeks. a clear sign the investigation is only revving up. >> just the beginning. rachel, thank you. >>> now to new concerns about covid and teens. cdc director rochelle walensky saying she's deeply concerned. a new cdc analysis finds that one-third of adolescents hospitalized with covid ended u

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one of the sponsors for this new museum, chase manhattan bank, in the aftermath of the burning down ofwood, many of those here who had some money were not allowed to get access to their bank deposits because the bank said, where is your documentation? well, it is all been burned. the bank said in that case, you are not getting any money. they think 70 of those banks have been incorporated into chase manhattan bank of oklahoma who helped build this $30 million museum. so all these contradictions are very apparent, i have to say. barbara: live in tulsa, thank you so much for explaining that. the white house says a ransomware attack that shut down meat production in the u.s. and australia probably came from russia. gbs, which is the world's largest meatpacker, saw operations -- this follows another hack last month from another group tied to russia, which crippled fuel supplies in the eastern u.s. any disruption to meat supplies could cause price rises into the summer season. dr. is in india say a prominent syoga tycoon is a danger to the country's efforts to fight no -- fight covid-19. he

news. the manhattan district attorney's office is expected to charge the trump organization and its chief financial tax-related crimes, according to a new story in the "wall street journal." >> this would mark the first criminal charges against former president trump's company since prosecutors began their investigation into the organization three years ago. we have more on the details. help us explain what's expected here, and also -- most times it's civil charges against a company, why is this criminal? >> sure. so the "wall street journal's" reporting that these criminal charges that we've been talking about for weeks against the trump administration and its chief financial officer alan weisselberg are expected to come tomorrow. there will be an arraignment tomorrow for alan weisselberg and actually for the company, as well. and this investigation has focused on whether the company and executives including weisselberg paid taxes on certain compensation and benefits they've received. that includes school tuition, apartments that they got rent-free, company cars, and we're learning also today bonu

asked about nbc news the manhattan investigation closing in, allen weisselberg said what his criminalom mr. trump? >> i have no comment, sir. i have no comment. i'm picking up my kids from school, have no comment. >> "new york times" reports another subpoena to another trump executive with knowledge of the company. decision to subpoena mr. mcconney suggest it's a new phase with the grand jury hearing evidence about him. so-called fixer michael cohen told chris hayes what the pressure must feel like for allen weisselberg. >> they come with so much pressure and force. no matter when people say, oh, allen is not going to flip, this isn't about flipping. this is about telling the truth. >> joining our discussion, andrew weissman. as i was watching allen weisselberg today saying no comment, as instructed by his criminal defense attorneys, presumably, you get to see the man under pressure. in this instance, the pressure is actually being applied by the news media in that situation. but it's representative of the kind of pressure that surrounds a person like this in a high-profile, high-pres

when asked today by nbc news about the manhattan criminal ground jury investigation that is closing inly what criminal defense attorneys have told him to say. >> no comment. >> i you feel pressure from mr.? trump >> i have no comment. >> thank you, sir. >> the new york times reports that the manhattan district attorney issued a subpoena to another trump executive, jeffrey mccaughey who had financial workings of the company info. company info michael cohen told chris hayes earlier tonight about what pressure from prosecutors must feel like for his old friend, michael -- allen weisselberg. >> they come with so much pressure. they come with so much force that no matter who you are, it makes no difference. you can't oppose it. that's exactly the pressure they are going to put on weisselberg. when people say, oh, allen will not flip. this isn't about flipping, folks. this is about telling the truth. >> joining a discussion now andrew weizmann who served as a general counsel and chief of the criminal mission in the eastern district of new york. he's an msnbc legal analyst. andrew, as i was w

investigation looking into trump's organization dealings is heating up, sources telling nbc news that the manhattan's d.a.'s office will hit the organization with criminal charges regarding tax-related matters as early as next week. although it's not trump personally who will be hit with the charges, how might this bode for him, his remaining businesses, and even his re-election efforts and efforts in the midterm elections. >> it is no doubt going to complicate matters entirely. i mean this is a first step where we see sort of the curtain being pulled back on what the trump organization really is. we know from an inside source now, somebody who is in charge purse there that this could be catastrophic for the president if it gets to the place where we get the see real numbers, where his entanglements were where money flowed in and out of. that's the complication. we wering waiting for it a few years. we didn't get to see it. is this going to change anything with trump's base or anyone of those who protect him? no, because there is no truth telling in the republican party. that's my problem with the pa

the "new york times" reporting that the manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed jeffrey mcconey long time trump organization controller and according to the times worked for the company for nearly 35 years and subpoenaing him signals a new phase in the investigation. let's discuss this and more on our weekly cross exam segment. one viewer wants to know is there any way to tell how close the manhattan district attorney is to potentially seeking indictments related to the trump organization? it seems like maybe they're getting closer. >> jim, we're not going to be able to tell exactly where the da is at but all indications are they are making real progress. the big news as just said is this subpoena to the trump organization's long time controller. that is a financial executive within the country jeffrey mcconney. in new york state if a person gets put in the grand jury they get transactional immunity meaning they cannot be charged for those crimes. that tells me the da has decided either this guy is -- has done nothing wrong or they're willing to give him a pass in order to use h

news. a manhattan prosecutors have informed the trump organization that it could soon face criminal chargesvestigation into the former president's business dealings. fox news has learned that the charges could be announced as early as next week. they involve benefits the organization allegedly awarded to cfo alan wiesel berg, a grand jury has already been asked to look at evidence, including trump's tax documents and witness testimony. trump's lawyers called the potential charges outrageous. government report on ufos now release no, it doesn't prove after terrestrial links, but it does not rule it out either details next. and a barrier weather a summertime pattern as we head into your weekend. we're still talking about some coastal fog, but some hot temperatures and in less than 24 hours, royal caribbean will launch its very first cruise with paying passengers since the no sail order. we'll talk about the safety precautions in place. attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yo

. >>> also this evening, news involving former president trump. the manhattan d.a. informing the former president's lawyers they're considering filing criminal charges against the trump organization as early as next week. >>> the department of justice suing the state of georgia over voting restrictions. >>> and the historic heat wave set to hit the u.s. this weekend. authorities now warning of life-threatening temperatures. meteorologist rob marciano is standing by. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening tonight from surfside, florida, just north of miami, where you can see there is a grim and desperate search under way behind me tonight. giant plumes of dust rising where they have begun to remove big piece of rubble. all this as they try to remove the debris here. an extraordinary scene playing out just as we come on the air tonight. rescuers on top of the pile throughout the day with dogs and equipment. and from time to time they have called for all-stops to listen for life, all in an effort to find survivors in the rubble. we talke

like when you're in new york and manhattan and you're in a cocktail party and then you're criticizing there's like, what are you saying to everybody else in africa or south america or asia or venezuela? what is your solution to them? i think the big point critics, as a general rule, they all fall in this category. they all just criticize something that they don't understand that new and, and i've never seen a critic say, i have been coin. i think that people in the rest of the world should by no one says they should buy apple stock to save their life savings in africa to avoid having it be stolen by the local government. nobody says that. so if you don't give a constructive solution to the problem, then you're just reflexively rejecting a new saying, are you essentially a corporate heretic? and what i mean by that is, in corporate ceo sweets, they borrow money and they buy back their own stock and their executive options go up a lot value and they cash out. you looked at the situation, you said on the i q, but my balance sheets melting. i'm going to buy big point. i mean, they're goin

in fact, one of the sponsors, the sponsors for this new museum chase manhattan bank. back in oklahoma, we are in the aftermath and the aftermath of the binding down of greenwood, many of those here who had some money, what allowed to get get access to their bank deposits because the bank said what was your documentation and they said over burns and the banks of well, in that case, you know, get to get your money further in publishing them. i think about 70 banks have now been incorporated into the chase manhattan bank back of oklahoma. well, bill, this $30000000.00 museum. so all is, all these 100 directions are very parents, i have to say she every town see life for us in tulsa. thank you so much for explaining that to us. thank you. now the white house says a ransomware attack that shut down meat production in the us and australia probably came from russia, j b s, which is the world's largest me packer. so operations destructed on monday investigation suggest the hackers were from a criminal group likely to be based in russia. this follows another hack last month fr

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