if i had to surmise or educated guess what they're doing is allen weisselberg is in rikers, and he is facing separate criminal jeopardy on a case that actually stems out of the attorney general's case, and that is some misstatements that he made to zurich and he indicated to them at some point in conversations with them that appraisals he was giving had actually been, you know, backed up, the documents that they weren't misrepresented, gave him false information which could get him in a lot of trouble. that's trouble called fraud over a million dollars and could actually do hard time for that if that goes to trial and he's found guilty of it i think they're trying to apply pressure there to get him to cooperate on the potential criminal case that alvin bragg could bring forward and he could maybe -- allen weisselberg could maybe get himself out of some trouble if he cooperates on the other one. >> i'm always bringing up allen weisselberg especially when you're here, and i'm sort of obsessed with him as the sort of missing link in all this >> and the hush money case >> he's directly im

weisselberg is currently imprisoned over at riker island for his involvement i the trump organization's tax fraud's scheme, and he's scheduled to be released i just six days from now we know that mr. weisselberg recently changed up his lega team after reports that th manhattan d.a.'s office may be looking to get weisselberg's cooperation in its fraud cas by pressuring weisselberg with potentially more charges and more prison time now, laetitia james lawsui seeks to shut down at leas some of trump's businesses it could be catastrophic for trump. the suit is expected to go t trial later in october and while this is a civil trial, over on the criminal side, manhattan district attorne alvin bragg is still looking into some of the very same allegations. joining us now is suzanne craig, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for the new york times, and joyce vance, former district attorney for the northern district of alabama. joyce, let me start with you i terms of the legal implication today of the fact that trump i speaking in his deposition do you see anythin particularly meaningfu

and that is not five months at rikers island. that's gonna be theft over 1 million, it's gonna be huge, i it happens, it could be severa years. so, they're trying to pressure him in terms of that issue, to not only potentially cooperate in the hush money payment. he did not appear before the grand jury we may see him ahead of trial, if it goes that far which, i imagine it would but he's still facing a lot of pressure and the trump organization itself could still be hit with criminal charges on th valuation issue. that was a case that was movin forward under cy vance and now the hush money payment has come ahead but i would not say they've hi the eject button on that right now. i think they're waiting. they are waiting to see what allen weisselberg does, an maybe what five months a rikers does. and we're also then lookin forward to october, where we have a trial coming up, th civil trial on the issue o valuations that's where they inflat assets when they want to get a loan, and when they are goin to the tax man, they're no really

he's currently in rikers island. he's getting out soon. he was convicted he's already testified on behalf of the d.a.'s office it could be argued he didn't testify that great so he didn't hurt the defense, he didn't hurt the d.a.'s office so i'm not going to speculate about whether or not someone is cooperating. it's sort of like you say it quacks like a duck, it looks like a duck. it is an attorney going to get out. it shouldn't be surprising he's a part of the statement of facts. >> it's not surprising he's included in the statement of fact, but the fact he is in charge and remains a person potentially of great interest because i would love to get your thoughts on this this broader investigation begun by cy vance is not over. alvin bragg's office has been clear on that. >> and people who don't believe that, they should. people upset yesterday, and i'm not people politically upset who said that's all there is, this is the entire case i have said it's not over yet, you know, the investigation is continuing, just wait, just wait there might

rikers island is a retched place. city is supposed to be shutting it down, even five months there is hard time. weisselberg doesn't want to go back, so he may be open toe a deal if d.a. bragg feels like he needs weisselberg's testimony in his prosecution of druonald tru. >> are you surprised he's already a free man he didn't do much time. >> you know, it's interesting. he actually got a good deal in his first trial, and what's really interesting now is that defense attorney also macy have been interested in a deal so weisselberg doesn't have to go back to rikers, but ana, the trump organization reportedly is paying weisselberg's legal expenses and weisselberg just switched to a new defense attorney who is a trump loyalist >> okay, we'll see what happens. let me pivot slightly because there could be some fireworks today between manhattan d.a. alvin bragg and republican congressman jim jordan jordan's been trying to force a former prosecutor from the d.a.'s office to testify, and there's a hearing today that could decid

i'm not gonna speculate, he' 75, he's currently in rikers island, he's getting out soon. he was convicted, he's already testified on behalf of the da' office it could be argued that he didn't testify that great, h didn't hurt the defense, h didn't hurt the da's office. so, i'm not gonna speculat about whether or not someone i cooperating. it sounds like - it quacks like a, duck i sounds academic. he does have a new attorney, he's about to get out. and he is a part of th statement of facts that were issued yesterday, it should no be surprising that it's statement effect >> sure, it's not so the fac that he's include in the statement effect, the fact tha he is charged and that h remains a person, potentially, of great interest i would love to get your thoughts on this this broader investigation tha was begun by cy vance is not over alvin bragg's office has bee very clear >> people don't believe that but they should. so, people who are upset yesterday, and i'm not talking about people who are politically upset. who said that all there is this is the entire case. i have said

island, ice isn't even allowed to go to rikers island to talk to that person and deport them.o we are looking at the end of title 42. sounds like the administration is determined to rip the band-aid off in early may. what's the impact on the border? >> i worry about men and women of the border patrol, 20,000 men wearing the uniform. they are overwhelmed. over 17 suicides last year. i'm not saying the border crisis caused that but whatever internal struggles they were having, historic crisis didn't help. you are going to see more children die, you will see more drugs come across and you will see more women and children trafficked. you will see a hell lot more got aways when the surge comes in title 42, 70, 80% off the line is now 90% and in some sectors 100%. there are several instances this past year where there was no border patrol agents in the entire sector. hundreds of miles of border unprotected. that's going to get worse. mike: the city is famous for blue-ribbon panel. if they put you, chad wolf and democratic officials, former officials on there, what would you tell the

they send the old man to riker's. the story ends up right but he had to pay a price. alvin bragg ended up dropping the case. lawmakers heard from the mom of a veteran beaten to death. a 35-year-old married dad of three and a veteran of the war in afghanistan was fatally beaten. one of the blades tore through his heart. his mom, ripped into alvin bragg for going soft on the killers. >> this is the type of criminal element that we have walking the streets of new york city on a daily basis. all types of criminal elements free to do what they want, when they want, however they want to whomever they want with no consequences, no deterrents. as far as the manhattan district attorney's office, if he's receiving one penny of federal dollars, you need to pull that funding until he starts doing his job and prosecuting crime. we don't give a -- about your politics. we don't care. it could be the man from the moon who is running for president. as long as whoever is in there is stand for law and order is going to return some civility and sanity to our city. >> the only one with mo

that alle weisselberg, the former chie financial officer of the trump organization, was released fro rikers, after serving roughl four months for his role on decade long tax fraud scheme it still weisselberg, appear to remain lawyer to loyal to mr. trump, but he's the kind o witness, that if flipped for the prosecution, could secur once and for all accountability for donal trump. and that is accountability with a capital a joining us now is catherin christian, a former specia assistant d a in the manhattan d. a.'s office catherine, thanks so much fo being here >> my pleasure >> so, first let's talk abou what's happening with th testimony, the subpoena of mar pomerantz. >> well, chairman jordan had a big victory today. it's been appealed the judge wrote a very biting, 25-page decision denying, d. a. bragg's motio to quash a subpoena. in fact, she said that this wa a lawsuit dressed up, really - it's really a motion to quas the subpoena, and it's not a lawsuit. she also critique mr. bags bragg's lawyers for no following court procedure. she took about 18 excerpts fro mark pomerantz's book, ex

he's at rikers and that's a long list he joins of trump figures who ended up convicted, including of course michael cohen who became the whistle-blower he's one of four lawyers referenced in this filing. he is lawyer "a. then there's another one who was connected to one of the women, his name's keith davidson. he is defined here, this is pretty standard, as, quote, lawyer "b. when we were pulling on the threads we call on everyone to learn. back in 2019, i interviewed him. >> when you were involved in that, did it seem like they were paying karen mcdougal, your former client, to help donald trump bury the story >> i'm not so sure if it was -- if i was aware of it at the time that it was there intent to bury the story buck i think they had clearly announced their edit edit editorial preferential candidate. >> not a full answer we'd love to get him under oath, but that preferential candidate is relevant to what trump was indicted on today. in the statement of fact these say they mischaracterized election laws and -- the payments now, in writing today -- and this matters, because it goe

weisselberg newly released from rikers, he has counsel at least what we'r hearing is that this council i potentially more of a hire lying had he read the te leaves on where alle weisselberg maybe, terms of hi -- >> he clearly shows a valuable witness against donald trump and he has now testified at th trial, with the trum organization, and he was beneficial to the prosecutio but also beneficial to the defense. sophie has a lawyer that sam mccain's and speaking to the d.a.'s office that he's no gonna cooperate. >> yeah, but the d.a.'s office would very much like him t cooperate. >> exactly, and we don't kno whether or not they have other charges they may have over his head so not clear about that. if they, do that could be reason to have them consider that maybe he might want t cooperate. >> and not spend the rest of his earthly years in jail. >> he 75 years old, and it's not fun to be incarcerated >> right, and it's not a understatement, right? we know dash many case the d.a bragg presented, certainly implicates allen weisselberg it does not -- i'm not saying, to say, an maybe that cat

effective people in this work are the former gang members, former -- people who formerly spent time at rikerspin this as aoc tries to defund the police and fund gang members. >> if i spent my time worrying about what fox news said, i would -- i mean, i wouldn't be here. >> jordan: we are in new york city and you're talking about funding violence prevention outside of the police. and yet, eric adams has just increased police wages by 28%. is that misplaced? >> i think so. we are now at a point where officially, most officers are paid more than a teacher with a master's degree serving the same kids involved in the same incidents. we are defunding safety, defunding our public schools, defunding our public pools, defunding our parks, defunding our libraries, when we are taking all of those resources and demanding that every single department, except the militarized one, be cut, we are sending a message about who and what we care about. >> jordan: here in a hospital, you get the vibes, have you ever considered a career in the medical profession? >> it is funny you ask that. when i went to college,

you get assigned to trump, you got to go to rikers! you got to take a shank for this man!make sure it ain't poison! you got to dig the escape tunnel, then dug the dirt and the softball field. "i will never forget the day donald trump showed up with six secret service agents. he thought i was." morgan freeman, terrible. but it was not all bad for trump. important to report, he is raised $5 million since the news dropped on thursday. $5 million! this man is bawling, $5 million. you know how many cigarettes at will get you in prison! honestly, this might be teaching this man the wrong lesson. trump will start telling people to snitch on him for other crimes crimes that he did. he will be the first man in history to pay on hush money. going to jail might be the new way to fund raise if you are a politician. hillary probably sitting around like, hell, $5 million, shit, maybe they should have locked me up. and trump supporters aren't just supporting him with donations. they sound like they ready to do what ever it takes to avenge him. >> after trump's indictment, some on social

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i visited rikers island more than any man in history.god go i. but we are proud to stand up and talk about our prevention work but we don't talk rough intervention. what what are we doing right now? we took 9000 guns off our streets. we got these repeat offenders that of reached a point that they have total disregard of safety. and if we don't say listen brother, i got this prevention stuff for you, going to get you a job, i'm going to get you back to school. i'm here for you. but the image of mind up that you're just going to go and wreak havoc to ms. jones that's living in my public housing, brother, that's not happening. it's not happening. so you either go path with a with all this money i've invested in prevention. $54 million invested in my block power to prevent people from having to pick up again, they can pick up a hammer and have a real job somewhere. but the small number of people we have in our cities and we all have them, small number in new york, we got about 2000. they get out on monday, , they e doing a stick up on tuesda

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and that may have been the - let's not forget, the cfo is getting out of rikers island now.er paid for by the trump organization and hired a new lawyer how do we know weisselberg wasn't the one that came i those last 30 minutes throug the basement and said -- has agreed to say some things? because he did the books he was paying for othe cover-ups. if he has done any of the othe cover and donald trump used -- it was for election purposes that could be a lot going on there's a reason why donal trump is not making his speech in trump tower's he needs time to fly back an be de-briefed by lawyers befor he says something in mar-a-lago otherwise he will be standin on fifth avenue saying - >> - you all know donald trump will not be shy about a camera. today, is a hutchinson's announcement is such a stark reminder that in the midst o all of this, a republica presidential primaries underway at the end of august, we wil see our first republican primary debate and i was on with stuff rule the other night and i said stuff, if you and i were indicted i doubt that you woul be - i know i wo

because he isn't in custod defendant at rikers. during the trump organizatio criminal trier - who has this trump indictmen is presiding over, the trump organization blamed weisselber for everything but critically, weisselberg is still on five-year support patient after he gets into custody. yes it continue to cooperate with the prosecutor. so it is not like he does this time at rikers and he is jus sitting there reporting to his wealthy probation officer. he has an affirmativ obligation to continue t cooperate to be in compliance. kind of speaks to what w talked about with jen psak lost block, this idea that a superseding indictment could come and there could still b more to come what comes on tuesday may no be the end all or be all about what donald trump sees >> i think it is telling - you voted. i think that the folks withi the manhattan da's offic haven't been communicative i the things we need to be communicative about. -- it could be that this is information that is unknown to the general public and that is why it is somethin

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five months on rikers island. in fact, he's still on rikers island.e's sitting in the medical facility. he's expected to get out on about april 16, i believe, or so. in the trump organization case, the judge did impose the highest penalty that was possible in that particular case, which was the tax fraud case that we talked about before, given perks off the books to obviously other c.e.o.'s and other officials within the trump organization, and that fined was $1.6 million, which is the highest that they could give in that case. i should note he is a well respected judge. he actually also oversees manhattan mental health court. so at the end of last year, i sat in his chambers on that floor in that courtroom for a day watching his proceedings. he was fair. he was stern in some cases. you know, i watched him where one of the departments, it's alternative to incarceration, so it's a different type of court, very different than what we're seeing here. but he oversees it one day a week on wednesdays. in one case, he was very compassionate to a lot of these

he couldn't keep his money out of rikers. a lot of people that, later he tried to use th pardon power, manafort went to prison we know that bannon he went through a run on thi the other night, rachel. so - the ponds are getting in trouble, and some of the other players on the border in trouble. then he can amass this now this week, yeah, i think h continues to strip it away no, we're not documenting, we're not trying to cover ou arms race to another january 6th. and yet we are accuratel covering that he threatene this, he warned this, enough that he got in trouble today but he doesn't have that he doesn't have that support partly because he has gotten s many people in so much trouble and now, what is the ultimat indignity, whether he is convicted or not, he i presumed innocent. everyone can see, protect you? he can't even protect himself. >> that's right. at the end of the day, you can talk about this in legal terms to, but at the end of the day think that if you had to bet right now about where this i going to go, this is go

he was sent to rikers island, one of the worst prisons in the world for daring to defend himself against a lunatic trying to murder him. so this very same system, the system that imprisoned jose alba and chained diarra bed in the soros backed system, is putting joe biden's main opponent on trial for a crime that isn't really a crime. so for our existing legal system, this appearing to be a point of no return. you'd think the media would point that out. this is a big change from the would not the country has run for hundreds of years. they're too dumb, too shallow and above all, too self-interested. trump's upcoming arraignment is not a turning point in the legal system. it's another chance to follow trump around in the hope that ratings will return. this was cnn all day today. >> we are i'm being told -- that is donald trump leaving mar-a-largo on his way to catch a plane that will leave to new york where he will a live later this afternoon. we're watching history unfold on your screen. donald trump enroute to the airport and a court date in new york, becoming the first ever former presi

there are some folks and jonathan, you may agree with me on this, there are some folks sitting on rikers who originally had a court date today, and that may have been canceled and may have to wait until the next few weeks when they can get in. because this is the most significant arraignment in the history of arraignments. >> we are seeing a lot of activity there at the door. we're about, a little over five minutes until the scheduled start of this hearing. laura, let me ask you. will mr. trump be afforded an opportunity to speak at this hearing other than guilty or not guilty? >> you know, usually that's pretty much all you would see at this point. he would rise, and it will be interesting to see whether he actually does the one, to enter the plea, does it do it on his own, does he have it os on his attorney's behalf, the other thing that is interesting is obviously the whole grand jury process is secret. within 15 days, the state is required to turn over a whole bunch of materials, so the defense team, to the defense team that they have never seen before, the grand jury minutes, law en

worry if you act in lawful self-defense if a rogue soros-funded da like alvin bragg will p out you in rikers done so for and it's a joke and stunt and governor desantis transformed the state and it's getting trounced and shut out in a football game and throwing a punch and calling bogus names to the other team on the way to the losing locker room. >> pete, this follows florida immigrant coalition issued a similar warning on the heels of the naacp saying don't go to florida. >> it's all political stunts, it's a joke. have i missed something and it's been a few months since i walked in west palm beach, maybe a few more months sing since i've walked in miami. a couple years since i've been down to key west. jacksonville. last time i checked, florida is very welcoming to many different people of many different communities. see, this is about ultimately politics and trans rights. what governor desantis doesn't want is gentile mutilation of kids and that's not different from any other adult wanting to make a life choice and all about trying to make desantis as a threat and playing a narrative and

music, narration and multimedia together, we have done that over 130 times around the country amazon, rikersre, high school, large performing art centers. so there we try to use entertainment to bring people in from the community, share and experience hopefully they can relate to and start communication within not just their family units but the community as a whole and then we bring resources as well. so on site we will have resources and the lobby to have warm handoff if someone wants to apply for va benefits. that's a workshop in which we bring veterans and we sit down and we just work through them, work through with them to help them share whatever they want to share with their loved ones and that message is theirs and we just use our method of storytelling. >> just to be able to share is helping me a lot to move forward, to get past what had happened. i'm also feeling the post traumatic, you feel like you're making progress because ptsd is not going to go away. as long as i'm moving forward and making progress and not going backwards and to be able to share the story to help people that

if you look around the first thing they should do is bring the bodega owner, the one put to rikers islandvideo showed he was being thrown against the wall and had to fight for his survival. the guy attacking, there were so many examples of people thrown on subway tracks. they can margin these things and have some retired police officers, the lack of support in major cities and how they feel they don't want to arrest anyone because no one gets prosecuted. democratic governors like hochul wants to change bail reform to give judges discretion, the next assailant is a danger to himself or somebody else, the judge has no ability. stuart: how do you think new yorkers, the people who live here, how will they respond to republicans holding a hearing? brian: a lot of people are coming around to the fact widely zeldin got 40% of the vote is these policies aren't working. you want to raise or lower taxes, to see how it is going, there's a life-and-death thing going on, people whose businesses are going under, major department stores closing, i will close my doors, same with walgreens. you get these

riker response to the pandemic was to lay off 5% of its workforce.aid them off, they lost her health insurance and tuition benefits at a time when covid was hitting new jersey and new york like a storm. that necessitated the unions come together and begin to bargain and think of themselves as really a wall-to-wall coalition. that history is very important and it has brought us to this point in which three unions have gone on strike. the core issues are, number one, the way in which upward the central administration -- upper central administration from upper management has been growing and growing and siphoning off of the core needs of the university. so what we are calling for in this moment of runaway inflation is for the rutgers management to come to the table and really think about what the university is for -- teaching, research, and serce to our community's. the core demands are, one, a living wage. equal pay for equal work for adjunct workers. so you have adjunct who are being paid starvation wages, many of whom are on medicaid who can't afford

he couldn't keep his money man out of rikers. campaign chair, manafort, went to prison that all stacks up and some of the other players on the board are in trouble and then he can't amass this now this week, yeah, i think it continues to strip it away where we're not documenting, we're not trying to cover an arms race to another january 6th and yet we are accurately covering he threatened this, he warned this enough he got in trouble today, but he doesn't have that he doesn't have that supportpertly because he's gotten so many people in so much trouble, and now what is the ultimate am indignity whether he's convicted or not he's presumed innocent. everyone can see, protect you, he can't even protect himself. >> that's right. at the end of the day and we could talk about this in legal terms, too, but at the end of the day i think if you had to bet right now where this is going to go, you know, they're going to be back in court maybe in december. they're going to be on trial maybe next spring. it's going to go on i don't know for a

organization chief financial officer alan weisselberg was released from jail today, sent to new york's rikersry for helping engineer a wide ranging 15-year tax fraud scheme he was sentenced to five months behind bars but elligible for release after 100 days >>> a falcon 9 rocket carried 21 new star link satellites into orbit said to be more powerful than the company's original design it comes one day before spacex's targeted date to launch its starship rocket off the ground on thursday. scott? the falcon soars >> thank you, kristina partsinevelos. >>> let's do our "call of the day" now it is paypal shares are lower mizuho cut its price target on the stock, you know what, kari -- >> tell me >> one of the most talked about stocks of 2022, 2021-2022, and now one of the least talked about stocks paypal down 29% from its 52-week high if i recall i think the stock had a market cap bigger than bank of america at one point >> it's like 80% down from its all-time high. >> so what's the story here? why do you still own it? why do you still own it? i want to know >> the management has promised -- pain l

he will spent a week in rikers before the charges against him for standing his ground were dropped. this, democrats like georgia congressman hank johnson labeling witnesses like alba as republican props and ripping the hearing as a charade. >> this hearing was called for a purpose, to intimidate a district attorney for doing his job. >> i fear you are being used for a political purpose despite your sincerity. [gavel] >> your experiences are devastating. but the problem is that this is a charade to cover up for an ann abuse of power. >> those being three other democrats besides hank johnson but the criticism of how bragg has handled violent offenders yesterday coming from both sides of the political aisle. >> the day he took office, it seems al van bragg's top priority was to keep criminals out of jail and free to roam the streets he would be better off as a defense attorney than a prosecutor. >> hundreds of thousands of people come into the city, into manhattan to work and don't have the opportunity to vote for the district attorney. but their safety is in jeopardy because of the di

poor allen wising berg is sitting in -- weisselberg is sitting at rikers island right now.y're trying to take them and all of their individuals that lead that company down for nothing. you know, they got three years of special proceeding investigations. they interview ised almost 60 people. we have five weeks. we have a complete filed many november, it's going to trial in october. this shows exactly how corrupt new york's judicial system has become. the d.a.st and the a. g.s, i hope jim jordan asks where the funding came from and how they think it's appropriate to take funding away from the city that is now falling apart which i used to love, they are taking funding away while people are dying and there is crime rampant in the street to go after the leading gop republican candidate. it's unacceptable. that is, for me, the most important case i have. other than that, you know, a lot of them are cases where we have to defend against things like election fraud, things like -- i have a case in pennsylvania, you know, somebody tweeted something and they sue donald trump. you kno

he could have gotten a lighter sentence or never set foot in rikers mr. navarro is on this very don quixote tilting at gosh knows what, and might end up in prison over the january 6th committee which no longer exists i don't see bore is in that milieu it would suggest a semicooperative posture, a long way from saying i'll risk it all. >> i want to establish jail or no jail. it means these meetings may yield something and i guess if you're jack smith and you've been the closest to being jack smith in any of our conversations, what do you -- what is your conversation with boris like >> your question, would he go to jail for him the weigh ay you impress that, though, you have the goods if you want to have that conversation with defense counsel, you basically say he's going to be charged, and you can't bluff. when you're a player like this if you say that, you have to carry through. if you bluff once and you're caught, you're dead. if he says that -- but the issue is does he have the goods to put enough fear in somebody where they're thinking, you know what,

weisselberg newly released from rikers, he has counsel at least what we're hearing being reported is this counsel is potentially more of a hard line counsel enterms of not playing ball with prosecutors. this counsel is paid for by the trump organization as his previous counsel was how do you read the tea leaves on where allen weisselberg may be in his utility as a future witness. >> he's clearly if he chose a valuable witness against donald trump, and he's now testified at the trial of the trump organization and he was beneficial to the prosecution but also beneficial to the defense. so if he has a lawyer who was saying my client is not speaking to the d.a.'s office, then he's not going to cooperate >> but the d.a.'s office would very much like him to cooperate. >> exactly and we don't know whether or not they have other charges they may have over his head, so we're not clear about that and if they do, that could be a reason to have him consider he might want to cooperate. >> and not spend the rest of his years in jail. >> yeah, he's 75 years old and it's not fun to be incarcerated.

poor allen weisselberg is sitting in riker's island right now over what, valuations?mpany that has done extremely well, is successful, and they're trying to take them and all their individuals that lead that company down for nothing. they got three years of special proceeding invests -- investigations, they interviewed almost 60 people. we have five weeks. we have a complete file in november, it's going to trial in october. shows how corrupt the new york judicial system has become. the d.a.s and the president a.g.s, jim jordan, i hope he brings in each and every one and asks where the funding came from and how they think it's appropriate to take funding away from the city i used to love while there is crime rampant in the streets and people are diagnose to go after the lead -- dying to go after the leading candidate in the presidential race. other than that, a lot of them are cases where we have to defend against things like election fraud. things like i have a case in pennsylvania, you know, somebody tweeted something, and they sued donald trump. i have a case agains

if you look at putting a 75-year-old in rikers island for using money to allow his granddaughter go catholicchool or using different company funds for car services, this juvonte any never would have been on the organization had he not run and won as president of the united states. they were begging this president toably the -- bloomberg did to buy the bronx golf course to refurbish it, the ice skating rink in central park. this guy was considered a treasure in new york city an enemy to some sure. you would look to donald trump if you were traveling through new york city and you would want a picture. suddenly things flipped with all this stuff going on crime up between 20 and 30%. how could you say an incident from seven years ago that happened 17 years ago is priority. >> steve: just remember, brian, alvin bragg ran on being the d.a. here in going after will they televise the proceedings which probably won't take place until next year, actually. bill barr the former attorney general during the trump administration he said it would be a bad idea for donald trump to testify because he lacks al

bragg sent alba to rikers island but the charge was dropped after public outcry.ressman, member of the secretary subcommittee of weaponization of federal government, congressman mike johnson. what are you expecting from this hearing today? what do you want to do. >> >> we want to give the victims of crime in manhattan an opportunity to share their stories, within the house judiciary committee. we're deeply concerned about the rise in crime in this area. you know, if a few radical politicians like alvin bragg can destroy a once great american city, the people of this country need to understand it can happen in their hometown as well and so this is something that i think many millions of americans are deeply concerned about. maria: yeah. but your colleagues on the left are pushing back on you, democrat congressman jerry nadler is down playing it all. he told the new york post that republican claims about the big apple crime rates are essentially fraudulent. he used that word, fraught lent. the democrats -- fraudulent. the democrats are bringing congressman dan goldm

alvin bragg throws him in rikers island and asks for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bail and theo stabbed him getting charged with nothing. individual case after case is have new yorkers really upset that they have this prosecutor who seems to be more of a defense attorney than a district attorney, so not having a consistent law and order prosecutor here when you fast forward to the facts of this particular case makes a lot of people in doing that basic smell test realize that this is a political prosecution. >> ainsley: will we see the same treatment for democrats? because this happens all the time. when have you successful, powerful people, they're accused of different things and sometimes they pay people off so that they don't talk about it. it's not illegal to do it. and they sign nondisclosure agreements. will we look into all the democrats that have done this as well? >> no. alvin bragg won't. and that's part of the problem. we're crossing into a new rubicon here where some republican district attorney somewhere in america could in theory be bringing charges against a democ

he was the one that put his cfo in jail in rikers island a 75-year-old jockey how stiffly he was sentencedd it. tactically i don't know how it works to bring it up. >> steve: we don't know what the charges are going to be and we won't know tomorrow until after he is arraigned. yesterday i was in palm beach on palm sunday and as i was flying out i saw trump force 1 screen left. the doors were open. it looks like it has a new paint job and they have a new flag on the back tail which is something new. and it was exactly where they always park air force one when he was president of the united states. got to explain. one of the reasons that donald trump maybe talking about the judge and the d.a. because they are trying to get a change of venue. 90 of the% of the people registered are democrats. is he trying to get it changed into the more republican friendly staten island. that's not going to happen but at least he can ask. mark levin on last night. he doesn't like anything that's happening. >> it's t for we, the people who love this country. the people who are patriots if is time for republica

trump organization on the business side, convicting it, and convicting trump's cfo, who got sent to riker'sw we live in a kind of media heroin environment where everybody needs a bigger and bigger fix, but it is a huge deal to convict the entire company and the cfo. it may not have played after five, six years of everyone being tired of it, but it's a big deal we covered it at the time as a big deal, even though there was no sign it would lead to indicting trump. that's when bragg returned to the beat in december >> why does it not lead to charging donald trump himself? >> so, you know, as i said back in april in a statement, the investigation is ongoing this is one chapter. i caution people against reading ahead. we needed to focus on this and do what i thought the public servants in my office, the superb job they did in the courtroom, that was the focus. as i said, the investigation is ongoing. >> if anyone thought ongoing sounded like spin, in fact, it was more than ongoing. it was heading to charges for 34 counts of fraud and a case allegeding a scheme to fraud voters where the fed stoo

understandably, the former chief financial officer for the trump organization is expected to be released from rikerstoday. alan weiss hilberg was serving time for his role in a decades long tax scheme. he was sentenced back in january 25 months as part of a plea deal. he pleaded guilty to 15 felonies and testified against his former employer. production is beginning again for the movie rust. filming is expected to start tomorrow at a new location in montana after cinematographer helena hutchins was shot and killed on set. alec baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. he was holding the gun that fired and according to producers, he will return to finish. the project, john. alright, kate happening now robert f. kennedy jr is about to officially announced his challenge to president joe biden for the 2024. democratic nomination. it's happening on this stage you can see right behind me. of course, we should know that biden has not yet officially launched his reelection campaign. robert kennedy hails from one of america's most well known political families. he is the son of former attor

he certainly sitting rikers island right now essentially engaging in misconduct in the way that they were conference of compensation alan weisman was getting free tuition for his kids. i would be in building to the company is something else. and then the entire organization, including donald trump and 3 of his kids are going and civil trial in october by letisha james for ongoing, activity, including inflating and misstating value properties on loan applications to all for poor any right? brian crimes that has the potential of barring him from there. we're doing any business in new york city in your state for the rest his life. so there's a there's a lot of stuff can stream turning the former president and and of course, you know, one thing which is always speculation is not proven and and it's just been put out there by some commentators is whether or not any of the documents in mar-a-lago were brought for future that became very game as well. so these are all things that are we'll find out that time moves forward. >> well, and as time moves toward, we've been taking a live look her

happens to them is, the get let into central booking and they get arraigned and maybe they go to rikers or their local jail, and god know what happens to you in there and then most of them end up pleading out and many times, let me tell yo something. if you have worked around th courts - they play out even if they are flimsy cases it happens every day in this country. get this in all of 2021, the last ful year we have data for, just 1% of felonies in new york city went to trial. and guess what let me rock your mind agai here sometimes, in this country o ours, people end up going to jail for things unde questionable legal theories or circumstances but. here is the thing. the one thing we can be sure o here is that donald trump is not going to be in tha situation. donald trump is not going to b railroaded he's not going to have som lawyer cajoled him into a plea while they've got 90 other cases. he will have the best lawyer he can find and pay for, along with the resources and the weight of all his accrue status and power this whole thing of, if they can do it to donald trump, the can do