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Deadline: White House

“An alcoholic’s personality”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

Msnbc, News, Ms Now, Versant, Politics, Government, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Daily News, Washington Dc

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace covers the briefing out of Los Angeles where prosecutors announced they will charge Nick Reiner with two counts of first degree murder of his parents Rob and Michele. Then, Nicolle discusses the revealing interviews White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles gave Vanity Fair.

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. It is 1 p.m. in Los Angeles, California, where we are expecting an update any moment now in the tragic case surrounding the deaths of Hollywood actor, icon, director, activist, Rob Reiner, and his wife, Michelle Singer, Reiner.

0:17.9

The Los Angeles County District Attorney, as well as the LA Police Chief,

0:22.4

will provide the latest details. We are led to believe. We'll bring you that news conference as

0:26.5

soon as it gets underway. We learned today that the couple's 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner,

0:31.2

who was arrested and held on suspicion of murder, was supposed to appear in court this morning,

0:36.7

but his attorney says that Reiner

0:38.1

needs to be medically cleared before he can do that, before he can be transported to court.

0:43.2

Watching this along with us, this hour, former top official, the Department of Justice,

0:47.6

legal analyst, Andrew Weissman, and joining me at the table, our senior legal reporter,

0:51.8

Lisa Rubin, who's been tracking this story for us all day.

0:54.7

Lisa, what are we expecting?

0:56.7

I think, Nicole, under California law, generally speaking, and there are some exceptions,

1:01.5

if a suspect has taken into custody, there has to be action in their case within 48 hours.

1:06.3

As we all know, Nick Reiner was taken into custody on Sunday evening.

1:09.7

As we approach that 48-hour

1:11.2

limit, pressure is building on the district attorney of Los Angeles Nathan Hockman to decide

1:16.1

whether or not he is going to bring charges. We have not independently confirmed this,

1:20.8

but the Los Angeles Times is now reporting that according to multiple law enforcement sources,

1:25.6

Nick Reiner is expected to be charged with murder

1:28.0

charges this afternoon in relation to the homicide of his parents. We expect that we'll hear from

1:33.9

the DA this afternoon. We could also hear a little bit of what, you know, we call a TikTok about

1:39.3

how the arrest went down on Sunday night, how police became comfortable that Nick Reiner was indeed

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