If it's Friday, power, pressure, and peril.

Donald Trump's lawyer has to testify before a grand jury in Washington,

as the former president warns now of, quote,

potential death and destruction if he's indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan.

Plus, U.S. forces have to launch retaliatory airstrikes against Iran-backed targets in Manhattan. Plus, U.S. forces have to launch retaliatory air strikes against Iran-backed targets in Syria,

just after a pair of Iranian strikes on U.S. troops, including a drone attack that killed

an American contractor and injured five U.S. service members.

And U.S. officials say President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau have made a deal

on asylum seekers as both leaders face

a surge in migrants.

Not a lot of cooperation from Mexico

and escalating political pressure

to manage the issue.

The United the issue.

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Chuck Todd reporting in Washington, where today a federal grand jury has now heard testimony from an attorney for Donald Trump. After a judge ruled that

the special counsel's office investigating the former president's mishandling of classified information

had presented sufficient evidence to establish that Trump may have committed a crime using his attorneys

to do it. It comes as the former president is lashing out about a different criminal case,

that one in Manhattan. It's the one where he incorrectly predicted his own arrest earlier this

week while calling for protest. NBC News has now learned from law enforcement sources that the

FBI and NYPD are now at the scene of what may be a potential crime at the Manhattan DA's office after it found a letter addressed to Alvin Bragg threatening to kill him.

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