State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos
Phang show at 12 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. The reidout with joy reid is up next. Tonight on the reidout youre confused. You think im on trial. These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. Im not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. Correct. But from the beginning, the right has tried to make trumps Georgia Election interference trial all about d. A. Fani willis. And today, the judge found no actual Conflict Of Interest, but did manage to gratuitously impugn her integrity. Also tonight, we need to have a serious Reality Check about the rightwing propaganda that trump is somehow gaining historic levels of support among black voters. He wishes. But we begin tonight with the most american of realities. If youre a rich white guy and especially if youre a celebrity and a former president , not only are you Above The Law, you are so Above The Law that if you get indicted for trying to overturn an election and thus overthrow the government,
Martha is next with the story. Martha nice bag pipes there. Thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is the story. Were waiting response this hour from d. A. Fani willis. We could hear from here any moment after judge mcafee left it up to her if she wants to continue with the trump Election Interference case. He says she will have to do it without her former boyfriend and colleague, nathan wade, who you see to the right of her in that picture. The judge said although she showed a tremendous lapse in judgment in hiring wade, he could not conclude that that had had a Material Conflict in the trump case. In the decision, he did go after her for her unprofessional manner when she stormed in to the atlanta courtroom in february after wade testified. This combative testimony. Watch. As you know, mr. Wade is a southern gentleman. Me not so much. Your honor no, no, no. This is the truth. I object to you getting records. Youve been intrusive in to peoples personal lives. You
Special counsel jack smith against donald trump. In an interview with cnn, maralago employee brian butler painting a painting a very specific picture of trumps inner circle, and how it operated more like a mafia family than anything else. With loyalty prized above everything. A world where fealty to the boss led to criminal exposure. Now, nbc news has not independently confirmed butlers identity as trump employee number 5 and he declined nbcs request for comment. In his interview last night, butler says he helped trumps codefendants, walt nowta and carlos move those boxes containing some of our nations most Sensitive National security secrets. Watch. He followed me. He pulled out, got behind me, got to the airport, i ended up loading all the luggage i had and he had a bunch of boxes. You noticed that he had boxes. Oh, yeah, they were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. Thats what i remember. Did you have any idea at the time that there was potentially u. S.
That does it for me. Thank you so much for the privilege of your time. I hope to see you later tonight on nbc nightly news. Stay where you are, the The Katie Phang Show starts now. I am katie phang , live from Telemundo Studios in miami, florida here is the week that was. The u. S. Supreme court today unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from their ballots. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. Racking up primary wins across the country from california to maine nikki haley said to drop out after winning one state on Super Tuesday. Budget and is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. I hope he does not. In february, 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol building, i said i would support former President Trump if he were the nominee of the party and he obviously will be the nominee of our party. I will leave the senate at the bottom of this year. In the bottom of my heart, thank you for