We are grateful. Hi katie. Hi, thank you so much, and welcome to the beat. Tonight, there could be a delay in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. More on that in a moment but we start with breaking news. Judge cannon denying without prejudice trumps motion to dismiss counts one through 32 and is classified documents case. Her ruling coming in moments ago. She said trumps arguments are better suited to be argued later on in connection with other motions. In other words, she punted the decision. It comes after trump and jack smith faced off in a federal courtroom in florida today, trumps attorneys arguing to dismiss the entire superseding indictment against him, claiming the president ial records act gives them the authority to take and claim those classified documents as his own personal property. In the motion, trumps lawyers wrote, President Trump exercise virtually unreviewable authority to designate the records as personal. In court, trump lawyer todd blanche arguing, quote,
Welcome to prime time weekend point lets get right to the top stories this week. In a perfect world, we would not start where we are starting today. We would like to begin with the results of what amounts to a complete sideshow, a legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion. First and foremost, we should be clear that todays ruling from the Fulton County Superior Court was a victory for the rule of law for fani willis herself. In the matter of the d. A. S relationship with special prosecutor, nathan wade, the ultimatum and noun amounted to this, leave way behind her hot the prosecution altogether. It turned out to be an easy choice for d. A. Willis, a determined public figure. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state has laws that allow those who believe the results of an election are wrong, whether because of intentional wrongdoing or unintentional erro
i m alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald trump ramping up his calls for presidential immunity. the former president posting late last night that, quote, without complete immunity, a president united states would not be able to properly function. this comes as trump gears up for a busy few weeks on legal and political fronts. appeals could go at either moment on those immunity claims. just days from now, the supreme court will hear oral arguments over whether the state of colorado can a boot trump from the presidential ballot. those cases
mistakenly bring his doorbell while trying to pick up his siblings simply ringing a doorbell and being profiled here s shot in the head plus potential deal. the judge and the fox news defamation trial delays the start of the proceedings in order for fox to settle this case. what they have to do is admit wrongdoing. this a sign of a last minute hail mary will have a former fox insider on to discuss and field trip house republicans traveled to new york city to take on the manhattan d a over crime. he s taken his soft on crime approach to the real criminals, but democrats say republicans are covering up for trump not taking on the issue. you are not serious people. if you are serious about doing something about violence, please join us voters see it. cnn prime time starts now. good evening. i m pamela brown, a black teenager shows up to the wrong home by mistake and rings . the doorbell, the homeowner, a white elderly man shoots him twice and tonight, prosecutors are charging th
presidential vote if you had a favorable rating that was equal to joe biden s that might not be bad for republican, but it is quite bad when it s among republicans, right. so joe biden, not exactly the most popular guy among republicans 11% favorable rating in new york three jorge santos among republicans, also with an 11% favorable rating, so overall when you just kind of look at the numbers, anderson so someone there s another republican thinking. about running. they would look at those numbers and things in that district. i might have a good chance. exactly and there s already one declared, and i might argue he may be the first of many to follow because those numbers personally anderson from my professional point of view, they flat out stick. okay thank you, harriet. and i appreciate that. thank you continues. let s hinder of pamela brown is seen in primetime. pamela. alright gotta love harriet and anderson. thank you so much a major development tonight after a teenager is