harris: we begin with a fox news alert. a critical day for donald trump inside washington, d.c. courtroom. some of his rivals are on the ground in iowa. the former president is appealing for the all-important immunity in his federal election case. oral arguments just wrapping up in that moments ago. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the former president arrived to the court earlier today. a three-judge panel heard arguments in connection with special counsel jack smith s election interference case. no ruling will be issued from the bench and the court gave no indication when their written opinion would be issued. trump did not testify today but he was there and the u.s. supreme court denied special counsel jack smith s request to leap track the appellate progress to get to the court date in march. the issue could come back to the u.s. supreme court, though. the criminal trial before the district court is on hold until this whole thing is cleared up. i
Humanitarian crisis getting worse by the day as thousands of Asylum Seekers crossed into the u. S. This morning an update on where negotiations stand between striking autoworkers and the big three automakers. Were going to speak with michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell about President Bidens visit to the picket lines tomorrow. The latest nbc news poll is out for the 2024 president ial election, well tell you about the numbers that should alarm democrats and republicans. We begin with a major breakthrough in the Writers Guild strike. Last night Hollywood Screen writers and Entertainments Studios reached a tentative agreement that could put an end to one of the longest walkouts in the history of the industry. If adopted, its a huge victory for thousands of writers who have spent nearly five months out of work and on the picket lines fighting for better conditions. In a statement, the Writers Guild negotiating committee said, quote, this deal is exceptional. Nbcs chloe melas joins us no
Long record. One fact is indisputable. Throughout my time in congress, i have remained steadfast on the side of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders in egypt, and everywhere else in the world. If you look at my actions related to that during the period described in this indictment and throughout my whole career, my record is clear and consistent in holding it accountable for its unjust detention of american citizens and others, human rights abuses, its deepening relationship with russia, and efforts that have eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a eroded the independence of the nation judiciary among a myriad eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a myriad of concerns. In 2017, i led a bipartisan letter to then President Trump expressing grave concern with the worsening situation for human rights in egypt. That same year sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee supporting us assistance to egypt as long as egypt adhered to the accords and
assistance reform strategies outlined in the egypt assistance reform act of 2013. in 2018, i urged secretary of state tilson to focus more on human rights issues in egypt and raise concerns the electoral environment ahead of egypt s elections at that time were not fair, free or credible. in 2019, i met the president along with members of the senate at the munich security conference and pressed him on the level of repression inside of egypt warning him that it risked eroding our security cooperation and raised concerns at that time about egypt s intention to purchase a russian missile system. in 2020, i spoke on the senate floor for international women s day an cited the cases of a human rights lawyer and an activity and reporter unjustly