janis mackey frayer, nbc news. can t blame him. that s going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, new york republican george santos became the sixth person in american history to be expelled from congress. we begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court that ex-president donald trump can be sued in relation to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. rejecting his bid for sweeping presidential immunity against civil claims. trump s team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent esident. including on january 6th. and that this
i m ari melber live in washington where congress held this historic vote to expel indicted republican congressman george santos. on this vote, the yeas are 311, the nays are 114. two-thirds voting in the affirmative, the resolution is adopted. the chair announces to the house that in light of the expulsion of the gentleman from new york, mr. santos, the whole number of the house is now 434. that is exactly how it just went down. george santos, the now-former congressman, could be seen walking off the house floor for the last time during this session of congress. there he is with a handshake. this is a major shift, because republicans had previously, until today, stood by santos through the earlier scandals, the bad press, and even his initial indictment. this change came fast, santos going from that floor to exiting capitol hill as staff literally changed the locks to the offices, you see there, that he is no longer holding. this dam politically and legislatively broke wi
i m ari melber. our top story is this new gag order that binds defendant donald trump in his new york civil trial. the gag order is back on. the judge also noting they ll be enforcing it regular rousely and vigorously, and we ve seen the judge deliver on that promise before. as discussed, these things matter but only become this big a fightf you have the rare case of defendant who is flout the law against their interest. trump s already been fined on for this on two occasions, violating this order and been forced to payorit. you may say, what does he care about fines? itas fines that forced him into deposition as well. it is how the system, however slowly, enforces theseul trump s move comes after court filings show the judge and law clerk were receiving threats, a deluge of threats after trump was deliberately using his public following and online profile to try to whip up antagonism or worse, potentially other things, menacing things against these individual who is administ
wider women s summit making news about this issue. our job in the news is to make sure we report everything that we have. we have a denial there from the d.a. we have an accusation that it came from somewhere else. we don t have confirmation of where this came from, and even if the d.a. is telling what she believes is the truth, that she no one she knows did this, that doesn t mean they didn t. if you re in the d.a. s office, this stuff is coming out and you re going, okay, gear up for another big day, because this complicates matters. the testimony shows a lot. when you re covering this trial, the first headline is there is bad news for those remaining defendants holding out. we ve shown you the chart where you have key figures that face heat for the coup, in georgia and in the open jack smith case in d.c., where they re technically called unindicted coconspirators, but all that means is they could get indicted later. eastman, now face this newly revealed testimony from th
hi everyone, good afternoon to you. we re following some major news on several fronts right now. we re just five days away from a government shutdown, and the new plan from the house speaker to stop it is already running into some serious issues. we re also following developments in israel as hospitals in gaza report dire situation. israel s prime minister promises no letup in the offensive. doubling down on his plans for a total israeli control. after the war. mister prime minister, would you accept i think that the only force right now that can guarantee that hamas, the terrorism is not where you period, and taken over gaza, get as the israeli military. a budgeted not to joe whom did offer some encouraging words about a possible deal and hostages. more on that ahead. plus, we are one day away from donald trump junior second trip to the witness stand. the new york fraud trial. as his father is now demanding cameras in the courtroom for his trials. and that is comin