in this case the supreme court drew a clear line and said yes to religious liberty. and that donald trump south carolina rally this weekend wasn t the former president getting all the attention. we ll tell you about a republican stalwart which was booed off the stage. we ll have more on that. and anyone about lamar s italy officials are instructed to give us an update on the mass shooting overnight in baltimore. two people were killed. 28 more were hurt. nbc s marissa perez there in baltimore were also joined by former fbi supervisor rob d amico. marissa wiley standby here for this update. please bring us up to speed to what we know so far? yes, where things stand at last check, we re waiting for an update any minute now. these details could be subject to change hopefully we ll learn more soon. but here is what we know right now. at least 30 victims, to people, that they were adults but they were young. an 18 year old, a 20 year old, and among the injuries we had a 28 wer
and teachers killed by aunman nearly two years ago. the lead, with the jake tapper, starts right now. donald trump s response, when a judge threatened to throw them out of court, quote, i would love it. the lead starts right now that outbursts in court. what donald trump did, when a woman who is accusing him of sexual harassment, took the stand. at the white house, resident biden, meeting with leaders of the house and senate as senate republicans urged house republicans to take the deal on immigration and the border and get something, rather than nothing. when schoolchildren stop. see how often it is that the students are stopping planned events. welcome to the lead. we start with our law and justice lead. a jury is deciding how much donald trump must pay to a woman he defamed, as the jury previously divided decided. the judge threatened to kick the former president out of the court. trump responded, quote, i would love it. he was warned to speak more quietly when talking
is end. this morning in court filings, we learned the trump appointed attorney reached a plea agreement where he ll plead golt to two counts of failing to pay his taxes on time. he also faces a gun possession charge which is expected to be dismissed. his lawyer joins me for his first tv interview. this investigation was in the works for five years across two administrations. first brought by the doj under president trump in 2019 then continued with the same trump appointed prosecutor, david weiss, under president biden. according to reporting from nbc news, it was thorough across multiple federal agencies and field offices. it began broadly looking at money laundering and fair violations. neither of which were charged. the lengthy time period is part of what the gop is seizing on today. claiming the investigation was slow walked or compromised. and arguing this quote slap on to wrist as they call it shows that former president trump is being politically persecuted. you thin
part of an agreement that includes hunter biden pleading guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses and reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally having possession of a firearm as a drug user. the rich and powerful and system of justice for everybody else. there are more questions than answers. this plea deal does have all the makings of an avoidance of any jail time. more importantly it was an evasion of the more serious allegations facing hunter biden and the biden family. so it is historic in the sense that the president s son is going to plead guilty to criminal acts. it is going to be very controversial for critics. i think for many, this is going to look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery. harris: civil rights attorney and fox news contributor tore leo terrell is with me now. before we get to you, i want to begin with fox news correspondent david spunt who is now at the d.o.j. david. harris, this investigation into hunter
he understands the role of attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states, and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. jeff sessions was a disaster as attorney general. he s not qualified. he is not mentally qualified to be attorney general. we hope bill barr going to be as good as we think because he is a great gentleman, a great man. by the way, when bill barr, who is a coward. you know, bill barr was a coward. he didn t do what he was supposed to do. i fired him, and he has great chairman. for the joint chiefs of staff, general milley will serve as my top military adviser. i have absolute confidence he will fulfill his duty with the same brilliance and fortitude he has shown throughout his long and very distinguished career. he was, frankly, incompetent. the last one i d want to attack with as my leader would be milley. general kelly has been a star. he s done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a g