acts surrounding january 6th, but not for unofficial acts. the deep divide on the court. one dissenting justice saying the president is now, quote, king above the law. the trump team hailing it as a major win. is there any chance this goes to trial before the election? president biden now speaking on it tonight. also tonight, the first lady vowing, quote, we will continue to fight, as pressure grows for president biden to drop out of the 2024 race after his much-criticized debate performance. our new reporting on the white house s strategy. terrifying moments aboard an air europa flight. severe turbulence injuring 30 passengers and forcing an emergency landing. the images coming in right now as hurricane beryl makes landfall in the caribbean. an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. the earliest major hurricane ever recorded. the mistrial in the karen read case, accused of murdering her boston police officer boyfriend. she says she was framed. will the prosecution try
handed future presidents a, quote, loaded weapon, in the words of a dissenting justice, aimed straight at the rule of law in the country. the conservative 6-3 majority of the court, half of them appointed by ex-president donald trump, two others have been faced calls for their recusal in this very case, a potentially fatal blow to council jack smith s effort to hold the president accountable for crimes committed on january 6th in the insurrection and the plot to overturn the 2020 election he lost. they ruled that donald trump and all future presidents are entitled to immunity for official acts, that they take during their presidency. now there is a question of whether a president can order a seal team 6 or assassinate a political rival, the united states supreme court said in effect, yeah, maybe. regarding jack smith s prosecution of donald trump, the court is sending that case back to judge tonya chutkan to parse out what is an official act in which trump is entitled to comp
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. hi, katie. thanks, nicole. i think extraordinary is an understatement these days, but thank you, i appreciate it. have a good show. thanks. and welcome to the beat, i m katie phang in for ari melber. the supreme court today handing down a win for donald trump in his federal insurrection case. a consequential decision that will affect presidential power for years to come, ruling that trump has immunity for some of his official conduct as president but not for private, unofficial acts. here s how that played out. the high court has just issued one of its most consequential rulings in decades. the president has absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, however, not for unofficial acts. five alarm fire. supreme court has decreed him a king. how the justices rule could well define the parameters
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all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida