court and laura jarrett. i remember the reporting in december, you were reporting on what a critical impact this could have should the lower courts be overturned? yes, the state legislature said they should have the power to draw the lines, and what justice roberts saying today and the majority opinion is the way north carolina interpreted that theory, it was way over broad. he s not saying the court should never weigh in on this issue, but specifically, and the way north carolina interpreted this, it was too broad and they went beyond their authority. what this case boils down to what it could have been, if the supreme court said, yes, the legislature was within their power to draw the districts, it could be within their power to manipulate a number of ways to conduct elections from the state level and it could fall into each state s individual party to see how people are registering to vote and how the congressional districts are drawn based on the parties ruling them, bu
attempts to pressure him and he could be a key witness trump and his team could still appeal the ruling. but they have lost similar previous cases a date for pence s testimony is not settled, though it is likely to be later this month according to an adviser. now the ruling by judge james boseberg ordering pence to testify said that while pence was excused from providing details regarding hisrole as president of the senate on january 6, 2021, he s not excused from testifying about conversations related to alleged illegality on donald trump s part that means that special counsel jack smith could gain firsthand knowledge, a firsthand account of the one-on-one conversations that mike pence and donald trump had that day special counsel jack smith on the verge of access to a central witness in the insurrection is where we start today new york times reporter glenn flush is back with us and joining us msnbc legal analyst paul butler. he s a former federal prosecutor, now a law pro
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. 15 ballot votes later, and kevin mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. when you look at all the drama and of course the historical background of this long battle. and new details on the group of murder investigation in idaho. look at the painstaking hunt that finally led the suspects to capture. plus, cnn s andy scholes joins us here live on the set to discuss damar hamlin s remarkable recovery and what he said to his buffalo bills team. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it took 15 ballots and an evening of high drama, but kevin mccarthy finally secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never in modern times has
out. i ll save it for the next election. yes, oh my god. [applause] a friendship so great, not even kornacki himself could have predicted it. and on that absolutely fantastic no, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the work of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, a siena tomorrow. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. before he was even elected president, donald trump had a journalist kicked out of a press conference just for asking a question. okay, who is next, yes? please? [inaudible] excuse, me sudden, you are called, sit down. i have the right to ask a question. sit down, please. you weren t called. trump looks over at his staff, a bodyguard walks over, and ushers ramos out of the news conference. sit down, sit down, go back to univision. the journalist that trump had his security kick out from that press conference was jorge ramos, one of the most prominent latino journalists in the country. now, ra
that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, chris. we have in the forthcoming block, a fairly robust discussion about media that is apparently changing its policies to further a bed trump s lies in the context of what he is saying about paul pelosi in that attack. it is a combustible mix. it really is. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. before he was even elected president, donald trump had a journalist kicked out of a press conference just for asking a question. okay, who is next, yes? please? [inaudible] excuse, me sudden, you are called, sit down. i have the right to ask a question. sit down, please. you weren t called. trump looks over at his staff, a bodyguard walks over, and ushers ramos out of the news conference. sit down, sit down, go back to univision. the journalist that trump had his security kick out from that press conference was jor