msnbc road headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. re beginning with breaking ne. a colorado judge ruling that donald trump can be on the ballot when saying he engaged in an insurrection. he gave him both a rebuke as well aslegavictory. the wording of section three of the 14th amendment does not apply specifically to the office of the president. joining me now, christie greenberg former federal prosecutor former deputy chief for the southern district of new york criminal division. let s get into this, chris. the insurrection is certainly a key part of the 14th amendment that would keep trump off of the ballot. are you surprised by this ruling? mainly, the judge concluded that trump engaged in an insurrection through incitement. take a moment to pause on that. saying, there is a judge saying that former president trump engaged in an insurrection. that is a momentous holding. he gets off on a technicality here because the judge also found that he
gaza, stormed by the israelis. this time a 19-year-old hostage discovered after a mother of five was discovered yesterday. where does this stand tonight? the effort to get the remaining hostages out. matt gutman with late reporting from israel. here in the u.s., the suspect in court today in the kidnapping and rescue of a 9-year-old girl in upstate new york, who was found in the closet of a camper on the suspect s mother s property. what prosecutors have revealed tonight. with thanksgiving less than a week away, tonight the new cross country storm set to move in and quickly, right across the nation, just as millions get ready to travel. what does it mean for thanksgiving itself? rob marciano standing by to time this out. our abc news reporting this week, the american classroom. and tonight our investigation into one community and some school fountains families say have not worked for years. students have to rely on bottle water just to get a drink. federal law does not
this time a 19-year-old hostage discovered after a mother of five was discovered yesterday. where does this stand tonight? the effort to get the remaining hostages out. here in the u.s., the suspect in custody in the kidnapping and rescue of a 9-year-old girl in upstate new york, found in the closet of a camper on the suspect s mother s property. what prosecutors are revealed tonight. with thanksgiving less than a week away, tonight the new cross country storm set to move in and quickly, right across the nation, just as millions get ready to travel. what does it mean for thanksgiving itself? rob marciano standing by to time this out. our abc news reporting this week, the american classroom. and tonight our investigation into one community and some school phones families say, have not worked for years. students have to rely on bottle water just to get a drink. what we found in the schools that did test. deborah roberts report. there is news coming in tonight about form
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, a major admission from the lawyer for one of donald trump s codefendants in that sweeping rico case. nbc s blayne alexander is following that. for folks who weren t here, setting the stage, fani willis, the d.a. went to the judge after some videos were linked of people who had turned evidence and said, i need a protective order. but we didn t know who might have leaked those videos. what just happened in court? reporter: well, we now know at least one of the people who leaked the videos. it was an attorney for one of the 15 remains codefendants. jonathan miller, he represents misty hanson, one of the 15 codefendants, just said during this open hearing, during this virtual hearing in open court that he did leak the videos to at least one media outlet, and so he kind of gave a small preamble said that in order to make sure he can sleep
hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o