Im jose diazbalart and we begin with Breaking News out of georgia. Just in the last hour, Fulton County judge scott mcafee dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and some of his codefendants in the States Election interference case. The judge said six these counts in the indictments lack sufficient detail. Joining us now, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, katie phang, also catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst, and greg blew steen, political reporter at the Atlantic Journal Constitution and an msnbc contributor. Katie, what exactly did the judge stay, which charges were they, and how significant are they . So, jose, this is not the ruling on the motion to disqualify the District Attorney fani willis. Were going to start with that kind of ground work. But what it does do is it dismisses six of the counts in the indictment that was secured by fani willis from a grand jury. And thats another important point because this was not an
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight straight from the source, the man investigating hunter biden is now a Special Counsel, and Hunter Bidens attorney will respond in his First Exclusive interview. Plus a judge lays down the law for donald trump, reminding the former president that he is now a criminal defendant whose right to free speech is not absolute. And the death toll still tragically climbing in maui, as rescuers are now entering some of the hardesthit neighborhoods for the first time, most of which have been burned to the ground. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Good evening. Tonight we start with tonights big story, which was news that we learned today regarding the Special Counsel investigating hunter biden. It is the same person who has been investigating him for several years now, david weiss, a u. S. Attorney who was appointed, i should note, by former president trump. But today we heard from Attorney General Merrick Garland, who announced that david weiss
john: fox news alert, harvard university president claudine gay stepping down, marking an end to the shortest presidency in the university s storied history, plagiarism accusations as well as antisemitism on the campus. gillian: busy breaking news hour, so far. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. so claudine gay confirming the news in the email, she has been mired in scandals, including 50 plagiarism accusations and doubts about her ability to protect jewish students on campus in the wake of october 7th. molly line is live in boston with more details. what can you tell us? her inauguration was in late september and calls for her resignation since october. today harvard president claudine gay making it offering, saying in an email to the university community she made the decision with a heavy heart but adding it s in the best interest of harvard for her to resign, bedrock values to who i am frightening with attacks. and following the attacks on israel and in december
breaking news from the pentagon as the biden administration makes big moves ahead of the potential border disaster. it could come in days if it s not already happening, title 42 will be lifted and the surge is expected to grow. welcome back as america reports heads into another hour. bill: no dramatics today. i m in for john roberts, i m bill hemmer. we are told pat ryder makes remarks off the top and new information about the plan to send 1500 troops to the southern border within the next week to nine days, sandra. sandra: it s a big deal. the decision is coming nine days before title 42 expires. fox news teams have been reporting for weeks now, this has been anticipated. overburdened border towns are in panic mode over what could happen when that ends. we talked about el paso. bill: seeing migrants massing by the tens of thousands, believing the end of title 42 will be the perfect time to make their move and make the crisis at the border a bigger catastrophe. sand
yesterday said u.s. banking system is safe and sound. katie pavlich, robert wolf in a matter of minutes coming shortly. sandra: waiting the white house and the pentagon at this hour. we are each expected to brief reporters within the next hour as president biden takes major steps towards sending u.s. troops to our southern border. hello, welcome, everyone. sandra smith and surprise on this tuesday, william hemmer. bill: i m in for john roberts, hope you are doing well at home. the 1500 active duty troops deployed for three months, initially, anyway, to help border agents handle the expected tens of thousands of migrants to cross once title 42 ends, which is about nine days away. the timing of the decision likely to be scrutinized. president heeding republican calls to try and restore some level of operational control one week after launching his re-election bid for the white house. sandra: in order to keep his job, the president will likely need to alleviate voter con