i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
pole. she s completely gone? yes. the scene of the crime scene , we were looking for anything that stood out. her sandal. tucked right underneath the hose on the edge. it was obvious this was staged. was there someone who wanted samira out of the way? there was a black female standing outside. mr. frechette had multiple female acquaintances. they all had a common career , they were exotic dancers. two clues. one chilling we had an unknown dna on a rope that came off the victim. i literally looked at it and thought, seriously? that was absolutely stunning. behind the curtain was a very dark story. it was a cold morning in february, cold for a northern florida, that is. crisp, but sunny when the call came in. can i get an officer out here in golden eagle? it s a lady laying in the pool in her backyard, in her pool. it made no sense, really. too cold for a swim. but the lady was not swimming. wasn t even floating. down at the bottom of t
by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now
live. so much has happened it is hard to keep track of what is taking place this past five days. do you even remember all that has happened in the past few days? name them. what you did was ridiculous. all right. i will. the supreme court handing donald trump a great big no, sir on the plan that he could commit crimes and get away with them because a presidential immunity. there is the utter failure of house republicans doing the thing they really want to do, impeach this guy homeland secretary mayorkas on the border. on this vote to 14-216. the resolution is not adopted. there will be a do over next week and then the bipartisan border deal that is dead because you know who does not want and then to solve the problem before the general election. it is one of the worst, dumbest moves i have ever seen. i think it is totally dead in the house. we go back to the supreme court because they are siding with the former president and his fight to be on the ballot in colora