Reubens. He was a true original and a bright light in many, many peoples lives. He will be missed. Paul romans was 70 years old. Thats it for us, the news continue. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source. Donald trump expecting another indictment quote any day now. And as legal peril grows, so does his political power. The staggering new numbers and 40 million ways that his base may help keep him out of prison. Plus, trumps newest codefendant and maralago manager ups emerges from obscurity to the center of the storm, swarm today by cameras at his First Court Appearance but not as last. Could his indictment and up helping his boss delay that trial until after the election . And as President Biden reverses a trump decision to move Space Command to alabama, some politicians are blasting the politics are behind it. We will speak to one of the next. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. Tonight trump is predicting that his next indictment is immin
that harmed children, close businesses and churches, even the endless re upping ofg emergency covid o powers, the destruction of historical markers and statuesal, the use f big tech as proxy sensors forme the current regime. all of this, all o of it pointst to one ugly, inescapableug conclusion. our governmentpabl is being run by a cadre of powerful post american forces. our current political leadership acts as thoughol our constitution and the freedoms protected by that constitution areoms no longer valid. they ll always be a reason forn them to ignore our constitution these days like systemic racism, they ll talk climateid change or another covid variant, maybe gun violence january six and they won t explicitly sayay at least not yet. but they don t want us to live under a constant illusion. that leaves the primary decision making to the people of the 50 states , nor thatnt they want the designation americans d citizen to really have any special meaning at all for any of us
makes it all the more concerning when you look at how many of trump s pardons carried the stink of political patronage and best in corrupt self-interest at worst. according to pew research center over the course of his four years in office trump only granted 237 acts of clemency. that s the third lowest number of pardons for any president in history. only the two president bush is pardoned fewer people. it would seem that trump was extremely selective about who he pardoned. still some of his pardons were widely praised. like alice johnson in 2020 who was serving life in prison for a nonviolent drug conviction. he posthumously pardoned the historical figure season being anthony, arrested for voting illegally. in 1870 to inject johnson the first black heavyweight boxing champ who is subject to a racist conviction in 1913 for transporting a white woman across state lines. but he also pardoned a robes gallery of political figures including many of his own associates. some of whom
and a letter to colleague, speaker of the house nancyhe pelosi gushedsi over what wasen happening, saying we ve been moved by how many have channeled their righteous anger into meaningful actionn. they even got support from the white house. these activists posted a map with the home addresses of supreme court justices.is is that the kind of thingp the president wants to help your side make their point? look, they think the president s viewiew is that there s a lot of passion. deputyf white house press secretary andrew bates tried to kind of clean that upea earlier today tweeting psaki never encouraged people to protest outside p justice s homt and providing a transcript in which he highlights psakidinl saying protests have been t peaceful to date, but he didn t include the whole part. so i knowwpart that there s an outrage right now, i guess,ue about protests that have been peaceful to date and wey certainly continue to encourage that outside judge s home one angle recogni
we have lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer. let s get started. intensifying strikes israel s offensive in southern gaza is back in full force overnight with repeated rounds of shellings as more humanitarian aid makes its way into the ravaged gaza strip. we are live in israel with the latest. plus, the forgotten hostages we are shining a spotlight on the tie and filipino nationals released by hamas at this week and why they are not getting much media attention. no kings in america trump imperial immunity claims shot down by the d.c. federal judge overseeing his 2020 election interference trial. you won t believe what the front runner has to say about democracy and authoritarianism while on the campaign trail. we are going in-depth on it all. later, between life and death nearly 20 years after the bitter battle over terry schiavo which put the right to die movement in the national spotlight, we are going to go inside a new msnbc documentary retracing