wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte
do. kevin bacon. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, israel and hamas extend their tenuous truce with more israeli hostages expected to be released today. as we hear from the family of freed 4-year-old american for the first time. she s been reunited with her brother and her sister. and that was magical in the sense that the brother and sister who for 50 days waited and hoped that abigail would come home. plus, a u.n. official calling conditions inside gaza catastrophic. i ll talk to a red cross official about the aid now getting in during this pause. also ahead, presidents and first ladies gathering today in georgia for a tribute service for rosalynn carter. her husband of seven decades expected to leave hospice c to attend his beloved wife s memorial. and later, a brutal winter blast taking aim at the northeast. millions of americans enduring temperatures up to 20 degrees below normal.
without your hat on, put your hat on, maggie vespa, in that piece. got love to the taco kid. reporter: i didn t have one. that s how fast it hit. i love food. i love food. maggie vespa, thank you, appreciate it. that does it for me this hour, everybody. ana cabrera will be back tomorrow. you can catch me on the weekends on msnbc starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now, evacuations from gaza for the first time, hundreds of civilians including americans cross the border into egypt. we ll talk with an aid worker on the ground. it comes as israel defends itself after world leaders condemn a strike that reportedly killed dozens and injured hundreds. back at home, it could be a big day at former president donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york city. his son don jr. expected to take the stand. on capitol hill, the house goes back i
ever studio audience. good evening and welcome to bbc news. here, a girl injured in a fatal hit and run in oldham on new year s eve, has died. zaneta krokova who was 11, had been in a critical condition in hospital. her 12 year old cousin, helina kotlarova, died at the scene on saturday night. peter harris has more. on the scene and tributes continued to build, this is now a shrine to two young girls. 11 year old zaneta kro kova two young girls. 11 year old zaneta krokova lost two young girls. 11 year old zaneta kro kova lost her two young girls. 11 year old zaneta krokova lost her fight for life this morning. her cousin helina kotlarova died on new year ‘s eve after being hit by the car. tributes are being paid by classmates and teachers. they were well known and outgoing. our thoughts are with their family throughout this sad time. the police believe the girls were sucked struck bya believe the girls were sucked struck by a peugeot 807 which failed to stop. it was later f