Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, crossing the line. The judge in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial Admonishing the former president s legal team during a hearing today to determine whether mr. Trump repeatedly violated a gag order when attacking witnesses and jurors. The judge has not yet ruled on whether to fine the former president as prosecutors are requesting. Plus, back on the stand. The first witness answering more questions today as prosecutors try to establish the timeline of what they call Donald Trumps orchestrated Criminal Scheme to turn the 2016 election. How mr. Trump is reacting while sitting just feet away. And the u. S. Supreme court preparing to hear mr. Trumps claims of president ial immunity. Retired Justice Stephen breyer joins me on his new book Reading The Constitution as well as the conflicting legal philosophies now dividing the court. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. At the Hush Money Trial in new york today, judge juan merchan coming dow
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thing. jeannie suk gerson, harvard law professor, thank you for weighing in and you can watch ao missions granted tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. that s going to do it for me. o back next saturday. prime weekend is next. welcome to prime time weekend. i m nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. underscoring the stakes of the election in november even further, newly released decisions by the u.s. supreme court, the conservative super majority which includes three of the justices hand-picked by donald trump himself overturned a 40-year-old president taking aim at the power of federal agencies to function. the dechevron ruling as the blo puts it, cuts back sharply on s the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they mr. andrew that courts should rely on their own interpretation of ambiguous laws. the decision will likely have er far-reaching effects across the country environmental regulation to healthcare cost. today also saw the
this evening, president biden this evening, president biden is at camp david,■ç calling to nbc news reporting that he s discussing the future of his presidential campaign with family members. the president has come under fire for his feeble performance at last week s debate, several newspapers and the editorial boards have called for him to step aside. so far, most democratic lawmakers have kept their criticisms private. meantime, the conservative dominated supreme court is set to wrap up it s a controversial term tomorrow morning with a ruling on of the sessions most consequential s cases, they will determine whether or not former president trump enjoys constitutional immunity.■ç at a time when he s already been convicted of 34 felonies in new york, and is still facing three more criminal cases. republicans have vowed to stand by their candidate regardless of the extent of his legal liabilities, joining me now is democratic congresswoman mckayla williams from georgia.
threat to marriage equality. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. tomorrow is a big day for memory democracy. for tomorrow, on the final day of its term, the supreme court will issue its long awaited decision on donald trump s claim on presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. the ruling could determine if trump will ever face accountability for his role in the violent insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th, 2021. but no matter wha( the justices decide, the court s decision to delay this case until now has all but guaranteed that trump will not have to stand trial before the november election and this decision will drop after a weekend which biden has growing calls for him to bow out after his shaky debate performance on thursday. right now he is with his family at camp david, a trip planned before the debate but a trip where the debate and the panic will come up. the board correctly says any decision to drop out of the race should