it has been said that the supreme court is like a family, a family composed entirely of in-laws. 42 years ago, i was assigned to help then judge o connor join that family. it was my first day in a new job at the justice department, and i was proud to be part of her team. i thought our group did a pretty good job. after all, the justice was confirmed 99-0, and we must have had something to do with that. only many years later was i told that she thought i had been slow in getting material to her. i should have learned that when she had a challenge or responsibility before her, her approach was simple and direct. get it done. the way she participated in oral argument at the court is a good example. justices have many different styles on the bench. some like the back and forth of debates. others pose unusual hypotheticals. some badger counsel to get concessions. others spell out a particular theory at length and ask for comment. all this is fine and good. but justice o connor
mr. trump lashes out at journalist bob woodward with a $49 million lawsuit over audio book recordings of their interviews. george santos is responding to criticism over multiple lies about his resume and calls for help to step down in his district by agrees to step down from his committees. under pressure from community activists, the memphis police and first responders were continuing to clean house over the fatal beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a seventh memphis police officer has been relieved of duty. three emts have now been fired by the city s fire department after an internal investigation found out they violated protocols by failing to immediately treat nichols when they arrived at the scene. nbc news reached out to these three but has not heard back. more charges could be coming in addition to the murder charges against the five original officers. joining me now, priscilla thompson, danell hargin and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. priscilla, there hav
life in its tracks and left dozens of people dead. in eastern europe, millions of ukrainians are grappling with freezing temperatures in the dark with no power after russia unleashed another brutal series of missile strikes across the country today. we re going to take you live to kyiv. also this hour, the new year could bring some relief at the pump. we re going to take a look into why some experts say gas prices could continue to tumble in 2023. and in 25 hours from now, house lawmakers will release former president trump s tax returns to the public. what we can expect all coming up. but we begin with the latest on the recovery hours after a blizzard left 76 people dead nationwide. in buffalo, new york, we have national guard troops helping to dig that community out. then in rochester, state officials broke out a handy new vehicle with a tool that acts as a claw to pick up and drag cars and vans to clear the roadways. there you see it. but the travel chaos triggered by
found mixed in with newspapers, clothing and gifts. trump s former attorney general is now defending the serarch an seizure saying, yes, that should have been done a long time ago. what people are missing is that all the other documents taken, even if they claim to be executive privilege, either belong to the government because they re government records, even if they re classified, even if they re subject to executive privilege, they still belong to the government and go to the archives. people say this was unprecedented. it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club, okay? and how long is the government going to try to get that back, you know, they jawboned for a year, they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. they then went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that, they feel, and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around. and joining me now, cnn senior legal analyst,
Haake. is this the beginning of the end for congressman santos? we know that hes stepping down from committees. he was put on those committees by the speaker, despite all the criticism. now he is stepping down. look, i think the one thing congressman santos has been consistent on is that he has no plans to step down. this despite all the outside pressure that he has gotten from republicans back in his district, from republicans in his delegation in his state and from voters in his district, according to that poll you shared. 78% of district voters saying he should resign. that s consistent apart party identification. for santos, getting off his committees reduces his exposure to the reporters who stand outside his office and await his every move when he comes back and forth. it comes following a conversation with kevin mccarthy. mccarthy told reporters it wasn t his idea.