good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are live here in las vegas, with just three days to go before super bowl lviii on cbs. but we want to begin tonight with a blockbuster news about the two men who are expected to face off again and this year s presidential election. tonight, the dramatic new questions and testimony that the supreme court about whether the constitution, specifically the 14th amendment, should bar donald trump from being on the presidential ballot in several states. you could say that not since the 2000 supreme court decision of bush v. gore has the nation s highest court taken such a direct role in the outcome of a presidential election. president biden too facing questions tonight about his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president and senator. the long-awaited special counsel report just released included pictures of classified afghanistan documents found in the garage near a dog crate. and while there are no charges, the re
members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how these ta
single sentence that favors or even slightly sympathizes with donald trump s argument for presidential immunity. instead, the d.c. appeals court stands up trump s defenses only to knock them down one by one. the judges reached back through history citing case law from the early 1800s along with founders themselves on how they envisioned the power and limitations of the presidency. the court concludes quote, for the purposes of h criminal case, former president trump has become citizen trump with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. on trump s argument that the separation of powers doctrine bars judicial review of executive actions, the court cited presidents nixon and truman, both of whom were found to have exceeded their authority by the supreme court. nixon on trying to shield his tapes and truman on trying to seize steel mills. they also cited an 1882 supreme court ruling that said officers of the government can be sued pulling directly from the decision, q
the breaking news in the law and justice lead, a damning report released and president biden s mishandling of classified document it is. the report includes photographs of documents showing them kept under his tv in his delaware home. classified documents about afghanistan barely stored, on old box surrounded by household debris. essential counsel concluded the evidence quote does not establish mr. biden s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore prosecution would be unwarranted. part of the reason for that however would be is that trial, we would like him to present himself as a sympathetic, well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory unquote. hardly a bumper sticker for a 2024 presidential campaign. the report notes president biden s memory issues stating quote he did not remember when his son beau died, which was 2015. in the last hour, president biden reacted to the outcome of this report. . special counsel acknowledged i cooperated completely. did not throw up any
playing] we re back with martha stewart on this edition of larry king live. we go to nashville, tennessee. hello. my question is, what do you feel is the biggest misconception the public has about you? i think that there have been so many misrepresentations of me. what s the biggest misconception? meanie. meanie. i m a softie. there is no media personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef like her. there is all this fear, and loathing, and anger, which is directed to you. i find it amongst my own friends, either they worship you or they say, that woman makes me crazy. when you think of her generation, it s ironic. she made this empire idolizing and perfecting what her generation of women were trying to leave behind. how did you get into this, for want of a better term, bag, martha stewart s shtick? i had been a caterer, before that a stockbroker. do you miss the world of stock exchange? yeah, i still do the market. you re the devil? yes. allegations of insider trading have cata