of presidential immunity. then the baseless inquiry. house republicans have moved and impeachment inquiry into president balking that isn t supported by evidence. and the most part, that no. as well as justice for two georgia election workers. ruby freeman and shaye when 100 and $48 million and their long awaited legal battle with ruby giuliani. let s get started. good evening. special counsel, jack smith, is calling on the disgraced ex presidents bluff. this week, the supreme court granted smith s request to fast-track consideration donald trump s claim of absolute immunity from criminal charges that were stemming from his alleged attempts set interference in the 2020 election. trump s lawyers have been given until wednesday. that s december 20th, to file a response in their own brief on this issue. following that move, the court of appeals in the d.c. circuit also grants this motion to expedite trump s appeal. it s important to understand, this request from smith, to the
about this country being divided, but it certainly seems so more so than ever before. certainly along cultural lines, but i think it s so much more than that. i think that you have leaders on the republican party who are content about drumming up, energizing, mobilizing their base, all things we are hearing about critical race theory. the intentionial is troubling, but i want to warn some of nigh friends and colleagues, whether you re republican or democrat, i care about mott raise, care
interest in this interview and then interest in her moving forward because basically, he s his stance is, she s taking a huge risk in doing this interview. the trump lawyers have said she is in breach of contract that she now owes the president $20 million. they re arguing they re not in breach of contract because the president never signed the contract. if they re found to be in breach, she has to pay a ton of mobe. the only way to get out of that is sell her story elsewhere. that s why he s trying to drum up so much interest. you have to wonder if all of this drumming up, lots of hype, is there a chance the heightened expectations will not be meet, vivian? you know, it s entirely possible. i wish i knew what was going to come out of it. certainly i imagine the president days ago and incidentally, the same time as the interview was taking place a
president. they smile, they say thank you and go back to their offices and they stare at the phone and if the republicans don t call, the republicans lose in a massive way. if the phone don t ring, we know it s you. jeremy? there was one other thing i forgot to mention, joe, since you brought it up i ll bring it up, steve bannon, just waiting for an excuse to start drumming up, whipping up a frenzy over paul ryan and speakership challenge. let him do it. as you say, it s politically cynical, it s not good for democracy but if the democrats end up saving the day here on an issue like the debt ceiling that will happen from the right. for baseball fans the words kurt flood mean something and what it means is, that major league baseball, mike, was scared to death, right?
saying that mr. modi may have had a role in them and hasn t fully been investigated. more to the point and more rece recently, there is a climate in india right now intoleran totol muslims being killed transpo transporting and eating beef and people here say modi hasn t done enough to stop those kinds of activities. that s the criticism and excitement and you re seeing that reflected amongst indians in the uk. what comes out of his visit there? we re expecting a fair number of deals on trade and foreign investment into india. mr. modi is quite good at that traveling around the world dr drumming up support to get people to invest. we re looking at maybe a few deals announced in the next 72 hours which will be good for both countries. maybe will quiet some critics. we will see. joining us live from new delhi,