i-95, the highway remains closed in both directions to traffic, firefighters are trying to extinguish an ongoing fire that you can see there, we will bring you more on the updates as soon as we get them on the story. straight ahead, we are going to miami for a report on what to expect ahead of trump s arraignment on tuesday. plus, the twice impeached now twice indicted president, is telling his followers that the justice department is not just coming after him, it s coming after them to. i m going to talk to the person who literally wrote the book on authoritarian strongman about his dangerous line of attack, another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, i m ali velshi, in today s trump suspected to surrender himself to authorities in a miami courthouse where he will be arraigned on a 37 count indictment regarding his mishandling of government records and obstruction of justice. it will be the second time in about two months that the twice impeached former
catch me tomorrow and following my friend and colleague, i will be back next saturday as well at two pm eastern. and symone starts right now. greetings, everyone. you are watching symone. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill. senators are working through the weekend to try to come up with a framework for immigration and border security measures. senate democrats are hoping this will help republicans get on board, given very egan urgently needed aid to ukraine and israel. but even if the senators strike a, deal house republicans and progressive democrats are in no mood to compromise. i like this. what is ahead and what is at stake. plus, polls show a majority of americans think abortion should be illegal. but in post roe america, voters are trying to protect women s rights and by changing their state constitutions. we are talking to the speaker of the house in pennsylvania about their efforts to preserve abortion access. there is also a lot of buzz about the color purpl
and the most part, that no. it as well as just as four to georgia election workers. ruby freeman and shaye moss when $148 million in their long running legal battle with rudy giuliani. let s get started. good evening. special counsel jack smith is calling the disgraced ex presidents bluff. this week, the supreme court granted smith s request to fast-track consideration of donald trump s claim of absolute immunity from criminal charges extending from his alleged attempts at interference in the 2020 election. trump s lawyers have been given until wednesday, that s december 20th, to file a response in their own briefed on this issue. following that move, the court of appeal and the d.c. circuit also graphics must owe motion to expedite trump s appeal. it s important to understand. this request from smith to the supreme court s for unusual. not only to the special counsel just the justices to roll for an appeals court could act he also urge them to move with exceptional s
for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors