Heads for boundaries of a Protective Order issued friday by the Federal Judge presiding over the julk by attacking the Special Counsel and judge over the weekend. But it was Star Treatment for the former president at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. Upstaging ron desantis and the rest of the field. Plus, Hunter Bidens attorneys main prosecutor and the plea deal. They say a trial for him could still be avoided as controversy grows over why the Attorney General grows. And the overwhelming tragedy in maui has victims furious with the rescue and recovery as the death toll nears 100 in the deadliest wildfire in a century. Where were you guys . No. Where were you guys to try and get us out, evacuate us . No. Were mad. Were mad. We lost homes, towns. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington Where Former President Trump is already testing u. S. District judge Protective Order against him, lashing out on sunday in a string of social media post, slamming jack smith as a Quote Low Li
tomorrow. donald trump in his social media post explicitly said quote, he shouldn t testify. of course, in georgia criminal statute, there s a law in which witness influencing could be found to be a criminal act on the part of trump. this is active and ongoing here. to that point, paul, he s a candidate for president. he s making free speech arguments in the federal case in d.c. his lawyers are. as a defense. so you know, how difficult would it be for this judge, the federal judge who isn t a no nonsense judge by all reports, to crack down? i assume to call the lawyers in. would there be a warning? how will she be able to control his behavior online? andrea, she s already issued an order that says, i think it s smart. if we continue to hear what she considers to be conversations, dialogue from the president or
instead. but culture war crusades can lead to awkward places. you milght remember in march, youngkin was trying to resist the alleged banning of dr. seuss books. but free speech arguments only go so far. so one week from election day, the youngkin campaign released an ad where a mother called for banning a book that she found offensive. when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. so few things about that. the book in question was beloved by toni morrison, winner of the nobel prize in literature. it is a novel about escape from slavery and yes, it contains some rough scenes, totally consistent with the horrific subject matter. but the book wasn t named in the ad. neither was the fact that it was assigned to her son almost a
needs to be viewed in a broader context. if they are saying we need to show politics and everything else, we know they have done so with authoritarian regimes like pakistan and turkey who have asked them to take down information. they have some of these tools. they have quoted themselves in free speech arguments, mark zuckerberg said facebook began to protest the iraq war. i was not there, i don t think that s true. it s a justification not just about the political ads but every ad that s on there. this is sort of a proxy war about facebook s power. it s deeply concentrated power because a lot of the misinformation is not in the paid ads, it s in the organic posts. it s the same with twitter, we talk about it all the time, it s on president trump s twitter feed all the time. what are they to do about the
jake phillips own s masterpiece cake shop and he refused to make a cake for a same sex couple. he argues it goes against his religious beliefs. he comes to the court with free speech arguments. he says his cakes are his artistic expression and cannot be compelled to convey a message an that goes against his religious beliefs. lower courts ruled in favor of the people and cited anti-discrimination laws. the couple says this has nothing to do with cakes or free speech, it s discrimination plain and simple. and in oral arguments, eyes were on justice kennedy and he seemed torn. he was worried about an affront to the gay community but he also wondered whether the state had been hostile to religious. kennedy s vote in this case could be key. thank you so much. all right, joining me to dig a little deeper on this case now, avery freed man, a civil rights