the election. and this is been an absolutely huge newsday. in nevada, votes are being counted in the states primaries. in washington, speaker mike johnson led an embarrassing supply of setbacks will not one, but two failed votes. and in michigan, we got a groundbreaking verdict tied to mass shootings in this country. but first, the biggest story of them all. a panel of federal judges, excuse me, a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled donald trump is not immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 election. my colleague laura jarrett has all the details. reporter: former president donald trump today dubbed citizen trump by a three judge panel in washington, ruling mr. trump is not immune from prosecution. the court saying we cannot accept that the office of the presidency places its former occupants above the law for all- time thereafter. the trump campaign saying he will appeal the decision. trump himself by morning the ruling, saying a president of the
well, it is shaping up to be a really big week for the country, because this week, the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments on whether the 14th amendment disqualifies a donald trump from the ballot. and today, just a few hours ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even m
response after the deadly drone attack in jordan a week ago today. the president will not tolerate attacks on american troops. and neither will i. the attacks on iran back positions in iraq and syria escalating the nation s involvement in the middle east. starting shortly after president biden attended the dignified transfer of the three u.s. soldiers killed on a base in jordan. this hour we are joined by white house national security spokesman jon kirby and south: republican senator lindsey graham who says the strike so far do not go far enough. then, new pressure and senate negotiators to close a deal refresh aid to israel and ukraine while stemming the flow of migrants illegally crossing the u.s./mexico border calls grow to deport this accused of attacking police officers in times square. they were let loose on no bail. our freedom of justice system is upside down. it fails every day by exchanging the tune of the blue states top leader. our sunday panel addresses t
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today that u.s. military began a long expected military campaign zaria and iraq against iranian proxy forces and the islamic revolutionary guard corps, sometimes known as the force. the retaliation for that drone attack over the weekend went three american army reservist 48 and a dozen more injured in the airbase in jordan. the strikes that killed americans for himself as part of a series of extended between various militant groups backed by iran and u.s. forces that followed the october 7th hamas attack in israel and israel s subsequent counter offensive in gaza. right now you are seeing footage of one of today s strikes on your screen where and iraqi security official, you seek it hit, they re a weapons warehouse in western iraq belong to a group known as kata ib hezbollah. according to u.s. central command, military forces struck more than 85 targets which numerous aircrafts which numerous aircraft include long- range bomber
we will watch the court, maggie vespa, thank you very much. that s going to do it for me. deadline white house starts right now. hello, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. just a few hours ago, attorneys for donald trump filed a brief defending their can client s place on the ballot in that critical 14th amendment case that s before the supreme court over whether his role in the january 6th insurrection bars him from running for office. oral arguments before the justices are on thursday. we are also hearing from special counsel jack smith, his prosecutors are mounting a defense of the classified documents probe in a filing to judge aileen cannon. we re going to have more on that in a little while as well. we begin with developments in the middle east where the threat of further air strikes looming across the region and a furry of diplomacy with one goal, preventing the war in gaza from widening even further. president biden and his