Delay. These big moments involving the courts in the role of law, there is no one i like talking to more than congressman jamie raskin. Lucky for us, hes here in studio and hes coming up first. Plus well ask the law firm of weissmann and katya how all this might impact the classified Documents Case down in florida. Also today, dueling visits at the southern border, as a former president fires up the four machine. Im gonna ask what democrats should be doing about. It and later, Mitch Mcconnell announces hell leave his leadership post later this year. Well take a deep dive into his legacy and the Frankenstein Monster he helped create. In the years since Donald Trumps Third Supreme Court nominee was confirmed, just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there, will they help him, and if so when will they help him. Well this week the Supreme Court announced they were taking up trumps absurd claim of president ial immunity, and in turn they granted him
Effective, and it is not safe. Thank you very much. That is all in on the thursday night. Alex wagner tonight starts right now. Good evening, alex. Thanks to athome for joining me this hour. This evening, weve got some fairly shocking news. President trump is asking the court to schedule one of his federal criminal trials before the november election, specifically, trump is requesting that maralago classify its documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive
From all sides. For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, Senior Research fellow on china, at the think tank chatham house. Can you put that 5 target into context for us . For more on this joining me now is dr yujie, is it achievable . Thank you for having me. As many reporters described, the term ambitious because it is a very similar target to china put forward last year but only last year china started youre coming from a very low base of 5 seemed easier but this year 5 is a hard reaching target for beijing. This year 596 is a hard reaching target for beijing. Target for beiing. Weve been talkin target for beijing. Weve been talking already target for beijing. Weve been talking already or target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i target for beijing. Weve been talking already or i mentioned, we saw those clips from the premier. We listed some of the big issues for china, property crisis, youth unemployment. What, ifany, Concrete Steps were announced to address those . Wel
And mississippi the former chair of the historic january Six Committee about the second indictment of donald trump. A second or a velshi begins right now. Good morning, and Sunday August the 6th, im ali velshi. Donald trumps legal team has until five pm tomorrow to respond to the governments request for a protective order before it agrees to turn over evidence in the Election Interference Case. The ruling came after a series of motions filed on saturday afternoon and quick succession. Trumps team asked to push the deadline back by three days and to hold a hearing on the matter, which is a sign of how the former president s attorneys are going to try to slow things down, much like the president s past attorneys have done in various other legal matters. Special counsels legal team quickly argued against it, calling that motion unnecessary. Ultimately, judge tanya, the judge appointed to oversee the Election Interference Case denied the trump teams motion for a delay. Her order came less
She had not appointed that January 6th Committee. So true. This begins with that very difficult and somewhat controversial decision to move forward without the candidates that Kevin Mccarthy wanted on that committee, and the work that they did laid the foundation of where we are today. Im really eager to hear how she did it and how she made it work so well. Gonna be a great show. Thanks, alex. Well, yesterday, as i began reading the newest indictment of donald trump, i wondered if this indictment would exist without nancy pelosi. The roadmap for the conspiracies described in this indictment was provided to the Justice Department by nancy pelosi through the work of the January 6th Committee that she created. On the darkest day in the history of american president ial transitions of power, january 6th, 2021, america was lucky. That nancy pelosi was Speaker Of The House. As trumps attackers of the capitol were trying to find her, she was rushed from the building, along with other democrat