hint of irony his love for the 10 commandments. susan and ashley join me to discuss the politics of all this, and more. running up the clock. the supreme court has just days to decide more than a dozen pivotal cases, including trump s claim of presidential immunity. we discussed if justice delayed will be justice denied. debate countdown. in the final beacon before the two candidates come face-to- face in atlanta i talked with the biden attorney who we just learned is helping the president prep for his debate with his disgraced predecessor. as a former white house counsel, bauer weighs in on presidential immunity. auntie maxine s nightmare. coming face-to-face in court with the man who targeted her with racist death threats. i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. it s a busy day for donald trump ahead of what will be a very consequential week for the criminally convicted former president. and the country. in less than an hour trump will take the stage i
was legally appointed as special counsel, you heard that right. trump s lawyers argued that the attorney general s ability to appoint smith was comparable to the power of a shadow government, she questioned whether that was a realistic assessment but as we came to expect, she also displayed distress of the prosecutors. also the new york times reports that federal judges in south florida advised cannon to not take this case when it was assigned to her last year. cannon of course, refused. and here we are, we have to former federal prosecutors here to break it all down. legal analyst kristi greenberg, she s a former deputy chief for the southern district of new york and senior writer for political magazine, ankush khardori, welcome back to both. kristi you described the meeting as a meeting that could ve been and email. have you ever been to a meeting and you re sitting there wondering why are we here. this could have easily been resolved with an order, the question is basi
how to prepare when your opponent plays fast and loose with the facts. top of the hour with a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with extreme weather, with more than 90 million americans under heat alerts as temperatures reach triple digits in some areas. at the columbus, ohio zoo, workers are working around the clock to keep those animals cool. our polar bears have a cool pool. they also have access to an air-conditioned building. are red pandas have boxes and they have air-conditioning in them, and we allow that has many choices and options as possible, so they can use the environment to alleviate themselves from the seat. meanwhile, people are flocking to the beach today from some relief from the sweltering temperatures. we have several reporters in place covering all these developers for us. we will begin with nbc s george sully s outside a hospital in philadelphia. i hope it is not too
what is acceptable from a political candidate in one of america s two political parties when it comes to inciting threats of violence. an urgent plea today from manhattan district attorney alvin bragg to keep in place the gag order against trump. prosecutors asking judge juan merchan to extend much of the gag order imposed on the ex-president in that hush money election interference case. bragg s team argues that merchan no longer needs to enforce the ban on statements about trial witnesses, but they do ask that the gag order remain in place when it comes to jurors, prosecutors, court staff, and their families. they note that trump s request to lift the gag order is filled with what we on this program might describe as nonsense. quote, the people note that defendant s motion once again includes a number of categorically false accusations. for example, the defendant claims that the d.a. is acting in concert with the defendant s electoral opponent and unspecified cast of associ
To win and why losing for him may be uniquely hard to bear. And his drive to win a state he cannot afford to lose, florida. Jim acosta reports. Where at least i know im free reporter donald trump stepped off his plane to big cheers. Americans are going to experience another massive double digit hike. They said 25 . Forget. Up take 25 percent. It is going to be 70, 80, 90 . You have to brush up on your negotiation ability, believe me. Squl the gop nominee is seizing on his latest report on obamacare that find whose buy their insurance through the Affordable Care act will see their insurance go up 22 on average next year. And i. And i can say all of my employees are having a tremendous problem with obamacare. You folks, this is another group. Is that a correct statement. If you look at what they are going through with their healthcare is horrible because of obamacare. The problem, trump and even the hotels General Manager later acknowledged they dont receive their healthcare through obam