Alex. We begin with Breaking News, just minutes ago, the judge in the Election Interference case now ordering Donald Trumps team to respond to the governments motion for a Protective Order again in the election case. Stating their position on the matter by five pm on monday. Requests for Protective Order came after the former president posted on truth social, quote, if you go after me im coming after you. Joining us, now glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor and now msnbc legal analyst. He was in the d. C. Courthouse thursday for trumps first appearance. , glen what is the significance of this Breaking News . Aaron, im surprised that when the judge received jack smiths motion for Protective Order, and jack smith quoted donald trump, you know, when donald trump posted what can only be described as a threat, im not surprised the judge has ordered them to now respond at light speed, as you said, i was in court on thursday i saw the judge admonished donald trump as follows. Mr. Trump,
moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the oversig
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
Back from the brink. Democrats bail out House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy from the radical republicans who were intent on shutting down the government. I want to know if this 45day deal to keep the federal government funded is just a temporary mandate for a non fixable wound. Representative becca balint is standing by with her thoughts. Plus, must ctv. Well get to watch one of the for criminal trials of the most indicted former u. S. President in history play out on tv and the internet. But before trump is ready for his closeup, he could be on the Witness Stand in the new York Attorney generals 250 milliondollar fraud trial starting tomorrow. Msnbc legal analyst Glenn Kirschner is also standing by to break down all of the developments like only he can. And later, from jail to yale. How a Higher Education partnership is revolutionizing rehabilitation behind bars. All of that and more is coming up. A good Sunday Morning to you all, im katie phang. We start todays show with a down to the wire
shows, i think, extremely poor judgment. we talked about this before. when you are in a legal hole in particular like hunter biden is in. the first thing you do is stop digging. i thought that it was a bad idea for him to do the presser out in the parking lot of the capitol building. lawyers, trained lawyers like hunter biden and presume will bely joe biden and mr. lowe you have a fifth amendment right to keep your mouth shut and that s what you need to do. words are what get people in trouble. he is out there in the parking lot giving the middle finger to the congress on the day he was subpoenaed and today fast forward he comes back and does it live and in person where they can see him in their own room. in the house side. so he is literally digging his hole deeper and deeper and deeper. he is going to be sanctioned for contempt. there is no question about that.