with justice jackson s swearing in. and promises a new legal debate over states influence over elections. nearly one week since the reversal of roe v. wade, the president endorses and into the filibuster to codify abortion rights, as legal pressure mounts across the country, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good good evening, i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. there are new developments tonight, in the ongoing investigation for january 6th. the new york times reports that donald trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promise to cover legal fees for more than a dozen witnesses, raising questions about whether the former president may be trying to influence their testimony. the times points out, there is nothing illegal about a third party covering the legal fees for a witness. it says, the issue came under increased scrutiny following the testimony of former trump white house aide cassidy hutchinson, she recently fired a l
witness pressure in the january 6th investigation. plus, the supreme court closes out its term with more key decisions, and makes history with justice jackson s swearing in. and promises a new legal debate over states influence over elections. nearly one week since the reversal of roe v. wade, the president endorses and into the filibuster to codify abortion rights, as legal pressure mounts across the country, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. there are new developments tonight, in the ongoing investigation for january 6th. the new york times reports that donald trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promise to cover legal fees for more than a dozen witnesses, raising questions about whether the former president may be trying to influence their testimony. the times points out, there is nothing illegal about a third party covering the legal fees for a witness. it says, the is
began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus , which on thursday, limited the epa s ability of regulating emissions that cause climate change. as justice elena kagan s dissent, the court does not know how to address climate change, but the quarter points itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, as a decision-maker on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening. unquote. also can t think of anything more frightening than a rogue supreme court whose ruling has run roughshod over the role of congress, the executive branch, prior to court precedents. and, o
Right, youre jen psaki. You had that job. Im reminded many times that youre rachel maddow. Ive been reading your book. Its such an important reminder of history. It scared me a little. It should, maybe. How can this happen . It is so topical at this moment. Thank you for writing it in between Everything Else. You are very, very kind to say so. Much appreciated. And thanks at home for joining us this hour. Ive been happy to have you here. One note before we get started. I know things might look a little different than usual. Thats just because im doing the show from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. Im at what is essentially the mid point of this book tour for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveller. I am not great at this. But i just, before i start the show, i briefly wanted to say thank you to all the book stores and the venues weve been at and all the moderators who have been on stage with me. Thank you in particular to everybody who has come out to one
Thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. And we happy to have you here. I will say just one note before we get started tonight. I know things might look a little different than usual, that is just because i am doing the show tonight from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. I am at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that im doing for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveler [laughter] i am not great at this. Just before i start the show tonight, i just want to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that weve been at so far, and all the moderators who have been onstage with me. Thanks in particular to everyone who has come up to one of these events and has been, there is been thousands of people so far, which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there at so many events and so many different cities to meet people who value this show, who love msnbc. Ive heard a lot of love from my msnbc colleagues. So, its been fant