should donald trump be treated like the rest of us or does his position as idol of the maga movement preclude him from something so silly as the law? you can guess the answer his lawyers are hoping for today, requesting a hearing in front of the full united states court of appeals in washington, d.c. specifically they are asking the court to narrow or throw out the gag order imposed on trump in the criminal case having to do with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and they would like a hold on the order while an appeal is considered. you will remember trial judge tanya chutkan first imposed the restriction on trump in october, holding him to the same standards as any other criminal defendant, that he shouldn t publicly attack witnesses, specific prosecutors or court staff members. two weeks ago a three-judge panel upheld that basic idea, although it narrowed the order s scope allowing trump a bit more latitude, particularly to talk about the special pro
hill. jon, good evening. the president speaker of the house are expected to talk by phone within the hour. but there is no deal yet. there is no legislative text. members remain in a holding pattern. our job is to make sure the members are well aware there is no agreement. we ve got something we have already passed. we are constantly in touch with our members letting them know. what is being reported mike if there is an agreement will let you know immediately if it. kevin mccarthy promises the house will not vote until everyone has seen the terms of the deal for 72 hours but the house may not vote until midweek. gop members of medics to receive medic democrats oppose that demand. is trying to extort in hold the entire economy hostage in order to make these cuts. the things they re actually proposing do not reduce spending at all. but they are asking for is to introduce something known as work requirements for food and other kinds of social programs. gop members co
president biden, he loves to tell us to watch him. and the only thing i can say is watch me. watch me. that s all i can say. i think people have to just watch me. watch me. watch me. honest to god, that s all i think. watch me. just watch me. just watch me. i have been saying this from the very beginning. watch me. mr. president, watch me. watch me. just watch me. just watch. it is a little creepy, right? i think so. well, we have watched you, president biden, and what we have seen is chaos, chaos on america s crime-ridden streets, chaos as regional banks collapse and chaos at the southern border with record-setting illegal immigration numbers. have no fear. the new york times reports say the border is, quote, busy, but not chaotic. msnbc went with crowded, but not chaotic. do these images look busy to you? safe, orderly and humane? like the blm riots that you remember were fiery, but mostly peaceful, according to the liberal media. and then there is b
hearings on capitol hill where lawmakers are probing whether or not the fbi and doj have politicized justice to attack american civil liberties. this is falling under that brand-new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, ohio republican jim jordan. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. i m sandra smith in new york. john: sandra, good to be with you. as we watch our colleague, jonathan turley on the stand. two of the witnesses are senators leading investigations into the biden family business dealings. david spunt has been watching the opening statements. he is live ste justice department now. david, what are you seeing? senator ron johnson has paid close attention not only to the department of justice but the fbi. he noted in his testimony, john and sandra, he wrote more than 50 letters to the fbi and doj and said few of them were answered adequately, many were not even responded to. this is a hearing as you mentioned for a new subco
hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als