Landmark immunity ruling, but will the courts allow the updated charges to stand . Plus a busy day on the trail. Vice president harris and governor walz head to georgia for a Campaign Bus Tour ahead of their first joint interview. The stakes for that sitdown. And later israel launches the largest raids of the occupied west bank in at least 20 years. At least nine People Killed with the operation still ongoing. We are live in the region. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. We begin this morning with special counsel jack smith attempting to revive the federal Election Interference case against former President Trump, with a new Superseding Indictment. This new indictment includes the same charges as the original, but some of the details of the accusations have been tweaked after the Supreme Courts recent ruling granting president s broad immunity for official acts. Joining us now nbcs vaughn hillyard, also with us msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa
11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
Now, ahead. Vice president harris heads to the sun belt ready to fire up voters in Battleground Georgia as a state gop official says the race is tighter because of her. And israel sends tanks and troops into the west bank adding even more anger and instability in the region. Good to be with you. Im katy tur in for andrea mitchell. Jack smith has filed a new Superseding Indictment against donald trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. While he doesnt add new charges, jack smith recasts his case as a prosecution of a Candidate Running for office, trying to work around the Supreme Court decision that gives president s broad immunity for, quote, official acts while in office. Gone are the conversations donald trump had with the doj. Gone is the primary reference to him as the 45th president. Instead, hes mainly described as a candidate and changed is coconspirators like Rudy Giuliani are described, they are, quote, private attorneys. Will that be enough . We have analysis
Case. And hes quoting a conservative Supreme Court justice to make his point. Good morning. 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. And we start with that Breaking News overseas. Israeli forces say they have rescued a 52yearold hostage from a Southern Gaza location. He had been abducted by hamas on The 7th Of October Massacre and is in stable condition. Lets get to matt bradley in tel aviv with the very latest. What more do we know about this . This operation and who this hostage is and how hes doing . Hes 52 years old, as you mentioned. Hes a member of the bedouin arab minority here in israel. And hes been held since october 7th, well more than 300 days. And he was rescued by Special Forces from a tunnel in the Southern Gaza strip. Now, this is a man who has 11 children. He was a Security Guard at a kibbutz in southern israel. Hes from a bedouin Arab Community in southern israel. So this man now, hes in stable condition, according to the idf. He
Afterwards is, well, just what the Christmas Season is all about. Early today starts right now good morning im valerie castro. Glad youre starting your week with us im Frances Rivera the start of this week brings new hope the u. S. May soon see the approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but as the country anxiously waits, cases and deaths continue to climb as of today, there have been over 14. 8 million infections, and over 283,000 deaths, according to an nbc news tally. The pandemic isnt stopping pope francis from spreading an uplifting message this Holiday Season at his sunday blessing, the pontiff said the Christmas Season provides a sign of hope in this difficult time his words come as most of california enters a new virus lockdown nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Valerie, good morning millions of californians are waking up to some of the most restrictive measures weve seen since the beginning of the pandemic all while state officials do what they can to try to stop hospitals fro