Seeing trumps very own words and rhetoric in a court filing as it gets. Attorneys for the expresident accuse the Special Counsel of asking the court to, quote, take the extraordinary step of stripping President Trump of his First Amendment freedoms during the most important month of his campaign against President Biden. They say, quote, now keenly aware that it is losing that race for 2024, the prosecution seeks to unconstitutionally silence President Trumps but not President Bidens political speech. On pain of contempt. End quote. Now, if all this sounds familiar, its because trumps attorneys have been making this argument for months now. As the New York Times notes, almost from the moment mr. Trump was indicted, his legal team has raised a First Amendment defense. Its also a defense that jack smith anticipated. His indictment of donald trump on the Election Interference Case says on the second page, the defendant had a right, like every american, to speak publicly about the eleioand
But 51 currently in martinsburg and hagerstown. A big spread. Clouds have been thicker during the overnight. What to wear . Maybe a medium coat and sweater for later on. Dont forget your sunglasses. Temperatures, upper 30s to 40. Recess for the kids, 58 at noon and still in the mid50s as late as 5 00. The high today at National Airport should reach 60 degrees. Yes, indeed. Rainy and cloudy and Colder Weather eventually. The fiveday forecast coming up. Chuck, thank you. Were staying on top of this breaking news this morning. Federal safety investigators now say the train that derailed in Washington State was going more than twice the speed limit allowed around that curve. Ntsb said it was traveling 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 mile per hour zone. The train was making its way from seattle to portland along a new highspeed than 70 others were taken to the hospital. Including ten with serious injuries. Ntsb investigators are expected back on the scene today to figure out what went wrong. Were
A major milestone. Meryl streep responding after rose mcgowan slams her over the Harvey Weinstein scandal. What the actress is saying about mcgowans claims she knew about weinsteins behavior and did nothing. Those stories, plus, was a rat responsible for the massive blackout at the Atlanta Airport . Jesus was here. Rare access to some of jerusalems holiest sites, as the world gets ready to celebrate his birth. And you know the grinch is stealing christmas. The little boy who called 911 because he thought the grinch was stealing his christmas. A story that will make your heart grow three sizes today, tuesday, december 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Thats a pretty shot. A tuesday morning. Getting close to christmas. Boy, what a scene outside seattle, that train that could have been even worse. Its hard to believe that is the first time it had been on the tracks there and that happened on day one. Our top st
A major milestone. Meryl streep responding after rose mcgowan slams her over the Harvey Weinstein scandal. What the actress is saying about mcgowans claims she knew about weinsteins behavior and did nothing. Those stories, plus, was a rat responsible for the massive blackout at the Atlanta Airport . Jesus was here. Rare access to some of jerusalems holiest sites, as the world gets ready to celebrate his birth. And you know the grinch is stealing christmas. The little boy who called 911 because he thought the grinch was stealing his christmas. A story that will make your heart grow three sizes today, tuesday, december 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Thats a pretty shot. A tuesday morning. Getting close to christmas. Boy, what a scene outside seattle, that train that derailed. Its just horrific. Could have been even worse. Its hard to believe that is the first time it had been on the tracks there and that ha
He will be here momentarily. The newly elected democratic member of the senate. From the state of new york. He comes with the confidence of his colleagues and the enthusiastic support of his constituents. You will tell them i said that, right . When he gets here. So tomorrow, 40 days into the new administration. President trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. As we are reminded anytime the president or anyone from his administration speaks to the American People dealing with this administration demands that we stand up for the facts. And the facts are these on january 20, 2009, in the middle of the worst economic catastrophe since the great depression, president obama in his inaugural address called for swift, bold, action now to create jobs and lay a foundation for economic growth. One week and one day later, the Democratic House passed the american recovery and reinvestment act. One week after that, the Senate Passed the bill and on february 17, preside