i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
perino. it s 5:00 in negotiating city new york city. president biden promises a response is coming to the deadliest attack of our troops in years. we lost three brave soldiers and we shall respond. the president and i will not tolerate attack on u.s. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. troops. we will respond to any aggression and hold responsible to the people who attacked our troops. we will do so at a time and a place of our choosing. so far it s all talk no action right now the administration is dealing with its failure to deter iran backed terror troops who launched a drone strike that killed three american soldiers. the pentagon releasing the photos and the names of the three soldiers stationed as a base called tower 22 between jordan and syria. sources confirm the drone had got past air defense at the base because it was mistaken for a u.s. drone expected to return at the same time. the pentagon and white house not confirming th
joe concham li could welcome to the big weekend show. big story.g we articles of impeachment revealed against homeland t security secretary alejandroachm mayorkas.ag border is closed.rkas the border is secure. it my familiar that the border is secure. you think it s a crisis now. it is a challenge. that insistence is one reason the house argues that mayorkas is putting the country at risk.orka lucas is here to break down c the tworo articles. republican member of homeland rep security committee spoke abouyt the impeachment articles and the testimony from the dhs chief. they are simple, article one said there is a willfulon refusal to follow the law, that is immigration and nationality act. and article ii says there ain breach of public trust, what you heard.ys t those two are simple butu they factual i outline the refusal of secretaryutli mayorkas to keep our country safe. alejandro mayorkas knowingly made false statements to congress that the border is secu
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