Election integrity and all of this is completely aboveboard because he was the president and that is what president s do. That is the argument he made today in a new filing filed in state court asking a judge to dismiss the Indictment Charging Trump with election interference. In the new filing, trumps lawyers quote they can argue to ensure the integrity and the election were outside of the scope of his duties. They even went on to say quote, the president s motivations are not for the prosecution or this court to decide. Fact check. Trumps motivations i exactly what this court should be looking into. The lawyers also claimed quote the president s actions are within the ambit of his office. Is absolutely immune from prosecution. They are essentially arguing that donald trump is above the law and if that sounds familiar to you, it should. It is what Richard Nixon asserted after watergate. That means it is not illegal, by definition, exactly. I have expert guests tonight to weigh in on t
In his car. There was so much rain a sea lion at the Central Park Zoo managed to escape her pool when it flooded. The zoo says that she roamed around for a bit but she was eventually returned safely to her exhibit tonight. Thank you for joining me on this friday night. Cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. This is americas debt. More than 33 trillion. And the first time that clock has reached that grim milestone. That is more than a quarter Million Dollars per taxpayer. Tax cuts, stimulus programs, defense spending, pandemic unemployment, all of them to blame. And any fair person would agree that that is unsustainable. So the republican mission to lower that number makes some sense. The problem is their method of drawing attention to it is about to shut the American Economy down. The government down. And negatively impact americans who dont have the time or frankly the money for the poison of todays politics. Good evening. Im abby phillip. And in just 24 hours the clock wil
S its a seinfeld shutdown. Im michael smerconish. When we have been here before, it was for understandable reasons. In the 90s it was about spend ing cuts. 2013 the issue was bipartisan disagreement over the Affordable Care act on president obamas watch. In 2018 the issue was president trumps desire to build a wall on the mexican border. But this time, the American Enterprise institute has started to recefer to the impasse as th seinfeld shutdown. It dates fwook georges pitch to tv executives. I think i can sum up the show for you with one word. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. What does that mean . The show is about nothing. Indeed like the series, it is a shutdown about nothing to which i would add nothing except polarization. Well get to the impact that it all has on the military in just a moment. Also on todays program, police say an online influencer live streamed the widespread looting in philadelphia this week and encouraged the targeting of specific stores. Ill discuss the thorny is
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Here are chides headlines. Flooding turns city streets and rivers with airports inundated, canceling hundreds of flights and Public Transit paralyzed. Rain and extreme flooding has left all of this water and brown sludge. Norah just a day and happy for a shutdown, and no deal insight. What a means for americans. Getting to an airport could be hard, getting a passport could be hard. Norah why a shutdown and staffing shortages could make americas Child Care Crisis worse. Trailblazer Dianne Feinstein, the longestserving female senator dies at age 90. A look back at her legacy. I found that being a woman isnt a disadvantage. Has expanded its trying to do new locations. An additional 7,000 workers are being instructed to walk off the job starting today. You cant raise your family on 70 an hour. Las vegas police have made an arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. A huge break in a case that has stumped investigators for almost 27 years. Norah big news from the pentagon. The navy will S