a quick update on a story we followed from the very beginning. the 2019 death of elijah mcclain after police forcibly restrained him, the paramedics gave him a lethal drozd dose of the drug ketamine. the two were convicted of criminally negligent homicide. a police officer was also convicted and subsequently fired. tonight, straight from the source, not so fast. special counsel jack smith denied as donald trump gets something he very much wanted from the supreme court. will his federal subversion trial be delayed? and, for how long. the private militias now taking upon themselves to control the border. as america pushes to bring hostages home from gaza, russia, iran and venezuela, i will talk to a woman who is pleading for her husband s safe return from afghanistan. this is the source. a win for president former trump, at least for now. the supreme court denying special counsel jack smith s request to put the issue of immunity on the fast track. a one sentence order
tonight, straight from the source, not so fast, special counsel jack smith denied as donald trump gets something he very much wanted from the supreme court. will his federal elections subversion trial be delayed? breaking point, at the border, an unprecedented surge in government overwhelmed and the private militias now taking it upon themselves to patrol the border. as america pushes to bring hostages home from gaza, russia, iran and venezuela, i will talk to a wife who is pleading for her husband s safe return from afghanistan. he s one of three americans being held by the taliban. kaitlan is off tonight. i m on a keeler and this is the source. a win for former president trump, at least for now, with the supreme court denying special counsel jack smith urgent request to put the issue of trump s claim of presidential immunity on the fast track. a one sentence order, denied, no explanation, no notation, of whether any justices dissented. and here s what this means, the ni
the start of trump s election subversion trial? yeah, well, that likely ain t happening. it could be much later than that now. just so we re clear on that, we ll talk more about that tonight. but the question remains why kick the can down the road? it s almost a sure fire bet that scotus will have to take this up again at some point and maybe even sooner than you think. an expedited review of the case is already under way in the d.c. circuit court of appeal, which will hear oral arguments on january 9th. that s pretty quick. however that court may rule, either side, guess what? you guessed it, is likely to appeal. why wait? don t the american people have the right to know the answer? does he have immunity or not to this right now? i mean given the zip lipped with the justices, it s hard to know which way they re leaning or how they re thinking about this very important issue. but could it have something to do with a big land mine right in the middle of this dance floor? you k
anything else. we re not going to sleep tonight, right? have a great show. thank you, nicolle. we are excited about the upcoming news. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. but the big news today is huge, and here it is the criminal trial of defendant donald trump continuing today. you are looking at new images, and i ll explain exactly what it is. you may recall that first court hearing set a lot of rules down. now you re looking at the first one since then, since trump was arraigned, which was a precedent busting moment for america. it was actually just seven weeks ago. at that hearing, the judge warning him about his conduct and scheduling another hearing, which brings us what you have here today. we ll show you what we have. we don t have a million shots. isolated on the left, defendant donald trump sitting right there. this was a hearing on evidence and rules for a protective order. trump had to legally appear in this hearing, which is another step towards his cri
ecision today by the nation s highest court that could have major impcations. the unprecedented and historic prosecution of donald trump. the justices announcing they will hearen appeal by a defendant. josepher fisher. he has been indicted on seven charges including obstruction of official proceeding, which is a charge brought by jack smith against dald trump. now fisher is to dismiss that count. central question before the supreme court according to the new york times quote, can the government charge defendant in those cases uederal law that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding. here s how the times lays out the move. theecision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of mr. trump s trial. now scheduled to take place in washington imarch. supreme court s ultimate ruling which may not arrive june will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against mr. trump and could severely limit efforts by the sp