There is not one rule for friends and another for foes. One rule for the powerful and another for the powerless. One rule for the rich and another for the poor. One rule for democrats and another for republicans. Or different rules depending on Ones Race or ethnicity. To the contrary, we have only one rule. We follow the facts and apply the law in a way that respects the constitution and protect civil liberties. John Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier today sounding off on what he says are attacks on the justice department, valuing It Will not be used as a political weapon. So begins a thursday afternoon. Im John Roberts in washington. Hello, sandra. Sandra we will see where the next two hours to excess, john. Good to be with you. Im Sandra Smith in New York and this is speed 27. Garland calling attacks on the Department Dangerous and outrageous, but his address comes as allegations continue to pile up that the doj is being used to target conservatives, like former president Dona
Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in former president Donald Trumps legal troubles. Just in last hour, the new York Court of appeals rejected trumps efforts to overturn the Gag Order in his hushmoney criminal case. Joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben. Good morning. What more do we know about the Courts Decision . Reporter you know, sometimes when a court acts we see an entire opinion. Other times when they reject an application we can see as little ads one word, the word rejected or denied. This is more in that latter category. All we know that the court has said is that former President Trumps application for them to hear an appeal on the Gag Order before his sentencing was rejected because in the courts view there was no substantial constitutional question directly involved. And i want to pause there on the word directly. That may be the Court Signaling that they understand that, for example, the entire case does present a v
The two candidates have both attended ceremonies to remember the victims of the september 11 attacks on america, exchanging a handshake for the second time, rather than the barbs they traded earlier. The trump campaign are playing down the likelihood of a further debate, and mr trump has attacked the abc channel, which hosted the debate, and its moderators, claiming they were biased. Let s get the latest from our north america editor sarah smith. At a september 11 memorial service, it was donald trump who orchestrated a cordial greeting this morning. Quite a contrast, though, kamala harris striding across the stage last night to demand a handshake from a reluctant mr trump. It was contentious and ill tempered with both candidates in attack mode. Stop tempered with both candidates in attack mode. in attack mode. Stop with the continuous in attack mode. Stop with the continuous learning in attack mode. Stop with the continuous learning about. In attack mode. Stop with the i continu
And he was asked this in the spin room afterwards. What did you think of the moderators fact checking you throughout? i think the moderators were very unfair. Trump supporters described it as three against one because he was fact checked more than kamala harris. But he said much more that was not true. In springfield, they are eating the cats, they are eating the dogs. They are eating the pets of the people that live there. It prompted one of the more unlikely fact checks. Abc news did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there city manager there. He told us there had city manager there. He told us there had been no credible reports there had been no credible reports of specific claims of its being reports of specific claims of its being harmed, orabuse within its being harmed, orabuse within the immigrant community. Well, i ve seen people on television. . . After sourcing that claim to people on television, trump also said this. Her vice presidential pick says abor
He was a very divisive and controversial figure. He was a very divisive and controversialfigure. What he was a very divisive and controversial figure. What has been the reaction to his death? as you might expect, mixed reactions. He was incredibly divisive and so many people praising his legacy, many people calling him the best president peru ever had. He was celebrated by his followers for defeating the left in the early 19905 defeating the left in the early 1990s and also putting the economy back on track after massive hyperinflation at the end of the 1980s that round to 7000%. Hit the tractors also make his detractors also making the point he was a very authoritarian leader and also convicted of human rights violations and sentenced to 25 years also by rampant corruption in 2009. And to death squad massacres for which the family members are still demanding justice and they say never received an apology from fujimori or any reparations that he was obliged to pay as part of his senten