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
rockefeller center. and we are talking the 2024 elections tonight, because they just became a whole lot more complicated for the democrats. earlier today, west virginia democratic senator joe manchin announced he would not run for reelection, a decision he called one of the toughest of his life. but this is not goodbye and good luck, manchin says. he s leaving the door open for some sort of future on the political stage. what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest and created a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. every incentive in washington is designed to make our politics extreme. a growing divide between democrats and republicans is paralyzing congress, and worsening our nations problems. the majority of americans are just plain worn out. we need to take back america and not let this divisive hatred further pull us apart. so what is he doing? those comments are raising all sorts of questions a
senate democrats and what comes next. plus, the state of the race after tuesday s elections and last night s gop debate. then, ivanka trump on the stand and the attempts from trump s legal team to end the new york civil fraud trial. and president biden in illinois, celebrating tentative contracts for the auto workers. uaw president shawn fain joins me with his reaction as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from 30 rockefeller center. and we are talking the 2024 elections tonight, because they just became a whole lot more complicated for the democrats. earlier today, west virginia democratic senator joe manchin announced he would not run for reelection, a decision he called one of the toughest of his life. but this is not goodbye and good luck, manchin says. he s leaving the door open for some sort of future on the political stage. what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if ther
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specifically you go after the banks here, where there is still a lot of russian money being housed. i think what s happened is the allies have kind of shamed the president into this action today. we would be standing alone obviously if we didn t do something it allows the president cover. he can say look, i m tough on russia. what putin is laughing at trump tonight because he knows he has license to do whatever he wants. did the administration send a strong enough signal? not yet. if you want to send a strong signal, i think at some point have you got to look at some money sanctions. you have got to get at putin and the individuals around him. sean: you mean like president trump pursuing energy independence? that the heart of the russian economy? guess what? that will hurt vladimir putin and any economic chances that he has. i told you journalism is dead and buried in this country. not surprising to hear the media bending over backwards