it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
republican senator who represents a communities, when asked about the result of the set, quote, give me a break. they are not ready to make these decisions about the 16 and 17-year-olds. quote, they are not taxpayers. lamonica, talk about how completely myopic and short sighted this view is. i just heard them, nay and breonna, they re our future, and they are so unbelievably inspiring. how short side it is it for the republicans to think that there is no future in our young people? i mean, first, let me say that people are definitely entitled to their own opinion, i definitely disagree. young people, you heard from me from nate and breanna. they are amazing. nick testified. it s time for him to make decisions about himself, for his own future and education. the things that young people are faced with today, they are way more mature and dealing with things unbeknownst to our
did escambia. do you feel like now everyone will vote because they have the right to vote at the age of 16? kids my age, very honestly are excited because not only did they had a voice, they also had a vote to make decisions that impact us. me, personally, i am excited and organizing my peers and 7000 students were gonna vote to the issue that i deeply care about, which is equity and quality of education and education equity. nate, did you feel like there was a void there? did you feel like you are talking and sharing what was important to you and your classmates and to your fellow students, but that the adults, well, your adults, frankly, that there were people over the age of 18 that were not listening to? i believe when i presented it, it was at school, because, today, we have a class in history, and we did not like the topic. our teacher was happy that we were able to have a say in what
to you. there are kind of global issues. but you talked about racial equality, right? you talked about social justice. do you feel like those very important issues are kind of a comment that dominator, considered the fact that, as we have heard from ryan, got almost 90% of the kids or the young people that are not going to be able to vote, are actually have people of color? i would say, yes, i agree. inequality does play a role on this, because it gives everybody a chance to advocate for what they believe is right and wrong. to be able to sit here and talk to you inspires other teens of minority groups to come out about how they feel to. i just wanted to say, they have the phrase, right, the kids are all right. you guys are not kids, you are young adults that are making a difference, inspiring, nate