we re honored to have you take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow this was the line to ge into the delaware courthouse with fox news was set to go on trial this morning the company was accused of defamation by the dominion voting systems corporation even the sheer number of lawyers showing up for thi trial today was impressive both the top side in the dominion, side looks like they had enough lawyers to form a soccer team in suits behind the courtroom a s mysterious walkway thing presumably for allowing jurors and high-profile witnesses t enter and exit the courtroom without being spotted, because there were going to be a lot o high-profile witnesses, an inside the court the lawyers and spectators were reportedly packed in like sardines. demean s legal team submitte more than 7000 exhibits, including vid
this sunday, we begin with the january 6th committee come preparing for its next public hearing on tuesday, after meeting with a key witness in the investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the committee, behind closed doors for nearly eight hours, and a videotape and transcribed interview on friday. last night, the committee revealed some bombshell details. if you treat a statement saying cipollone provided critical testimony, quote, reinforcing key points regarding donald trump s misconduct. the panel also says he cooperated key elements in testimony for former white house aide, cassidy hutchison. we could learn more in to state hearings will focus on possible piloting white nationalist groups and trump associates. stewart rhodes, the founder of the alt-right group, the oath keepers say he s willing to testify before the panel, as long as it is live, in a public setting and his lawyers are present. and donald trump s troubles extende
election are just a reminder you re part of the reason why those delay tactics are if he is pride or if that trials is supposed to happen after he is elected and force all of these are only wins of donald trump becomes the president. it would be hard to put a sitting president on trial in georgia. we also know that federally he could essentially get rid of those cases. so that s why they had those put those tactics in place in the first place. alyssa adaptations with us as well, former federal prosecutor, at least you think fani willis will ultimately get disqualified from this case? yeah. look, i don t think she will. i think it s important to note that the court of appeals is going to be bound by the trial level record. and remember, judge mcafee did a very good job allowing the defense to develop a very strong record and ultimately, the defense failed to meet their burden to demonstrate that da willis was either had to conflict of interest or had benefited from the appointment o
school in 2013. if you re doing the math, victor, he s 34 years old. much younger than me. i don t know about you. and me, yes. okay. makes me feel kind of old. he was a federal prosecutor. he was a state prosecutor under the da, fani willis, for a short amount of time. he was made a judge earlier this year in 2023 by the republican governor, governor kemp. he knows what he s doing. but manage being in your first year on the bench, you get your cases randomly wheeled out. this was randomly assigned and this one lands in your lap. it is a huge one. he will get a lot of attention. elie honig, thank you so much. this morning we know who will be facing off in the first republican presidential debate in milwaukee tomorrow night. eight candidates will take the stage, not the clear front-runner, president trump. he has opted out. he s taped an interview instead with tucker carlson that will air during the debate. jeff zeleny live in milwaukee with more. so, hopefully they prepared,