forces in america. from the voting rights crackdowns and assorted government plots, to the big lie attacks on election results that can stoke actual insurrections. we know the u.s. has faced many different types of crises before, but this era has been a perfect storm of right wing demagogues, weaponized propaganda from the internet to the fox news defamation we covered, and this is key, the perfect storm includes a high powered, elite driven effort to main streak attacks on democracy and try to write them into our rules. and that part of the effort is not, let s be clear, criminal activity like january 6th. it s not something people are going to go to jail for. it is what at least lawyers and others call arguably legal attacks that are still designed to hijack democracy from within. this is our top story tonight, because this brings us to efforts to bend or break current laws and rules, to try to foster more anti-democratic outcomes that would be technically legal if these pe
walk the trump case, kickstarts it in head. john berman in here for anderson. plans we 60, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and how one veteran prosecutor argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial for the man who appointed her. also another federal judge in another case against the president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, a cnn exclusive. we ll meet you queens drawn warriors as a 3d print machinery to send russian shells back where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some. judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseen the documents case, a surprise because during her first encounter with it shortly after the search of mar-a-lago, she issued a ruling so untethered in case law and so favorable to the former president, a federal peels plan will panel overturned her in a decision that read more like a
msnbc headquarters in new york city. receipts, proof of timeline, screenshots. trump unconstitutionally profited millions from the presidency, and democrats like congressman robert garcia bringing the receipts. we begin this hour in frigid iowa, where enlisted 48 hours, caucus goers will brave sub-zero temperatures on the martin luther king jr. day to decide who they think should top the presidential power ticket for 2024. joining me now from des moines iowa is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. vaughn, i will not ask the obvious about how cold it is, but you have to set the stage for us. talk about how the extreme weather in iowa could actually dictate the outcome of monday. okay, my friend, we are standing in here in this isn t just nothing here. i know that you are in new york today, where it s actually a balmy 60 degrees, but your family down miami right now, he did next is 89. i was looking this up in miami. here at the windchill is negative 20. we re talking ab
hoberg, the tenth for bowin which ties him for the most spacewalks by an american astronaut. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. a judge some feared might slow-walk the trump case kick starts it instead. john berman here in for anderson. tonight on 360, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and why one veteran prosecutor now argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial toward the man who appointed her. also tonight, another federal judge in another case against the former president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, the cnn exclusive. you will meet ukraine s drone warriors as a 3-d print machinery to send russian shells where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some, judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseeing the documents case. a surprise because during her first encounter w
present its case and we don t know also whether the former president might choose to testify in his own defense. i want to start by bringing in cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid who has been all over this story for many, many week, and paula, the indictment is out now. i wonder, what to you as someone following this and every single move and detail, what stands out to you as the most damning information we ve gotten? it s such a strong reminder of how little we know compared to investigators. one of the things that struck me and i think will resonate with the american people are the photographs that the indictment uses to tell the story of how some of the nation s most sensitive secrets were strewn about mar-a-lago. prosecutors in this indictment say that these secrets were in a bathroom, in a ballroom. there you see the photo of them being in a bathroom boxes stacked up there, in the ballroom. these are cardboard, pretty flimsy in a ballroom actively being