hu. if you know you know. thank you for jojoining me t to. i i ll see youou next satuturda 8:00 a.m. smerconish is up next. there s an election coming, but you ll never hear jack smith say so. the supreme court is about to have more influence on the outcome of a presidential election than at any time since is the 2000 decision in bush verv. gore. jack smith asked the court to bypass the appellate level and make a decision about whether donald trump is entitled to immunity. and separately, this week they agreed to hear a challenge to a law used to prosecute hundreds of january 6th defendants for obstructing or impeding an official proceedingsing, which could impact smith s prosecution against trump on those charges. here s what s interesting to me. nowhere in the government s petition is there any specific reference to the 2024 presidential election, but that s clear ly what is driving smith s request. in making his case, here s what he told the court. quote, this case prese
back when trump was being inaugurated. i can t say it any more clearly what it means to for for washington, d.c. to be a sanctuary city and to ensure that people who live here feel free to call on their government for help and call on the government for help. she did red state governors like abbott and texas and deucy in arizona have been sending illegals to our nation s capital by bus for the last few months. some even arrived as recently as this morning. this is a very small little tiny portion we re talking about four thousand people out of millions who have crossed our border and now the border is seeing that border states have been dealing with since biden and harris came in office. it s not in my backyard. the department of defense, of course, is jumping all over this saying, quote, the secretary takes this request for assistance very seriously. the question now becomes if it s so easy for bouser, then call in the national guard to get legitimate immediate response f
Of that team. We will keep you updated on that story thank you so much for joining us. Cnn primetime with abby phillip joins us right now. Thank you so, much kaitlan. Have a good night. And good evening, everyone. I am abby phillip. Donald trumps path to the republican nomination is not only getting more dominant. It is becoming more bulletproof. And as the indictments against him grow so it is his stranglehold on the field. And new cnn numbers show one of the reasons why. Voters just arent worried. A. Majority of Republican Voters and conservativeleaning independents say that they are not concerned that the charges against him will hinder his ability to win the General Election. Nor would the case hurt his ability to serve for another full term. Now, at least one of his rivals, nikki haley, suggests not putting too much stalk into what are these polls say. The American People are not going to vote for a convicted criminal. The American People are going to vote for someone who can win
I think the option that you said is right now. It is so early in the process. I mean ive been through my share of elections for over the years. At this point i could just give you one quick anecdote that tells the whole story. I want to the debate there in milwaukee. And the next morning i got in the cabin asked the cabdriver, now tell me who do you think when the debate. He sort of paused and said, you know i think it was that indian guy. E the couple of, women i think the womany of course theres only one woman. It was nikki haley i did like that black eye and that is about as detailed as he could get. At this point in the campaign we are really seeing where biden and trump will stand way out front but weve got a Long Way To Go and i think its telling the Caucus Process and i won how that can upset the apple cart. And the degree to which you know governor christie has said that im going to make it my job to see that trump doesnt get elected. Weve got some potholes in the road for this
Military are operating without Senate Confirmed leaders. Or Chief Of Staff. 300 top nominees are also on hold. Because of this one lawmaker. Alabama senator, Tommy Tuberville. His objection to the new policy that will reimburse Service Members or their families for travel. If they have to go to another state to get an abortion. After six months of frustrating paralysis. The secretaries of the army and the navy and air force wrote this opinion piece. Officers in the millions of service they lead are the foundation of americas enduring military advantage. Yet, this foundation is being actively eroded by the actions of a single u. S. Senator, Tommy Tuberville. Joining us now is the secretary of the air force. Air force secretary frank kendall, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth , and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro for this joint interview. Let me start with you. Air force secretary frank kendall,. How is america less safe and less prepared than it was just six months ago . First of all, we