wagner. a maga freak show, that s a one person familiar with donald trump s january 6th trial preparations described the former president strategy, according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting today, rolling stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense.quote, here s a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump s lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020, in swing states. and heavily democratic urban areas, as hed has long baselessly claimed, and quote. if trump s team as we ve been discussed calling witnesses
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
tested twice at home, and so you can test and test until you figure it out. glad you are healthy, my friend. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. good morning, and happy new year. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am andrea mitchell in for joée diaz-balart today. overnight a national coast guard plane collides with a passenger jet. in the middle east, israel s cabinet meeting hours from now to discuss its plans for gaza after the war, which are dramatically different than the biden white house s demand for a two-state solution. back here at home, we re watching the supreme court which could soon take up two major challenges, a challenge to colorado s decision to disqualify former president trump from its primary ballot, as well as maine s. texas sends hundreds of more migrants to big cities, as the number of border crossings last month shattered previous records. where the border negotiations stand on capitol hill. good day. we begin with th
Went up in flames. Caller theres a fire. His wife was inside. None of it made sense to me. In the ashes, secrets. I dont care what you think you are seeing, you are dealingi with a murder. The gun, how did it end up completely underneath her body . In the front drivers seat appeared to be a note. She had rekindled a relationship with one of the executives. Did someone has something to hide . Did you kill her . No. It was like a script, he had answers for everything. He would realize this is it. You are going to hell for what youve done in this case. It was dark, past 3 00 a. M. , a hint of Crescent Moon struggled to penetrate the night here in middle america. Everyone asleep except on a quiet residential street, a woman unable to sleep watched a crime show on tv. Was the Popping Noise from somewhere in the neighborhood, or was it her tv show, or just a remnant of a windy day around her windowsill . April 30th, 2011, tornado season. And there was a storm that night. A whirlwind sweeping
Tobys safety. We found out that she had taken a large sum of cash and two firearms were missing from the house. You think, could she be involved in Something Like this . She had children, a husband, it seemed like it was a white picket fence type life. There is absolutely no way toby could be involved in this. You see this truck. My gut feeling was telling me it was them. This is our guy. This sounds like one of those fast and furious car chases. I was terrified that they were going to get killed. So many twists and turns. Nerveracking it shocking. It is unbelievable. Hello, and welcome to dateline. When convicted killer, john maynard escaped from prison, authorities feels he would go to any lengths to evade capture, then a horrifying discovery. Prison volunteer, toby young was missing, wife and mother now, the mercy of this desperate man, but was toby in danger . Or was she in on the plan. Here is Andrea Canning with breakout. It is a cold, february night along this isolated stretch o