you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, more on the breaking news just in the last hour, an unexpected move from special counsel jack smith. he wants the supreme court to immediately take up whether donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. what it means for a criminal trial starting before the election. plus, israel s prime minister says it s the beginning of the end of hamas. the escalating push into southern gaza as aid groups warn of apocalyptic scenes on the ground. six killed, dozens injured as more scenes of destruction emerge. and alex jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed sandy hook was a hoax and made money off of it returns to x and gets a warm welcome from elon musk. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news on that fascinating legal move by special counsel jack smith. msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin is with me. i know you ve had time now to start going through
next. here she is. sandra: thank you, dana and bill. fox news alert here as we begin a new hour, pressure is mounting for the presidents at harvard and m.i.t. to resign after the university of pennsylvania s president stepped down. all three failing to outright condemn the anti-semitism raging on their elite campuses. welcome and this is the faulkner focus. i m sandra smith in for harris today. the congressional testimony last tuesday sparked massive and ongoing backlash. they said they would need context to tell if a call for genocide violates their school s codes of conduct. then on saturday u penn announced president liz mcgill s resignation. one editorial board says quote, one awful university precedent down. most of u.s. academia to go. another the ivy league mask falls. it argues this, the furor over anti-semitism on campus is a rare and welcome example of accountability at american universities. but it will not amount to much if the only result is the resignation o
asking the supreme court to immediately step in to decide whether former president trump has immunity from prosecution, relating to his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. sandra: remains to be seen whether the highest bench will choose to take the case, but the move appears to be an attempt by smith to keep the march trial back on track and block the former president from delaying the trial in the federal appeals court. john: let s go to david spunt, breaking details for us. david. david: sandra, you are right. jack smith, special counsel, does not want to see any delays in this case. he wants this trial to begin and finish before the election. right now he s asking the nine justices, remember, a body that tries to stay away from politics, he s asking them to essentially enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election making an emergency appeal to the high court asking the justices to rule that donald trump is not immune from prosecution. he petitio
clanging and scraping of metal and two minutes erving you work on your whole life completely gone. when we pulled up a lot of tears. we have three beautiful daughters and a wife that they just started sobbing. bill: six are dead, dozens more in the hospital. violent tornadoes touching down in middle tennessee. among the victims a mother who lost her life holding onto her 2-year-old child who also died. a 10-year-old boy swept away as well. at this hour, crews are working to restore power to thousands as that young man just said, everything in your life can change in two minutes time. we re live on the ground coming up this hour. dana: also breaking right now israel encircling khan younis. it could be the last major battle and most intense yet in the fight to exterminate hamas. bill: the harvard board of governors meeting behind closed doors as the fate of the president hangs in the balance. we ll find out today maybe i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino, this
you re looking live at protesters gathering for what they re calling surround the white house for gaza. of course, you know the president isn t home at the white house. that s not important to them. the organizers say this is the red line for support of israel and they want it drawn pretty much across the country. mike emanuel in the park across the street. organizers are sending a message loud and clear to president biden and his campaign and writing, there are hundreds of grass roots volunteers preparing for the massive people s red line demonstration beginning at noon at the white house. join us to stand against biden and netanyahu s stand in gaza. this is the rally since october 7th. back on january 30th, some people threw bloody dolls at the gates of the white house and protesting children getting caught in the crossfire in the middle east. some people we have spoken with bused in from ohio, michigan, illinois to vent their frustration. a combination of pro palestinian