Charles and the Queen Consort will host Faith Leaders at Buckingham Palace before the king and his siblings head to westminster to stand vigil by their mothers coffin this evening. Well bring you the latest from london, but first, lets turn to legal news in the United States. Right now were awaiting to see what doj is going to do next now that a federal judge has denied his request for access to classified documents to continue its investigation. Legal experts are scratching their heads at the decision. Also in the denial, judge cannon appointed a Special Master. Who he is and the deadline the judge set for him. Joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, also lisa ruben and carol lamb. Walk us through the decision from the judge here. Why did she say no to doj about being able to access those classified documents when they said it was a matter of National Security. This judge who was appointed by former President Trump really adopted the trump view
charles and the queen consort will host faith leaders at buckingham palace before the king and his siblings head to westminster to stand vigil by their mother s coffin this evening. we ll bring you the latest from london, but first, let s turn to legal news in the united states. right now we re awaiting to see what doj is going to do next now that a federal judge has denied his request for access to classified documents to continue its investigation. legal experts are scratching their heads at the decision. also in the denial, judge cannon appointed a special master. who he is and the deadline the judge set for him. joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, also lisa ruben and carol lamb. walk us through the decision from the judge here. why did she say no to doj about being able to access those classified documents when they said it was a matter of national security. this judge who was appointed by former president trump really adopted
Republican senators like Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley appearing to give the president permission to get rid of his Attorney General but theres another way to look at it which is that they seem to be trying to say any action off until after the midterm elections and the confirmation of judge kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and the question is are they telling the president he should get rid of Jeff Sessions or hoping they can slow walk this until things calm down but if youre bob mueller you see november as a day on the calendar that to get your job done before just in case. So susan in his punchback Yesterday Yegs Listjeff session the litany of things he had been leading that were on point with what the president wanted, from enforcing immigration laws, focusing on ms13, the gang, promoting economic growth, et
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Next two critical weeks. Early voting ends tomorrow. On wednesday the las vegas debate. Saturday, five days from now the nevada caucuses. 12 days until the South Carolina primary. 15 days until interest tuesday. Bernie sanders is going into nevada with some moment temperature. This weekend he had more than 1,000 people in carson city, more than 11,000. Joe biden seven points behind, but sanders not taking anything for granted, as he launched his two final tv ads there today ahead of the caucuses. And while Michael Bloomberg has not yet qualified for wednesdays dday, he still could, and his name looms large after dumping hundreds of millions into super tuesday states and a flurry of advertisements, he faces a barrage of attacks. Will he be able to take the heat whoever he does go head to head with his democratic opponents . Lets go to or road warriors, andi vitaly. Mike memoli, and Josh Letterman joins us with the latest on Michael Bloombergs campaign. Josh, the big question surrounding
Been wary of working on any case that might catch trumps attention and that the stone episode deepened the concern and said that they were worried that mr. Barr might not support them in politically charged cases, end quote. Over on capitol hill, Senate Judiciary democrats sent a letter to senator graham to unfortunately him to launch an investigation. They wrote the Justice Departments ensuring justice for all americans requires that the prosecutorial decisions free from political influence. It is becoming clear that this is not happening. A key republican senator disagreed with that assessment. What prosecutors do is they make recommendations which may or may not be accepted by the judge and these line prosecutors work for the attorney general so theyre not free agents. So im confident the judge will do the right thing. The jury found him guilty of a couple crimes and the judge will assess an appropriate sentence. Meantime, former white house chief of staff kelly unloaded on his form