Federal candidates. Thats all. Not to do what the majority actually did by officially giving congress the Sole Authority to enforce the insurrection clause. Theres no basis for that in the constitution quote, the Majority Attempts to insulate all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges to their holding federal office. Were going to explain what this means in plain language and what it means for the Supreme Courts next big trump case, immunity. Because that decision could have bearing on the other cases were watching on which we also have news. Joining us now, msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin, nbc news senior Legal Correspondent, Laura Jarrett and slate Senior Writer, Mark Joseph Stern. Everybody welcome. Laura, this case, you know, you read the opinion, the Majority Opinion and the you see the headline, everyone agrees this is not political at all, and you read the dissent, and other Amy Coney Barrett, threat liberals on the court, it reads like a dissent. Not a concurrence
Your weekend with us. Im kira klapper. Developing right now, we have new video from Donner Summit overnight. People stuck in the sierra in the middle of a blizzard. The situation growing more dire as people were trapped in their cars for hours last night into this morning. With temperatures dropping gun is the 20s. One driver tells us he was driving with his dog from reno and forced to pull over. Stuck in the storm until one of these off ramps open. Losing traction and decided to pull over. Video from highway 80 near highway 89, close truckee shows low visibility over night. You can barely see the roads from our camera lens. From highway 80 to highway 50, despite the snow, 50 is actually open now, but driving on it is discouraged. This is what it looked like last night near sierra at tahoe. You see ice covering the road. Snow hitting the windshield. Chain controls in effect on highway 50. The ucberkeley Sierra Snow Lab is closely monitoring the situation. Video from their surveillance
Just over an hour and it comes more than a year after the mayor fired the most recent police chief. Now, members of the public will get the chance to question the four candidates being considered for the job. Abc seven News Reporter tim johns has a closer look at whos in the running. Two months after rejecting a first batch of candidates, oakland mayor shengtao is set to consider another group for the citys next police chief, the Oakland Police commission, releasing their names ahead of a planned Public Forum Thursday night under consideration are four candidates. The first, abdul pridgen, who was on the short list of candidates to become chief back in 2020. He most recently served as the chief of san leandro pd but left this month. He is being investigated for unknown Department Policy violations. Second is floyd mitchell, who has more than 30 Years Experience in law enforcement. Mitchell resigned from a job in lubbock, texas, last fall after his department received criticism over its
Mccarthy faces a revolt from farright republicans after making a deal to avoid a government shutdown. Amna the United Nations Security Council votes to send armed forces to haiti to combat the violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital city. Geoff and, the Supreme Court begins a new term with major cases on the docket and growing concern over court ethics. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. And friends of the newshour. The william and flora hewitt foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and institutions to promote a better world. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Amna welcome to the newshour. Former President Donald Trump was in court today in new york for a civil fraud trial over his real estate dealings.
Scalzis new book. But first, a spare the air alert is in effect right now as smoke from Northern California and Oregon Wildfires envelops the bay area. Heres a live look at those smoky skies from three of our cameras. Left to right, you have walnut creek, mt. Sutro in San Francisco, which looks terrible. And san jose, where the air quality has reached really unhealthy levels. The bad air quality clearly visible, though, in all three. Now, this satellite image from the bay area air Quality Management district shows the smoke drifting into the region from those Massive Wildfire north of us at and this map from purple air. Com really interesting shows you where the is the worst right now. Red being the worst. Right. That indicates air in the unhealthy range. And you can see its spread across the bay area, kind of in a north to south direction. Ironicaltually, when you go inland a little better and usually its the inland communthat have the less healthy air. With that, we say, hello, istin