John any moment now the white house has had to hold a briefing as the Supreme Court comes under fire yet again. Hello i am john roberts in washington, sander we are almost to the weekend. Sandra all right friday it is an sandra smith in new york and this is america reports. The New York Times published a photo taken in 2021 about upside down American Flag hanging outside the home of Justice Alito. A symbol with Donald Trumps false claims of election fraud. John Justice Alito denies having any involvement with the flying of the flag he told the New York Times his wife on the flag in response to signs in a neighbors yard and the maid already taking aim at the ability. We see Dysfunction Congress and now in the Supreme Court. Its unsettling its gross. Justice alito has become increasingly unembarrassed about displaying himself as a partisan come as consumer of partisan natives and media and in ruling in ways that is just kind of out loud all caps disdainful. It shows how politicized the c
Infighting on the right as tensions explode. And tonight, republicans have no clear way out of the mess of their own making. A new Government Shutdown threat just over a month away, and very real questions about funding the military and the war in ukraine. Already, as republicans are searching for a new speaker, the same magafueled turmoil that took down mccarthy is on display. Multiple republicans already announcing bids, including jim jordan and Steve Scalise. Some on the far right and Foxs Sean Hannity floating Donald Trumps name as speaker. One republican senator giving his gop house colleagues some advice. This ousting of Speaker Mccarthy and now we have a pro tem as speaker. I dont have a lot of advice for my house colleagues, other than this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Id also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Take your meds. Now, thats a republican senator giving that advice. Kevin mccarthy now has two historic bookends to h
Today, friday, april 26th, 2024. Tabloid testimony a star witness and former president trumps criminal trial faced crossexamination today. What we heard from the former National Enquirer chief as a second witness takes the stand, commenced, canceled. The university of Southern California calls off its big ceremony just weeks before graduation. How propalestinian student protesters are reacting and why more universities could follow suit. Breaking news back to work king charles is returning to his royal duties for the First Time Since his cancer diagnosis, where hes expected to make his First Official visit. And rumor has it, new Research Suggesting gossiping might actually be good for your health. Well spill the tea. Oh man, i cant wait for the tea on that one. Controversial to say the least. I wouldnt think that. You wouldnt think that gossiping could be good for you. Positive. But apparently it has some positives, so we are going to dig into that. But lets start this hour with that n
as an artist, i needed to do something different and challenge myself. reporter: braugher s costars remembering him. terry cruz writing you showed me what a life well lived looks like. braugher with 61 years old and leaves behind his wife of over 30 years, actress amy rapson and three sons. in a 2020 variety interview, he said that fatherhood was his most important role. i wanted to be there through the course of their life because i know how important fathers are. chloe melas, nbc news, new york. thank you for the laughs, andre. you will be missed. and on that very sad note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. , donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its d
ecision today by the nation s highest court that could have major impcations. the unprecedented and historic prosecution of donald trump. the justices announcing they will hearen appeal by a defendant. josepher fisher. he has been indicted on seven charges including obstruction of official proceeding, which is a charge brought by jack smith against dald trump. now fisher is to dismiss that count. central question before the supreme court according to the new york times quote, can the government charge defendant in those cases uederal law that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding. here s how the times lays out the move. theecision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of mr. trump s trial. now scheduled to take place in washington imarch. supreme court s ultimate ruling which may not arrive june will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against mr. trump and could severely limit efforts by the sp