Trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 president ial election results. The paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. Nbc has not heard or verify the Audio Recordings. But its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. This afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the Election Officials were under pressure back in 2020. Theyre recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. It didnt surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. We knew as it was happening, its really, when youre up against the president of the United States, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our side, its really
michael steele in for katie feng and jonathan kaye part. immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trump s presidential immunity defense and the federal trial. our team at msnbc legal and political analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. looking at that this new 80 page court filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. taking aim, ukrainian forces strike back after russia s biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. the latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. security and celebration. police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new year s eve party or safe. we are live in new york s times square where nearly 1 million people are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. we begin with the latest on donald trump s deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d.c. appeals co
trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but it s statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. this afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the election officials were under pressure back in 2020. they re recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. it didn t surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. we knew as it was happening, it s really, when you re up against the president of the united states, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our
be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high court ruling that would kick him off the primary ballot. there are challenges to trump s ballot eligibility underway and more than a dozen other states including michigan. now that state is also in the spotlight after the detroit news reported that trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just
the proxies are raising tension ramping up attacks in the middle east. the pentagon says a u.s. destroyer in the red sea shot down several drones a saturday. all launc want from parts of yen controlled by ironic backed tried eight rebels fo but all appearing to target commercial ships sailing in international waters. no word of injuries that the u.s. called it an escalation of hostilities. hello and welcome to a special edition of fox news live item and ito bobo. arthur nevill and eric shown off this week at hi brian. i m bryan llenas sprayed the lace attacks by around the proxies c, the israeli defense forces push into southern gaza. meanwhile president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talked by phone saturday about the next steps in the war. biden said he did not bring up a cease-fire. let s start off with trey yingst llive in tel aviv with more. good afternoon for israeli forces continue to go after hamas cells inside gaza. though they are facing f