Im jose diazbalart and we begin with Breaking News out of georgia. Just in the last hour, Fulton County judge scott mcafee dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and some of his codefendants in the States Election interference case. The judge said six these counts in the indictments lack sufficient detail. Joining us now, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, katie phang, also catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst, and greg blew steen, political reporter at the Atlantic Journal Constitution and an msnbc contributor. Katie, what exactly did the judge stay, which charges were they, and how significant are they . So, jose, this is not the ruling on the motion to disqualify the District Attorney fani willis. Were going to start with that kind of ground work. But what it does do is it dismisses six of the counts in the indictment that was secured by fani willis from a grand jury. And thats another important point because this was not an
most significant of our time. it s about who can hold office in our country. a foundational statement on what are the basic qualifications to be president. of which there are three. an american-born citizen, age 35 and older and not an insurrectionist. that question right now is how that last part, the shall not be a traitor part, is defined. as you know, colorado has inked their definition, kicking donald trump off the ballot there. now the supreme court is considering it, and trump s legal team is officially weighing in. they ve submitted their brief to the justices, warning disqualifying the former president from the ballot in colorado would result in chaos and bedlam, their words. the words in question, are all in article 14, section 3 of the constitution. a word salad of an amendment that was ratified in 1868 in the que, no personha be a l war. senator or representative in congress o elector of president and vice presidt or hold any office, civil or military under the un
right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news from capitol hill, two house committees meeting this hour on whether to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress. what it means for the president s son. plus, countdown to the caucus, nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to go head to head this evening with just five days to go. this as donald trump aims to play spoiler tonight and siphon attention. and there s a new twist in his appearance in a new york courtroom tomorrow. also ahead, extreme weather, millions impacted by a winter storm system that brought everything from snow to floods to tornados. thanks so much for joining us on this busy wednesday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill where two house committees are kicking off meetings right now to consider whether to hotel hunter biden in contempt of congress. the house judiciary and oversight panels both expected to vote on whether to proceed
right now on ana cabrera reports, two candidates, two events, two very different messages. president biden and donald trump both holding campaign events around the anniversary of the january 6th attacks. one warning about the stakes of this election, the other remaining defiant. plus, next week mr. be a big one for trump s legal calendar. i ll preview a high stakes hearing in washington and the dramatic conclusion of his civil fraud trial here in new york. also ahead, a winter storm threat for the east coast. millions under weather alerts. who can expect what and when? and later, breaking economic news this morning, new jobs numbers beating expectations. what it signals about our economy in this new year. happy friday, thanks for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. great to be with you. we begin with president biden and donald trump both returning to the 2024 campaign trail as we prepare to mark three years since the attack on
self-imposed deadline for the justices to decide what to do with mifepristone. the question is why did he extend are there strong feelings about what the courts should do? is one of the justices writing a fiery dissent? laura jarrett is back with us to explain what we know and what will it mean for health care, specifically women s health care mifepristone is not just used for medicated abortion it s also used to help manage miscarriages, and this is not just a theoretical conversation. we have concrete examples of what happens when politicians and the courts start making the rules on health care after more than a year of fertility treatments and a day after she made the guest list for her baby shower, amanda zarorwski found out her 18-week fetus would not survive. she was then denied a medically necessary abortion in texas because her doctors were too scared to do anything that would put them in jail she joined us to explain how near death she had to get before doctors would