72 hours House Speaker mike johnson, hoping enough cover, keep his job and Vice President Kamala Harris taking a fight for reproductive rights two democrats in arizona 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at our Nations Capital on this friday morning its friday. We made it. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Donald trump is going on trial. His Delay Tactics and legal maneuvers seemingly exhausted Jury Selection Set to begin monday in new york in the former president s Hush Money Trial, that process expected to take a week or possibly longer. Judge juan merchan says he expects the trial to last six to eight weeks. Sources tell cnn Law Enforcement is deploying a multilayered Security Plan on social media. And in the streets of new york city. As trump is required to attend every day. And while that could limit his ability to hold rallies, he has shown plenty of willingness to turn Courtroom Appearances into Campaign Events. In the runup to the t
joy in india as 41 construction workers are freed from the tunnel they ve been trapped in for more than a fortnight. and fragments from a 4.5 billion year old asteroid now in the uk for analysis they could hold clues about the origins of life on earth. on newsnight at 1030, michael gold in the covid 19 inquiry for the appearance of borisjohnson. is the inquiry becoming a stage for a score settling? good evening. 12 more hostages have been released from gaza tonight bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. it comes on the fifth day of the extended truce between israel and hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. this evening a red cross convoy brought out the latest hostages ten israelis and two foreign nationals all now safely back on israeli soil in return, israel has freed another 30 palestinian prisoners. well, among the israeli hostages released in the last few hours is ada sagi our special correspondent lucy manning has been
hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o
interview. defendant trump went down to georgia yesterday because he had to. in fact, rachel maddow and our team was discussing this just last night during the special coverage, that for all the bluster and the attacks on the prosecutors, what that physically represents, what the mug shot shows is their power on behalf of the government and the people, which this defendant surrendered to. that s happened at the state level yesterday and the federal level before that. that s a good thing because this is a nation of laws. it s not a good thing if you just want to be trolling or negative about someone you have a disagreement with. indeed, it s a free country. you can feel whatever you want. but as a system of justice, we do not want the criminal justice system to be some sort of effort at score settling or humiliation. quite the opposite. but right now, what he has subjected himself to shows who s in charge. it s not the defendants.
this tape, i mean, you pointed out the precise elements of the crime that it proves, and it does that we ll put that up, and you can add to this. i mean, this is a legal breakdown. on the right jack smith would argue they have all the elements. they do, but it s more than that. what s really significant here is that it also gives jack smith motive. motive is not an element of any of those crimes, but it does shade how the jury views the crime. and the motive here is score settling and revenge? yes, it s retribution. it s donald trump s theme for his campaign. is it believable that donald trump would seek revenge? i m just kidding. [ laughter ] but you say that, walk us through that. a jury sometimes is instructed, find these three things, but boy, if you can make it a logical coherent story, that s more effective. right, which is what you have here. this whole business about general milley was in response to a new yorker article that came out at the same time in