Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
Yesterday, Fighting Away tears, called a close friend. Today im hurt. And im hurting. And i know so many people out there are as well. Another investigation into the who and the why. Another set of questions, like why did a 25yearold Bank Employee bring horror to his own workplace . Why did he live stream it . And why was his Weapon Of Choice an ar15, like so many other shooters before him . And now another conversation about gun violence and reform. A conversation well continue in just moments with Congressman Morgan Nicardi who represents louisville The Big Question once again, will this cycle end the same way as all the rest before with nothing changed whatsoever also this morning, back in action, one of the two black tennessee lawmakers expelled from the state house last week is back at work. There he is, justin jones. How soon could his other ousted colleague be back there with him . And the race to keep a popular Abortion Pill on the market, the doj now appealing a controversial
Liz going for them and going for a great show. Welcome to the evening edit. Im Elizabeth Macdonald. House oversight chairman james comer. Congressman, okay, this story, its good to have you on and see you again. President biden blocking weapons shipment to israel and Associated Press report the president wanted to delay letting voters know about this till after biden gave a speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day and this is all about politics for biden is have you heard of any president doing anything like this with the u. S. Ally. Hamas is Holding Americans hostage. Joe biden doing everything with respect to israel is now political. Hes basing the whole israel policy and trying to please a few voters in detroit, michigan, to carry that by the swing state and all the history we have with israel and the israel is the closest ally and hamas still has five american hostages and the pact that congress appropriated in a bipartisan manner the weaponry that he has withheld and everything joe bid
You dont want to miss that. Even as demonstrators continue to hit the streets over the Breonna Taylor case. Were watching it all. Live reports ahead, everybody. First nbc news has now learned a confirmation hearing is tentatively scheduled on october 12th, 16 days from now. An extremely aggressive time line to say the least. Want to start with White House Correspondent peter baker who has been reporting about the presumed nomination. Good to see you. Very much appreciate you joining us on this saturday. Talk to me about this most recent development that were hearing, this time line of october 12th for the beginnings of a confirmation hearing. Yeah. That would be, as you put it, a very accelerated time frame. Basically doing in two weeks what normally takes six weeks even under the best of circumstances for a Supreme Court nominee. Republicans are saying thats fine because she was vetted just recently in 2017 when President Trump appointed her to the Appeals Court on the 7th circuit. Th