arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it s all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump s criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled for march 25th, and in less than two weeks, a hear willing be held to decide if that date holds. according to reporting from the new york times, alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors have been quietly plugging away. last month, it was reported and news breaking just yesterday in a related case that could give bragg a boost. once again, from the new york times. he once said understand weeseleberg knows where all the financial bodies are burr yesterday, and while it does not involve him flipping on
he will use the power of the house to fight back and th speaker is not the only on weighing in. this president has conducte himself in a way that he doe not deserve not to be arrested he should be arrested, h should be indicted when he announces himself, i is almost like he is attemptin to organize his domestic terrorist. to show up, to resist him bein arrested we are gonna have more on the outside reaction ahead garrett, you re right there on the ground, you re gonna b with us together on this trump coverage over the next two hours. let s start with your ow reporting as you ve been following the story all day. of course, before this as well so the presidents reacting saying tuesday to be clear, what indication do we have that he has eve been told, from what you v been saying, he has been not no richard, the president the former president is workin off the same information tha we in the news media are working off of in fact, we know that he i responding to nbc news whic
a very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. janet yellen is going to be on the hill where she is going to be talking about the budget, and there is going to be plenty of questions about the budget and she is going to need a calm tone where she tells americans that their deposits are safe. we will bring that to you live. and the moment when a russian jet collided with a american drone causing it to crash into the ocean. we will show you how. we rebbring you to the statf the u.s. economy now. matt egan is joining us, and everybody is paying attention to the secretary this morning and the words, and she is getting out ahead of this a little bit with the words telling americans to be calm and their money is safe. yes, this is a big moment for the treasury secretary and she knows that confidence is a fragile thing, and she knows that it has been shaken by the failures, and she wants the americans to know that the money in the bank is safe, a
announced by his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng, in last month s mini budgetjust three weeks ago. in an emergency statement this morning, he abandoned indefinitely the planned ip cut in the basic income tax that was due to come next year. help with energy bills will now only last until next april. instead of for two years, and then that will be reviewed. today, jeremy hunt claimed all of those announcements will save £32 billion a year, but he also warned that there are going to be more difficult decisions ahead on tax and spending to cut government debt. he will be addressing mps in the commons later this afternoon, some time after lipm. before then, there will be an urgent question in there will be an urgent question in the commons asked by sir keir starmer. it will not be liz truss responding to that, it will instead be penny mordaunt. so plenty ahead in the commons. in terms of the market reaction, jeremy hunt said that he had sought to reassure the markets this morning and
just to keep the country running. this news coming on the heels of a politico report that says, concerns are mounting on capitol hill about the administration s ability to properly account for all the money and weapons heading to ukraine. it s coming under increased scrutiny from members of both parties from progressive elizabeth warren to libertarian ran paul. some lawmakers warning the administration that a future aid package for ukraine could lose the overwhelming support past efforts have had if the pentagon doesn t step up its oversight on previously allocated funds. with no cease fire or peace agreement in sight, the fight between ukrainian and russian forces slogs on. zelenskyy, this week told lawmakers in luxembourg that nearly 12 million people have been internally displaced since the russian invasion started. he also conceded that russian forces are advancing in the eastern part of ukraine, and now control a greater amount of territory than they did before the war s