the former presidents immunity claims in the 2020 election case . what does this mean for the trial s start date? plus israel says it is expanding its offensive in gaza tonight, as a new cnn investigation uncovers where israel has been dropping massive 2000 pound bombs. new concerns about american paul wheeling as he reveals a prison official that is targeting him inside that dangerous russian labor camp. how worried is his family about his safety? his sister is my guest. let s go out front. you do good evening, i am internet for erin burnett. out front tonight, for now the when you donald trump, the supreme court fusing to decide right now if trump is immune from the alleged crimes he committed as president, including his efforts to overturn the election. the decision from this court came in the one page, one sentence order, rejecting the request by special counsel jack smith for expedited review. this means the issue, which is at the core of the election interference case
want to break it down, it will determine the state of our economy in weeks and months and years ahead. first we need to look at the constitution. let s take a look. who is responsible for spending and borrowing? raising taxes, is it the president? obviously not, article i section 8: the first part of that. it is not a suggestion. it is not ambiguous this say choir power that legislature has, when you look at history, back to britain and the parliament with the king. this was something that the framers of your constitution looked at, they wanted this power not to be with the king or this presidency they created or executive branch. they are supposed to execute the laws passed by congress, they gave this power to congress, to the people who are directly electioned in congress. senator of the time chosen by state legislators and house chosen by the people, you, we the people have some say so over the finances of our country. do you feel that way today? this is explicit. we don
want to break it down, it will determine the state of our economy in weeks and months and years ahead. first we need to look at the constitution. let s take a look. who is responsible for spending and borrowing? raising taxes, is it the president? obviously not, article i section 8: the first part of that. it is not a suggestion. it is not a ambiguous this say choir power that legislature has, when you look at history, back to britain and the parliament with the king. this was something that the framers of your constitution looked at, they wanted this power not to be with the king or this presidency they created or executive branch. they are supposed to execute the laws passed by congress, they gave this power to congress, to the people who are directly electioned in congress. senator of the time chosen by state legislators and house chosen by the people, you, we the people have some say so over the finances of our country. do you feel that way today? this is explicit. we d
the week started with republicans literally trying to shout the president down for his passion in defense of social security and medicare at the state of the union. but by the end, it was prominent members of the gop who are feeling the heat. former vice president mike pence has been formerly subpoenaed by jack smith. the justice department appointed special counsel, investigating the efforts of the presidents, pence s former boss, former president donald trump, to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. including, of course, his impact on the january 6th insurrection at the core of that investigation. and his scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. a scheme that hinged on pence not declaring biden the winner when he wanted to certify the results on january 6th, which pence ultimately rejected, even as his life was being threatened by insurrectionists en masse on the capitol that day. on
events. he needs all the rest after what was a disastrous trip abroad. per usual, well, he failed to deliver. he never got a commitment from saudi arabia. he s been begging opec, the saudis to produce more oil which is dumb in and of itself because we have more energy here. that can provide for our needs and so many other countries needs for hundreds of years. he didn t hold the kingdom accountable for the murder of the u.s. space reporter. there were questions whether the subjects were discussed. a guy he referred to as a murderer, pariah, the guy who got away with murder. when the president returned home to the white house, he wasn t interested in answering your questions about his embarrassing trip abroad. it was embarrassing. take a look. why don t you guys talk about something that matters? sean: hey, jack, you guys are all alike and everything. ultimately, this is a trip that joe biden didn t need to make. we have more than enough oil, gas, coal right in the ground