welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse to defamation to suddenly in an instance in liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it is the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. the republican party has followed him willingly down the rabbit hole toward autocracy. the country now has to grapple with it as well. having already spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control defendant donald trump will be subject to the rules and processes of the criminal justice system. he has been convicted of a felony. his right to vote even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to remain only because of a quirk in his current home state of florida. the washington post reporting if the former president have been convicted in republican dominated florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to v
all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida
just some of the horrifying consequences for women all over the country, after the supreme court decision overturning roe two years ago today. plus, multiple hearings today on trump s purloined classified documents as trump s favorite judge entertains an absurd argument that special counsel jack smith was illegally appointed. and we begin tonight in the midst of a heat wave. amidst the sweltering heat that is shattering records worldwide. saudi arabia announced yesterday that at least 1300 people have died making the hodge, the islamic pilgrimage due to extreme heat. and 100 million people in the u.s., nearly a third of the country, spent much of last week under a heat advisory. these temperatures are not normal. they are the direct result of the climate crisis we re currently living in. and scientists have sounded the alarm. quote, these heat waves are the fingerprint of climate change, experts said, and are a glimpse of what s to come as human induced climate change c
are not a family that is not facing accountability. the difference is one of them seems willing to accept and live with the rule of law. the other is actively running as president against it. his own sons trial is beginning next week. a democratic new york sinner is in the midst of a trial, a democratic congressman just got issued an indictment. that is the department of justice at work. for joe biden who has kept his remarks about this trial two hour minimum. when our colleague over at the white house asked about donald trump s assertion today at trump tower that it was biden that was directing all of this, what his response was, he turned and he gave a grin. this is the difficulty. when there are 300 million americans on looking and you have one man spews out one of
With wolf blitzer. So i assure you hell be in New Hampshire tomorrow. Were promoting it. He is coming tomorrow. I want to ask something that trump did that you were a part of, governor, a Social Media Post today, which were he has been spending most of his time. It began by saying that you did not have, in his words, the guts to run for president. He called you politically dead. He then went on the say something that i want to quote. Talk about you, and others. He is now the very unpopular governor of New Hampshire who adores Nikki Birdbrain Haley who is seldom able to beat Jill Biden in poles. Sununu is Chris Christie without the weight. He does lots of television and spews out false fact after fact. Now governor, im not reading this to make you smile or to make you groan or even have you deign to respond to it. Im asking you for this reason. You have blamed trumps words for inciting the insurrection at the capitol. You said his words matter, and this is a case in point that they have