joining us now are former special counsel to the general counsel department of defense ryan goodman and rebecca roissy. thank you both for being here on what we said was definitely no shortage of news this morning. i wonder what s your reaction to this first filing that we got from trump s legal team today. it took two weeks for them to get there. and they are now asking for this third party attorney. but i think, we re wondering, if it s too late? it does seem too late. it s two weeks after the search began. so you d actually think it should be filed hours after the search began. and it s a reasonable request in some sense to ask for something like this from a third party. why is it reasonable? it s reasonable, because we might think we don t necessarily trust the way the fbi would conduct it. we want an objective third party institution to view things to sort out what they should have versus what they shouldn t. but the content is as quite bizarre. what they re saying
Campus unrest spreads. Police at atlantas Emory University tasing a protester in handcuffs. Restraining others with zip ties. Harvey weinsteins Rape Conviction in new york overturned. The egregious errors the judge is accused of making. Will it lead to a new trial . Tracking severe storms across several states tonight. The School Principal police say was framed with fake racist remarks using a. I. The suspect, a former staffer, arrested at the airport with a gun. And after the first video of their son in 200 days, the parents of an americanisraeli hostage speaking out. Their message of hope. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. An extraordinary give and take in the u. S. Hours wrangling Supreme Court today, as the nine justices spent nearly three hours wrangling with lawyers over questions of when or whether a former american president is immune from federal prosecution over acts while taken in office. The questions raised during oral arguments
Gillian good evening good evening, Welcome To Washington im gillian in for bret baier. One Major University just canceled graduation. Are others going to follow . Plus this, President Biden is now facing more disappointing economiccous. Former President Trump says hes worse than jimmy Carter Harvey weinsteins Rape Convictions one of the cases spawned the Me Too Movement now suddenly overturned. Whats going to come next . Gillian first, breaking tonight, two hugely Important Court cases involving former President Trump and his ability to pursue another term in the oval office. The first ever criminal trial of a former president is continuing in new york with more testimony from trumps former ally kicking off the prosecutions case today. Meanwhile, here in washington, at the u. S. Supreme court, trumps attorneys tried to convince justices he has wide ranging immunity from prosecution in an election interference case. We got fox team conch for you. Nate foy is in new york with testimony f
Election, and if so, will it happen before november. What the justices appear to signal. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, back in a new york courtroom. David pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher back on the stand, testifying about the alleged catch and kill scheme to help mr. Trumps 2016 campaign. The tense Conversation Pecker says he had over paying off Stormy Daniels. Also tonight, usc canceling its main commencement after the arrest of dozens of propalestinian protesters. The new clashes as campus unrest spreads. Police in atlantas Emory University tasing a protester in handcuffs. Restraining others with zip ties. Harvey weinsteins Rape Conviction in new york overturned. The egregious errors the judge is accused of making. Will it lead to a new trial . Tracking severe storms across several states tonight. The School Principal police say was framed using fake ai. Arrested at the airport with a gun. And after the first video of their son in 200 days, the parents of an americanisraeli h
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