Everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. All right. Were less than 24 hours away now from witness singh history tomorrow, Opening Statements began and the trial of defendant donald trump, the first former president ever to be on trial. For criminal charges. Trump well, Walk Into A Manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the states case against him. He is facing dozens of charges related to an alleged Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go to trial. 12 jurors and six alternates will decide trumps fate. Heres cnns brian todd ready to empaneled jurors have been excused from former president trumps Hush Money Trial, underscoring just how crucial the six alternate jurors are, whove just been seated in a case of this length in a highprofile case, the alternates are as significant as the regular jury panel, because theres a very high likelihoo
the 2023 ewing climate conference, also known as cop 28, officially kicked off this week in dubai. it is already mired in controversy. all of that in more ahead in another hour of velshi starting right now! good morning to you it is saturday december the 2nd i am ali velshi, we begin this morning with major new developmts that will have big implications fordonald trump s legal defense for his upcoming cases. new and important rulings from federal judges in d.c. clarify that the former president is not immune from criminal prosecution or nor from civil liability for his actions on january the six. late last night judge tanya chutkan struck down the former presidents attempt to throw out the federal election interference case against him based on his claims of presidential immunity. it was one of four motions to dismiss that his time filed in october. the pull of in history of the constitution and concludes that they, quote, do not support that contention. it goes on, quote,
reports. we begin with breaking news, in the last 24 hours, donald trump suffering two major legal blows when it comes to his actions on and around january 6th. three judges, on a federal appeals court unanimously dismissed trump s claims that he has immunity from several claims connected to the capitol riot. the judge overseeing the justice department s criminal case ruled trump has no protection from prosecution as a former president. let s go right now to nbc s dasha burns joining us from cedar rapids, iowa. where donald trump is expected to speak in this next hour. welcome to you, dasha. how is trump s legal team reacting to these back-to-back losses? well, trump spokesperson is reacting to both of these lawsuits, saying in a statement, in a response to the federal appeals court ruling, this is a limited narrow and procedural ruling, the facts fully show that on january 6th, president trump was acting on behalf of the american people. carrying out duties as president of
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