jack smith to accelerate a decision on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election criminal interference case. now, the one sentence reply the order from the supreme court reads, quote, the petition for writ of serzh yry is denied. in other words we re going not going to the appeals process could give donald trump ample time to further delay this case, which is of course supposed to go to trial just a few months from now, the first week of march. trump may now try to delay the start of the trial until the calender begins to encroach on next november s election. in which if he s the nominee the next court could ask to put the case on pause until the next presidential contest is decide. and should trump win that election the case will go away entirely which is to be clear and we all understand including the people on the supreme court exactly what he wants. although i have to say it is stel unknown if trump will be allowed to meaningfully delay thi
and it is one to say, it s always been a pleasure to share these comments with you every night. i always learn from you, but i ve really come to enjoy our sunday night handovers. so, it will be the last one between the two of us, but i m sure we will come up with something as exciting as for our viewers in the weeks and months ahead. i ve loved every single one except for the one where you made me because of france. well listen, we ll come up with something, and who knows ahead of the next, maybe we ll find something else that we can put a non-, a non-friendly wager, we will see. anyway my friend, good to see you as always, great show. tonight on ayman, major developments in january 6th cases, including how the special counsel plans to use donald trump cell phone data from his time as president at trial. plus, fighting for their lives. the devastating impact of gop restrictions on abortion, and at the presidential candidates that do not seem to care. and then, brazen
i m julián castro, in for alicia menendez. welcome to american voices. we begin with paying a hefty price for pushing a big lie. on friday, trump s former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was ordered to pay a whopping hundred 48 billion dollars for defaming to georgia election workers. elie freeman and her daughter shaye moss. by repeatedly and falsely accusing them of election fraud, during an emotional testimony on wednesday, freeman said those lies unleashed a mob of angry trump supporters after them. she was flooded with racist and violent threats. forcing her to moveut of her home. many of those messages were shared with the jury. and they listened. the jury unanimously decided giuliani was liable for defamation. intentional affliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. after the verdict, freeman and moss said their lives will never be the same again. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies and passed so many others to keep that flame b
the senate will be back on monday to work out a deal on immigration and ukraine aid. then, rudy giuliani s defamation trial is now in the hands of the jury. what went down in court today. and new polling shows a tight race in several swing states, but there is still a lot of time between now and next november. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend instead for stephanie ruhle. tonight, the race to protect a key priority for biden s agenda. wartime military aid for ukraine in israel. that 100 billion dollar aid package is now tied up in a fight on capitol hill involving our southern border. republicans refused to release the money unless the white house agrees to their demands for border security and immigration policy that includes return to some trump era policies. senators have been meeting with white house officials to try and work out a deal. the senate was supposed to leave today for a holiday recess, but t
Continuing our coverage of Breaking News of ongoing explosions in gaza. Nbcs raf sanchez is reporting from ashdot israel, what do we know at this hour . Reporter chris, tonight is feeling different from other nights. We are hearing intensified bombing in gaza, 10 miles south of where we are. Im looking over my shoulder because just a moment ago we were seeing israeli iron dome Missile Interceptors in the sky, a sign of rocket fire coming, but israels Chief Military Spokesman is confirming that an intensified Bombing Campaign of gaza is underway three weeks after the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack. He also says israel is expanding its Ground Operations inside of gaza. Thats not a sign that they have launched. Chris, you may be able to see over my shoulder here, this is one of these iron dome interceptors, and if you bear with us one second, youre likely to see it explode. There you go. Now, that is likely a sign that it just intercepted a palestinian rocket a little bit further sout