hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
retribution for his followers. we are talk s about where he talks about the only thing standing between the authorities and people coming after him. he is not tamping down in any of this activity. he s not speaking out against the swatting or threats of violence. he s doing the opposite. we re in the middle of what i fear is an ongoing trend which is simply going to get worse as we approach the november elections. talk to me about that permission structure that he s created, the danger of it. well, i mean, we have to be clear that violence has been a part of the american political process since the beginning. and historical parallel to this moment actually is the first segment our first segment. we think about reconstruction, we think about radical reconstruction, what is its underbelly was in fact extraordinary violence, directed at black folk who are trying to get to the polls, directed at republicans who were trying to expand the notion of democracy itself. this violence is pa
vote counts. but we re sitting here and nobody does it better than you do, but we have this role of holding up a mirror. and when that picture is too painful to look at, i thought i would have some of the conversations about what that does. but the pain doesn t go away. and maybe part of the collective experience is talking about that side of it. nicole wallace, the host of deadline white house on msnbc and now a new series deadline special report, it is a smart and needed thing. all four episodes streaming right now on peacock. thank you for your time tonight. stay it was. i m 76 and i live on the oregon coast. my husband, sam, u.alk s. i have two daughters and then two granddaughters. i noticed that memories were not there like they were when i was much younger. since taking prevagen, my memory has gotten better
this gave a speech on disinformation. now you ve got dhs digging into this and saying they needed this information czar . that s because they know they ve got a lemon in the white house and the democrats have no message. they re alreadype moving on tons 2020 four. and when that happens, they re telling us very one simple thing don t d america don t believe what you see, believe what we say. and soso far, according to every poll that is not working, you those are really good points. it s amazing to me. joe concha, i go out of my way to explain what my job is because a lot of people in the media mob do not understand what we do. yes,f the i m a member of the po i have six hundred and seventy five radio affiliates. i m on the fox news channel, which is a news channel but i don t claim to a be a journalist. i claimcclaim to to be a talk s. but i can produce thousands of hours of straight news, thousands of hours of investigative reporting up front about who i am. i am a registered conserva
to be we re moving closer to action in the house of representatives, and i m wondering what bill the president would accept, anything short of the four pillars that he laid out earlier this month, something like border security and daca seems to be a proposal that is gaining steam. the president definitely supports border security as he s laid out multiple times. and again talked about some yesterday. he would like to see the border secured. he would like to see the loopholes closed. our priorities have not changed in the immigration conversation at all. thank you, just going back to north korea, you have said that the president will be willing to meet with north korea. does that put north korea in the driver s seat here? is it north korea that s going to decide whether a meeting takes place. and also have you heard anything since these calls these talk