That. It s right back to you ax yeah, just remarkable hitting it from so far out repeatedly, patrick snell, thanks very much. Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour with the legal showdown in former president trump s election subversion case, he new latenight filing last night, setting the stage for a potentially contentious hearing. Next week in d. C. s federal court, where a judge will decide how and when the case will move forward. The standoff comes as special counsel, jack smith resurrected the january 6 case against trump with a new superseding indictment this week, both trump s lawyers and the special counsel are at odds about how this this case should now proceed. Trump s team is pushing for his schedule that would carry the pretrial disputes through the beginning of next year long after the 2024 election, cnn s holmes lybrand is covering these legal developments and joins me now. So homes, where
Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int
arguments in the defamation damages trial, and how much he should pay. meanwhile trump continues to work behind the scenes and on social media to tank a deal on border security and foreign aid in the capitol. we will show you the latest post. we will play for you the handful of gop lawmakers standing up to the former president. also ahead, president biden hits the road following a surprisingly strong economic report. the data is so good, even a former trump adviser had to admit the president should be dragging about it. we will go through a significant development in the hostage negotiations with israel and hamas as the cia director will now travel abroad in the hopes of closing a deal. willie, you know, in washington, the big question is if the republicans are going to stab keep stabbing ukraine in the back, keep stabbing israel in the back, and calling for open border until donald trump is the president of the united states. the lead editorial in the wall street jo
sandwich. this is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since attorney general merrick garland appointed smith. and on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. is the indictment sir? is an investigation happening, sir? excuse us. anything you d like to say, mr. smith? he didn t say anything. didn t even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a charging decision is in fact coming soon. donald trump s lawyers were at doj headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news the grand jury in washington, d.c. is set to meet again this week after a lull. we ve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. so what s the deal with that? what are two grand juries doing for the special counsel s investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at? joining me now is nbc n
stormy daniels that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. they re required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury. if charged, trump would be the first former president to be indicted, but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based on this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story of an affair with trump, but the publisher was a trump friend, who instead helped broker a deal with michael cohen, in which she was paid for silence. i ve thought it was the weakest of the trump investigations which generally fall into four buckets. first, the events of january 6th. second, the mishandling of government documents. third, the fulton county da investigation, including the phone call to brad raffensperger. fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland appointed jack smith to loo