janis mackey frayer, nbc news. can t blame him. that s going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, new york republican george santos became the sixth person in american history to be expelled from congress. we begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court that ex-president donald trump can be sued in relation to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. rejecting his bid for sweeping presidential immunity against civil claims. trump s team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent esident. including on january 6th. and that this
mccain, senator lindsey graham issued a response, but a tepid one, which did not mention trump by name. graham said of mccain, he stepped forward to risk his life for his country, served honorably under difficult circumstances, and one of the most consequential senators in the history of the body. nothing about his service will ever be changed or diminished. by the way, daughter meghan mccain tweeted no one will ever love you the way they love my father. here s meghan today on the view. my father was his kryptonite in life, he s his kryptonite in death. i just thought your life is spent on your weekends not with your family, not with your friends, but obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to. that tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now. congressman curbelo, what do you make of this sort of port motor