Bret have great weekend. Bye. Good evening. Im bret baier, breaking tonight, another judge has agreed to postpone another key Legal Battle For Former president Donald Trump until after the november election. Manhattan Judge Juan Merchant delayed sentencing in criminal case citing the unique facts and circumstances. It comes after a different judge officially delayed the president s Election Interference Case in washington earlier this week. But, first, breaking just moments ago, a pakistani citizen is awaiting extradition to the united states from canada after authorities allege he was planning a Mass Shooting at a jewish center in new York City around October 7th one Year Anniversary of the Hamas Attack in israel. David spunt with what we know about this story this hour. David brett, good evening. The fbi was tracking his movements before he was arrested two days ago in canada. The fbi led the international operation and discovered that chan planned to travel to New York. Specifically
You look like you are about to start the 11 00 a. M. Shift at the bank of the weekend. Im loving them. Im loving them. You guys have a great rest of your day and i will see you tomorrow. A very good morning to you, it is saturday, march 16th, and we begin today with Big Decisions and more delays all revolving around Donald Trumps litany of legal troubles and the future of american democracy. Lets start in georgia, where nathan wade has resigned from his role as Special Prosecutor in the racketeering case against the former president , donald trump, and multiple Co Defendants over their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. That came shortly after the judge overseeing the proceedings, scott mcafee, ruled that before County District attorney, this woman, fani willis , should not be disqualified from trying the case as a result of her romantic relationship with nathan wade, which judge mcafee wrote caused no quote actual conflict in terms of the prosecution o
Donald trump. The Breaking News this hour we are following a defiant former president of the United States on the way to his new Jersey Golf Club right now after being arrested and arraigned on four serious, very serious criminal charges, stemming from his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 president ial election in the United States. Trump proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. Wolf, of course, this is trumps third indictment in the past four months. It is the most serious set of charges he ever faced. As he did in new york and miami, the former president pleaded not guilty to all four counts today, Conspiracy To T Defraud the u. S. , conspiracy to obstruct proceed, obstruction of a proceeding and conspiracy against rights. I want to go our senior justice Correspondent Evan Perez from outside the federal courthouse here in washington where the former president made his initial appearance this afternoon. Evan, walk us through wha
terri sewell, who sits on the armed services committee. , plastile trump has vowed to stay in the race for the republican nomination, even if he s convicted. we re gonna dig into why both his primary competitors are criticizing ham. with donald trump s former attorney general, bill barr, he s someone who s actually not holding back. saying if half of what s in this indictment is true, donald trump s quote, toast. he called this indictment detailed, and very, very damning. i agree with mr. barr, and it doesn t happen every day. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. former president donald trump is set to appear in court in two days. he s accused of violating seven federal laws and he s facing 37 federal counts. 31 of the counts deal with the espionage act, specifically for the willful retention of national defense information, the re-counts for withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation. two counts of false statements. and one coun
come. those were then-candidate joe biden s words to asylum seekers in 2019 as he slammed his opponent donald trump s immigration policies. today thousands of migrants waiting for their chance to cross the border are trying to heed that call. in the hours since title 42 was lifted we have seen an orderly processing mostly despite warning from the white house that the first few days could get chaotic. we are live in el paso and in san diego where many who have been in limbo waiting for months have now finally gotten through. the question is next where do they go now, and while the numbers so far seem manageable the white house is still facing legal pushback from both the aclu and some states. late last night a judge in florida sided with governor ron desantis and blocked the administration from carrying out key parts of its new immigration plan, which could lead to overcrowding. we re going to explain what will happen in a moment because capacity is very much an issue, even be