and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. back on the battlefield. israel and hamas resume fighting after a collapse of an already fragile, weeklong truce that allowed the release of more than 100 hostages held in gaza, and 240 palestinian personnel. we ll have the latest on whether another pause in the two month war is possible. deal or no deal? white the most indicted, one-time ex president in u.s. history, and some of his high-level cronies, can t forget about a plea deal in georgia. and we stinging setbacks of trump s claim of presidential immunity. the guardian bigelow is here with his exclusive reporting. and so long, santos! the republican freshman congressman accused of loading up on botox and lavish spending sprees on donors times is kicked out of the house in just one of many embarrassing moments for his party this week. congresswoman jasmine crockett from the great state of texas joins me live to break it all down. all that and more is coming up.
different and perhaps she was focusing on the public interest just want to read, shan, a couple more quotes from what the judge said during this hearing. she said, referring to the argument that donald trump s attorneys were making about how this conflicts with his presidential campaign, she said, setting a trial date does not depend and should not depend on the defendant s personal or professional obligation, but she said that she would consider the trial schedules for trump s three other criminal indictments. yeah. she s making an important point for history as well, saying that when you have a court date, when you re in the justice system, that takes precedence over other things. your dry cleaning pick-up that day, your professional networking commitments, your job. the court dratsz what counts. that s why she s coordinating with the other judge. that undercuts a little bit of argument by the defense lawyers saying we can t be here today
unlawful and unconstitutional. so either way it s bad, so people should know. well, as a legal matter they actually do. the speedy trial act, which governs how judges are supposed to set trial schedules, includes specifying it s not just the defendant s interest in a speedy trial but the public has an interest in a speedy trial, twenty-two. about a month ago in politico we actually did a poll coming over the indictments and we asked people should the trial occur before the republican primary or the election? almost two thirds said it would occur before the general election. almost half of the republicans. if there s one case in particular you ought to know the outcome of which one is it? it s this one. it shows how donald trump behaved as president during an election. there couldn t be anything more important than that. and so for the american people
president to do things that were unlawful and unconstitutional. so, either way, it is bad. people should know. well, as a legal matter, they actually do, right? the speedy trial act, which governs how judges are supposed to set trial schedules, includes specifying that it s not just the defendants interest in a speedy trial, but the public is interested in a speedy trial to and, you know, about a month ago, over at politico, we actually did a poll coming off the last couple of indictments, and we asked people, should the classified document trial occur before the republican primary, before the general election? almost two thirds of the respondents said it should occur before the general election. that included nearly half of the republicans. should it be? i mean, is this one of the cases or, if there s one case in particular that you ought to know the outcome of, there are a lot of cases going on, which one is it? this one, absolutely. it shows how donald trump behaved as preside
it, or blatant lies in his defense. ultimately, his lawyers are entitled to make many arguments on his behalf. but it is a reminder that they have a problem. and then the second thing, you don t need to be a lawyer to know, you re so confident of winning. let s get going. this is the legal version of, we all know somebody like this, hold me back if you let me fight, and then if you let him fight, they can t, and they don t want to fight. that s a bit of what we are seeing here. yes and the tin pot bravado. all right, too neal, it s not a secret that today we got news that trump received a target letter from the doj. do you think that that factors in at all to the judge s deliberation about the timing of her own federal trial? i don t. i think that there are two separate things, obviously, if there is an indictment, as i suspected, or almost certainly will be against donald trump in washington, d. c. for january 6th, judge cannon is gonna have to work it out with that other judge fo