What well garland do. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, Attorney General Merrick Garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged Election Interference for months. Here, ive delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think its most perilous to trump, and ive often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. Heres the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear Donald Trumps Immunity Defense i dont think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. I think trump loses that claim. In my opinion, its unlikely its illogical that the court will provide Blanket Immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the courts Decision Garland told cnns evan pere
What do they want to hear . Or is it potentially that they just want to be the ones to hear it. The lead on writing a definitive ruling on something as foundational as whether this president , any president , is above the law. But you cant separate that motivation from the timing. Why did it take so long for the justices to decide to hear it . And why will it take so long for them to actually hear it. The court has worked faster before, including on Hearing Arguments regarding the colorado ballot. Again, the timing here matters. Not just for this case, which is now unlikely to be tried before election day, but Donald Trumps other cases as well. The classified documents at maralago, maybe even georgia, if that case ever even gets off the ground. Or the arguments regarding the colorado decision to remove trump from the ballot. Theres so much to consider. The motivation, the political effect on november, and the future of the court itself. How much public trust can it stand to lose before
plus, a suspect under arrest after killing six people with a knife outside of a school in china. and this it s up to my knees. i know. historic rainfall causing deadly flash flooding just north of new york city. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in this morning for christine romans. we begin this morning in london where president biden is set to make his first visit to 10 downstairsing street as president. he will meet one-on-one with british prime minister rishi sunak. the two are expected to tackle issues like the war in ukraine, among other things before heading to lithuania for the start of the nato summit. cnn s arlette saenz is traveling with the president. arlette, what is on schedule here? reporter: well, president biden will arrive here at 10 downstairsing street in literally just a short while. they just rolled out the carpet for him. it will mark the sixth meeting that president biden will have had with rishi
There s a sign that partially reveals the name of the kindergarten. and police and emergency responders also onsite with the entire area cordoned off. this video has been shared on social media. one called the attacker hateful, shameless and despicable. sadly, this is not the first time that school children in china has been targeted with knife-wielding attackers. in recent years there have been a number of attacks targeting schools. in august three people were killed in six wounded in a stabbing in guangxi province. and in june of 202037 children and two adults were wounded in a knife attack in an elementary school in southern china. china has low rates of violent crime compared to the west, but with guns strictly out of control and out of reach for most people, knives have become the most common weapons used in a mass assault in china. including the latest one in a
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