Donald trumps trial on charges he tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the publics interest in a speedy trial, that will ultimately be decided by the judge presiding in that case, judge tanya chutkan. But even assuming she chooses a somewhat later start, there may be some delays along the way, donald trump is probably going to face trial in this case before the president ial election next november. Though he does have one critical possible hail mary remaining. He and his lawyers could try to somehow find a way to kick the case up to the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority would rescue him. That was one of the last desperate plans for Donald Trumps coup back in 2021, to get the Supreme Court to rule in his favor. We know theres at least one very conservative justice who one of trumps Coup Plotters thought would be particularly inclined to help out. I spea
we ll see. neil: it s pretty clear not everyone is on the same page. you re looking live on the house floor where they re voting on a rule to essentially bring this debt ceiling bill to the floor there. as chad pergram likes to remind us, you don t have a rule, you don t have a debate on the bill and you don t have a chance to raise the debt ceiling and cut the spending that has been the source of this nerve building that we ve been seeing. that is expected to pass and lead the way to likely a vote on the entire matter later tonight. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. so much at stake as we get things kicking off on your world. we ll have all the key players discussing this as well as what is happening in the house and the senate can john thune trying to step an effort on the part of some republicans to turn their backs on this as well. it s not really a brush fire, but he s keeping an eye on it. we ll talk to him about that as well as key caucus members who have key
it s tuesday, november 14th. congress has until friday to pass a funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. speaker mike johnson might get support from house democrats on his two-step strategy to avoid that shutdown. we ll explain that plan. plus, special counsel jack smith responds to donald trump s push for cameras in the courtroom in his federal election interference case. meanwhile, the former president s eldest son takes the stand again in the civil fraud trial against the family business. we ll get legal analysis on that testimony. and we ll have the latest out of gaza on the efforts to evacuate patients at the largest hospital, which israel says sits above a hamas command post. you look at the papers today, and that s the headline on so much. it s about the fact that the israel forces in gaza reached the hospital. this is in the wall street journal. talks about, as conditions worsen. the lead in the new york times, hospital shakes in gaza as fights rage
Have to get resolved pretty fast. because what happens if trump wins the election. and then when it comes time january 6th 2025. democrats in congress let s say they control house of congress, they say no so he s an eligible. that would be a huge crisis if we ve had an election and trump declared the winner and now we ve got this legal sticks that just gets pulled out. so however this gets resolved legally, i think it needs to get resolved sooner rather than later. that is a really, really good point for qassem. thank you very much. thank you. still to come, dozens killed as wildfires leave a hawaiian town in ruin. the latest disaster in a steadily heating world ahead. dily heating world ahead
Rules. gop texas representative chip roy opposed the bill in the rules committee. he railed against the bill today. my beef is that you cut a deal that shouldn t have been cut. the fact is at best, we have a two-year spending freeze that is full of loop holes and gimmicks that would allow fending for the bureaucracy in order to achieve a $4 trillion increase by january 21, 2025. democrats may withhold their votes tonight until republicans cast their ballots first. democrats want to make sure the gop upholds its part of the garbage. the top negotiator has had it with conservatives blasting the bill and house speaker kevin mccarthy. neil: thanks, my friend. great coverage. keep getting your steps in. you ll have more to go tonight.