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
the deadly shooting at a texas high school. one student in custody. what police are saying tonight. our nbc news exclusive. the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student speaking out for the first time. her difficult road to recovery. the rally on wall street after two troubled banks found new owners. what it means for your money. the u.n. warning humanity is on thin ice. what a new report says must be done now to avoid the worst of climate change. buster murdaugh breaking his silence. what he now says about the death of a high school classmate. and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight involving former president donald trump. somewhat in that the growing sense of expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that he would be arrested on t
it s been a long time coming. a manhattan grand jury votes to indict donald trump, making him the first former president ever charged with a crime. there is no crime it s a bad act. i ll speak to cy vance who first opened this litigation this is legal voodoo. the gop, rallies to his defense before knowing the specifics of the actual criminal charges he s facing. this is nothing short of a political prosecution. will the twice-impeached former president continue to be seen as a positive force inside the gop? politically it s a it s going to be damaging, i think, to the republican party. and what will this indictment do to our already divided politics i ll talk to leading as the march madness tournament comes to a close i ll talk centrist joe manchin of west virginia and pay to play. as the march madness tournament comes to a close, i ll talk to ncaa president of former republican governor of massachusetts charlie baker on the challenge of how to pay c
you have to play good two games. in this competition, it s not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn t count what you have done three days ago. listen. tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it s a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it s an obligation to give my very, very best. some fascinating games in the champions league this week. later, portguese league leaders benfica take on inter milan, who are 22 points off the top of serie a. frank lampard takes his cheslea side to the holders real madrid on wednesday night. it s an all italian affair as napoli, who are on the cusp of the league title, go to ac milan. tuesday, april 11th marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand with organisers saying they re
First of all, imagine for a moment someone tells you that theyre giving you a gift worth 237 million. I mean, thats enough money to make you want to shout. Write this, start making plans, telling everybody you know but then you find out that the actual value of that gift could be zero well, thats what happened this week on an historically black college, black University Campus in tallahassee, florida this would have been the largest donation ever to an hbcu and we know how these schools have been so underfunded, right . This one has had some very public financial challenges, especially but to understand this massive collapse, lets go back one week, to may 4 thats the de of florida a m universitys Commencement Gregory Two Rami is introduced as the ceo of better sun farms corporation. He gave a speech that ended with the Surprise Announcement along with a huge ceremonial check hundred and 37 million and bad away the money is in the bank all the cheering there. Did you hear the background