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thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell has more news right now. right now on andrea mitchell report, ukraine s president zelenskyy is in washington in a last ditch effort to persuade reluctant lawmakers for billions more in aid. republicans are tieing it to more money for the border. also, president trump reverses course at the last minute and says he will not testify as a closing defense witness in today as new york civil trial despite previous claims that he would. this is our new nbc des moines register poll shows president, former president polling higher with iowa caucusgoers than any previous republican at this stage. steve kornacki will break it all down at the big board. plus, the recognition of penn s president shifts the attention to harvard and mitt after last week s testimony by the presidents of all three universities. leaders of harvard are meeting today. and the abortion debate heating up in texas with a state supreme court court no ....
acuna along with not griff jenkins but tom shillue and charlie and welcome to the big weekend show. the big story tonight with biden family drama comes to a head this week the house could vote on an impeachment inquiry resolution into president biden plus, his son hunter subpoena to appear for a congressional deposition is just three days away and then there is a new criminal charge, again new criminal charges against hunter that biden managed to avoid answering any questions about all weekend long while rubbing elbows with hollywood elites. president comment on the targets against your son, mr. president [laughter] alicia: fox news lucas tomlinson has new reaction from the white house tonight. that s right and alyssa president biden has not spoken about his son hunter second indictment since leaving for the west coast on friday. hunter biden has been charged with three felonies and six misdemeanors over failure to pay taxes according to the indictment hunter sp ....
asking the supreme court to immediately step in to decide whether former president trump has immunity from prosecution, relating to his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. sandra: remains to be seen whether the highest bench will choose to take the case, but the move appears to be an attempt by smith to keep the march trial back on track and block the former president from delaying the trial in the federal appeals court. john: let s go to david spunt, breaking details for us. david. david: sandra, you are right. jack smith, special counsel, does not want to see any delays in this case. he wants this trial to begin and finish before the election. right now he s asking the nine justices, remember, a body that tries to stay away from politics, he s asking them to essentially enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election making an emergency appeal to the high court asking the justices to rule that donald trump is not immune from prosecution. he p ....
taylor swift got her fifth nomination for the taylor swift eras tour film. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. special counsel jack smith is going directly to the supreme court, asking the justices to weigh in on his election interference case. smith is looking for a ruling on whether a president has immunity from crimes while committed in office. it is a potentially very risky move. after all the justices say, yes, he is immune, the case is over. kaput. but if they rule no, it cuts off donald trump s ability to delay the trial through appeals. so big risk, big reward. meaning he would go to court on or close to the march trial date, thereby giving voters a chance to hear the evidence against the man who is asking to be president again. jack smith writing, quote, it is of imperative public importance that respondent s claims of immunity be resolved by this court and that the respondent s trial proceed as promptl ....
right now, and i m glad it s you, are a, because i ve modeled way way through two hours of legal staff. it s in your hands no, friend. you re very kind. i wouldn t go that fire, but i leave all, she great to see. welcome to the beat, everyone, i m ari melber, and as we mentioned, there s a lot going on, even as we get towards the holidays, december vibes. but jack smith, making a big move today, going straight to the supreme court. that is unusual, and it tells us something about the hand he thinks he s holding. we ve seen delays from the trump folks on this coup trial and they have every right to file appeals, and sometimes appeals have the consequence of delays. what s new here, ali velshi militant shunning that this is something everyone s trying to make sense of tonight, it s jack smith is moving first. he s basically calling for whatever delay or bluff the trump folks have been pushing out to be over. asking the supreme court to intervene. it s a move of confid ....