laws were broken after lloyd austin was in the icu for days without telling the president. new safety concerns. a piece of a flight blew off the plane mid-flight. it s now being found on our grounded planes. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court heard arguments from donald trump s attorneys. they argue the former president is immune from prosecution because they say his actions questioning the 2020 election results and urging congress to block certification of joe biden s victory were official acts. trump himself was in the courtroom for today s arguments and so was jack smith. the appeals court is hearing this case on an expedited basis. we could get a decision very soon. trump spoke moments ago and said he did not nothing wrong. with us to talk more about this, ryan reilly, who was inside the courtroom, for the arguments, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of alabama. she s
i m alycia menendez in for nicolle wallace. from the president, a reminder of the stakes in the next election and an existential question, the president asking all americans, who are we? cited valley forge and on the each of the third anniversary of the january 6th attack, the president describing democracy as a sacred cause and the central issue of the 2024 election. this is not rhetorical, ak dem academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy s question is the most urgent question of our time. the choice is clear. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america. it s about you. it s about every age and background that occupy this country. the speech today another episode in what has become one of the biggest themes in the biden presidency. president biden ha
keilar. pat cipollone the former top lawyer at the white house has been subpoenaed by the january 6th committee. the committee clearly feels he is a central figure in their investigation. witnesses have testified that he pushed back on the fake electoral college scheme. cassidy hutchinson testified that cipollone warned if trump went to the capitol, quote, we re going to be charged with every crime imaginable. cipollone did meet with the panel informally in april but has been reluctant to do more. now a source tells dana bash he might agree to at least a limited transcribed interview. first on cnn, cassidy hutchinson stands by her testimony in the face of push back from the secret service. the former top aide to chief of staff mark meadows told the committee that trump was so determined to join his supporters at the capitol that he tried to grab the wheel of the beast. the presidential armored vehicle which was an suv that day. and lunged at an agent s throat. committee c
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 now bloc
alex night starts to be incredibly fe thing but to be incredibly funny and decent is an entirely different thing. also a rare combination. thank you my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy the shortest serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in the new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, he might have missed mr. mccarthy s ten month term is the country s highest republican elected official, and that s not just because it was so short. it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to when the speaker s gavel and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right who do the bidding of donald trump, look the other way. and