that s going to do it for me today. deadline: white house starts now. hi everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. an incredibly important question looming over democracy, can presidents be held accountable for crimes committed in office. a unanimous ruling by the d.c. court of appeals rejected donald trump s claims of immunitity in the federal election case. the decision by the judges is a stinging rebuke of the ex-president in what has become a months long push to get the charges against him dismissed. in their ruling, the judges make the point that while donald trump is a former president of the united states, he is in the eyes of the law, just another criminal defendant. for the purposes of this criminal case, frp has become citizen trump with all the any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him in this prosecution. prosecuting presidents for things they did in office would have
as an artist, i needed to do something different and challenge myself. reporter: braugher s costars remembering him. terry cruz writing you showed me what a life well lived looks like. braugher with 61 years old and leaves behind his wife of over 30 years, actress amy rapson and three sons. in a 2020 variety interview, he said that fatherhood was his most important role. i wanted to be there through the course of their life because i know how important fathers are. chloe melas, nbc news, new york. thank you for the laughs, andre. you will be missed. and on that very sad note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. , donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its d
wednesday night. alex wagner tonight s starting now. good evening alex. yeah. definitely the fact that we were talking about who is alone. 150,000 florida republicans i believe have signed on to that ballot. it is just an epically appalling move to try to do this to people across the u.s.. it is a disastrous political decision. they will pay, and pay, and pay as long as they can keep trying to do this. thank you chris. thank you jessica as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. anks to you at home the criminat donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan, denied the claim that the entire case would be null and void because of quote, presidential immunity. trump s lawyers immediat
150,000 florida republicans, i believe, have signed onto that ballot. i mean it s just an epically appalling move to try and do this to pregnant people across the u.s. repugnant to the vast majority of voters. they will pay and pay and pay as long as they keep trying to do thiske to the american publi. thank you, chris, and thank you jessica vulenty as always. today the criminal case against donald trump, the one that was mostru likely to be completed before the 2024 election, special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case, todayec it effectively ca to a standstill. it was frozen or in legal terminology its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan denied trump s claim that the entire case be null and void because of, quote, presidential immunity. trump sty lawyers immediately appealed that decision and asked judge chutkan to stay the case until the appeals court can rule on a question of immunity. well, today judge
Congressional subpoena of a financial firm that worked with the president mazar s that the president had to turn over the documents. they appealed to the d.c. circuit today, and there were oral arguments there you got to listen to them. what happened there? it was not another great day for the president s attorney in these cases. right now they are challenging subpoenas to financial institutions both here and court in washington as well as new york, and the president s personal attorney faced a lot of skeptical questions about his argument that basically, the house oversight committee lacks any power to look into the president s personal financial matters. there werequestions especially from judge patricia mollett saying basically are you arguing that congress can t initiate an investigation into corruption by the office of the president? and the president s lawyer effectively said yes i want to play that sound with judge mollett and william consvoy who is representing the