Story with martha begins now in. Martha thank you very much. It afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story. We have breaking news right now in new York City as you just saw quite a bit of news in florida as well. Obviously in beirut. For the first time in history, the sitting mayor of the biggest city in the country Eric Adams was indicted on a tangle of charges around Campaign Donations and bribery and the government of turkiye. Also as you just heard Hurricane Helene has now strengthened to a category three hurricane. Its expected to grow further before making landfall several hours away. So we are watching it, its enormous Peer Arlington with the Big Bend of florida we are going to have live coverage for you as it changes this afternoon. Also waiting in new york a couple big things, trump will speak shortly from Trump Tower. But first. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not give in to White House calls for a ceasefire in lebanon. As u. S. Officials say w
Donald trump which concluded just a few minutes ago in philadelphia. Chris, to your point about ms. Being made here, trump refused to say that he would veto national Abortion Ban. Trump also repeatedly refused to say that he thinks or wants thinks that it would be good, or wants for ukraine to win the war in russia. He would not say it and then he talks about how hes very concerned about the number of troops that russia has lost after they invaded another sovereign country . I mean, it was stunning. Joy, to your point about the way that Kamala Harris turned it to him directly, i want to read that part from the transcript. Kamala harris says to the camera,. Donald trump was fired by 81 Million people so lets be clear about that and clearly hes having a very hard time processing that but we cannot afford having a president of the United States up in the photos in a free and fair election. I can tell you i have traveled the world as Vice President. World leaders are laughing at Donald Tru
Weekly News Conference said to happen later this hour. We will bring it to you live. And the enemy within, secretary lloyd austin orders every branch of the military to stand down over the next two months, after an investigation of homegrown extremism within its ranks goes on. We are live with that development coming up. Im Hallie Jackson In Washington Along With Garrett Haik and former Virginia Republican congresswoman barra comstock. Garrett, let me start with you. We are expecting to see some stuff go down in the house today. You have new reporting from your team and your sources pulling back the curtain on what went on behind the scenes in that gop meeting. Reporter a fivehour meeting, House Republicans are trying to figure out who they will be in the postdonald trump era. The solution they came to for now is try to make the tent as big as possible. Room for both Liz Cheney On One Side and Marjorie Taylor green on The Other Side. Neither member will be punished or chastened in anyw
Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
suggest that. is there any evidence to suggest that the presidency was what they were focused on? there is some evidence of that. there were people saying we don t want jefferson davis to be elected president and there was also one of the drafts of section 3 specifically mentioned the presidency and the vice president. but it wasn t the final enactment. right. it wasn t the final enactment, but it shows there was some concern about some people about confederate insurrectionists ascending to the presidency. we look at the historical evidence and pick the evidence we like and interpret is tan den shally because you can throw this counterveiling evidence back in our face. we wanted to focus on the text of the constitution, this was a compromised provision that was enacted in section 3. let me ask you another question about the states. you have forcefully made an argument about the states not being able to enforce section 3, so if we agree with you on that, what happens