democracy at stake, the nine justices of the united states supreme court hold in their hands the power to forever alter the trajectory of our country. how they rule on cases having to do with january 6th, violent attempt to disrupt the transfer of power, will echo for generations. so not only is it reasonable for us to expect those nine human beings to go about their process impartially, it s vital that they are seen and perceived as being impartial appearance. the mere appearance of bias could strain our trust in an honest result for these cases, which is why today s news isn t just disturbing, it s scary. the new york times cites photos and interviews with neighbors in reporting that in 2021, days before president joe biden s inauguration as president, days after the deadly attack on the united states capitol of january 6th, neighbors of conservative justice samuel alito noticed something on his lawn, an upside down american flag, a symbol commonly used in those days by t
don t go anywhere. i will be back with rachel maddow and the whole gang for special coverage of trump on trial that starts right now. the ex-president of the united states. two american courtrooms. facing criminal trial in one. i will go in now and sit. and making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. we will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the united states. tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have
news, new protests erupted across college campuses here in the united states. as student demonstrations against the israel, hamas war are growing and spreading we re tracking the rising tensions confrontations with police and the political fallout also tonight, the judge had donald trump s hush money trial could decide any time if the former president violated his gag order and whether you should be punished. we re standing by for a potential ruling and looking ahead to the next critical testimony against trump and the us supreme court. here s another historic abortion rights case triggering protests and apparently dividing the justices were going to tell you what stake, as there s also breaking news from arizona on abortion. the state house, they re just voted to repeal a very controversial civil war era ban. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i m wolf blitzer, a year in the situation room the skis cnn breaking news, let s get right to the
back with you tomorrow for cnn s special coverage as the us supreme court hears the donald trump immunity coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in this situation happened ago, breaking news, new protests erupted the cross college campuses here in the united states. as student demonstrations against the israel hamas war are growing and spreading. we re tracking the rising tensions, the confrontations with police and the political fallout also tonight, the judge had donald trump s hush money trial could decide any time if the former more president violated his gag order and whether he should be punished, we re standing by for a potential ruling and looking ahead to the next critical testimony against trump and the us supreme court. here s another historic abortion rights case. triggering protests and apparently dividing the justices were going to tell you what s at stake as there s also a breaking news from arizona on abortion, the state house, they re just voted to repe
finance loss. he says to me something to the effect of, don t worry, michael. your january and february reimbursement checks are coming. the witness we could see, including a few surprises. the dystopic origins of arizona s new abortion law as republican panic sets in. the only issue they think they have is on abortion, and now all i say is, the states are handling it. for mac the death of o.j. simpson. we the above find the defendant, or james simpson, not guilty of the murder when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. donald trump s first criminal trial for allegedly paying hush money to an adult film star to cover up their relationship is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. in manhattan this coming monday morning. i say scheduled because, it s taken some years to get to this point, hasn t it? the money was paid to stormy daniels back in the fall of 2016, before the election. eight years later, trout might actually be held accountable for his misd