i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
minnesota. the house is about to vote to kick her off the house foreign affairs committee. she is speaking right now saying yes, she s a muslim, she s a refugee, she has said some controversial things but she s a proud american and her views should be considered by republicans and democrats alike. let s listen. and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. [ applause ] so take your vote or not. i am here to stay, and i am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world. i yield back. [ applause ] again, ilhan omar speaking a fiery address, a defiant speech on the floor of the house of representatives. the republican led house is about to vote to kick her off of the foreign affairs committee. she says it is retribution and unfair. she says it is unamerican. but it is no surprise to her. the republicans who said barack obama as president was secretly a muslim. let s get to our chief congressional correspondent manu r
this committee for one term. my voice will get louder and stronger and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. [ applause ] so take your vote or not. i am here to stay. and i am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world. i yield back. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. this breaking news, you wafrp e it on the house floor. a heated debate is under way to remove congresswoman omar from the foreign affairs committee over her frequent criticism of israel. she later apologized for some of her comments but stood by others. omar is a refugee and one of the first muslim americans to serve in congress. speaker mccarthy claims he has the votes to oust her after two republicans who were opposed flipped their positions in the last 24 hours. this comes after democrats voted to remove republicans marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar last year for promoting violence
together. it s very nice to see you, i hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nikole all us two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump g
hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nicolle wallace in for alex wagner two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump general told the comm