Kevin mccarthy with no clear successor in sight. Then, Disgraced Crypto king Sam Bankmanfrieds trial is getting underway. What is parents are saying about the case, and new reporting on why theyre looking for their own Escape Routes as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle, live at Msnbc Headquarters here in New York City. Donald trump also in New York City today, back in the courtroom for his third day of his civil fraud trial. He left court midway through the proceedings and was visibly angry on his way out. We are going to play some of what he said, even if it is filled with slander or lies or absurdity. We are going to play it because this man is the front runner for the republican president ial nomination, and what he says matters. Watch this. Im here, stop here, and i cant campaign. I would rather be right now in iowa. Id rather be new hampshire, south carolina, or ohio, or a lot of other places. But im stuck here because
chris jansing reports follows with ana cabrera right now. hello on this busy friday. i m ana cabrera in for chris jansing, and it appears to be down to two. a senator from ohio and the governor of north dakota emerging as the front runners as donald trump inches closer to making one of the most consequential choices of his campaign, picking a running mate. but could there still be another name on the list? plus, turning to trump s legal woes, the former president may be the one charged with mishandling secret documents, but in a hearing in florida today, special counsel jack smith appears to be the one with the most to lose. in an unusual decision, the judge is hearing arguments about whether jack smith should have been appointed in the first places and whether he has the authority to prosecute trump going forward. and rain bringing some relief to central new mexico where massive wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to flee, and left at leas
penalty for exercising a constitutional right. what do you say to that? certainly in the realm of reasonable gun regulation, no good deed goes unlitigated. we expect there will be a lot of lawsuits and lawyers. but what we know is that we ve had federal excised tax on guns since 1919. we know lots of constitutional rights which we ordinarily expect to pay fees. newspapers are engaged in a core first amendment right and the supreme court has said that states can certainly tax newspapers. critics are saying gun owners of california, they say you bring up the freedom of the press basically, this would be like steam rolling the first amendment by mandating the media carry such insurance. yeah. i don t think so. for example, if anyone needs to exercise any of their rights in court, and exercise their seventh amendment right to a civil jury, they have to pay a fee to the courthouse staff. nothing in the constitution says all these rights are free.