Michael steele in for katie feng and Jonathan Kaye part. Immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trumps president ial Immunity Defense and the federal trial. Our team at msnbc legal and Political Analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. Looking at that this new 80 Page Court Filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. Taking aim, Ukrainian Forces strike back after russias biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. The latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. Security and celebration. Police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new Years Eve Party or safe. We are live in new yorks times square where nearly 1 Million People are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. We begin with the latest on Donald Trumps deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d. C. Appeals court to reject
michael steele in for katie feng and jonathan kaye part. immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trump s presidential immunity defense and the federal trial. our team at msnbc legal and political analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. looking at that this new 80 page court filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. taking aim, ukrainian forces strike back after russia s biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. the latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. security and celebration. police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new year s eve party or safe. we are live in new york s times square where nearly 1 million people are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. we begin with the latest on donald trump s deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d.c. appeals co
about opportunity in ukraine. president biden shifting his warning about monkeypox as another possible case is being investigated in the united states. and a heart continue stopping rescue in california, a helicopter swoops in to save a man dangling from the side of a cliff. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is monday, may 23rd. this morning president biden is making unexpected headlines in tokyo, even his top aides were caught offguard by what he said. the president was asked if the united states would, quote, get involved militarily if china were to invade taiwan, and this is the exchange. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s a commitment we made. we agree on a one china policy, we signed on to t and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken
They are having to now deal with this, zelenskyy says, is because they didn t deal with it soon enough. if they had stood up to russia with sanctions earlier, if the crimea sanctions had been properly enforced we wouldn t be in the situation that they are. i can tell you one thing, brianna, i ve done 20 davoss at least this is by far the most serious, the noise and froth and all the parties rubbish that goes on, there will be a bit of it, but there are serious people in the congress hall saying they don t know what to do and it s the most difficult times that they can remember. will it be consequential? we will see. richard quest, thank you, live for us from switzerland. the description of the changes at davos, fascinating. this just in, the white house is looking at potentially tapping an emergency diesel reserve to help ease the skyrocketing prices of fuel. cnn s matt egan joins us live. this is different from the strategic petroleum reserve that a lot of us know about.
That s what putin thought as well. that didn t happen because the ukrainian people fight. we were giving them right as i speak the most high tech weaponry that we have to fight this asymmetric war. really russia fights a world war ii style with large tanks, we re giving them equipment like these lethal drones with a payload on them that can blow up tanks and armored personnel that they can t stop. so the more we can give to them and that s what zelenskyy asked for once again. he said i wish i had had these weapons sooner. and i called for these to be put in country before the invasion, not after, but now we are where we are and we need to give them everything we can to help them win. their goal, though, is to take donbas, mariupol, crimea all the way to odesa and choke off the black sea from ukraine and starve the ukrainian people just like not unlike what stalin did many decades ago to the ukrainian people. congressman michael mccaul