witness pressure in the january 6th investigation. plus, the supreme court closes out its term with more key decisions, and makes history with justice jackson s swearing in. and promises a new legal debate over states influence over elections. nearly one week since the reversal of roe v. wade, the president endorses and into the filibuster to codify abortion rights, as legal pressure mounts across the country, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. there are new developments tonight, in the ongoing investigation for january 6th. the new york times reports that donald trump s political organization and allies have paid for or promise to cover legal fees for more than a dozen witnesses, raising questions about whether the former president may be trying to influence their testimony. the times points out, there is nothing illegal about a third party covering the legal fees for a witness. it says, the is
polarizing us institution. great. frankly, it s not really surprising. last year, for example, trusttea the media hit an all time low and it just can t rebound. it seems low this last week wass clarified why with why it s a lie, especially whend. comes o the supreme court. you want to give an example? here we go . new york times call holsey writes this about that big political roe v. wade ruling. senate republicans did not havep to take the politically risky step of banning abortions. the courts took care of that for them. really,rt you would think someoe who s been reporting for more than 30 years couldrm. easy have got this right. but he didn t with the supreme courtut actually did, as you knw ,was kicked the decision back to the states. they did not ban abortion atrd all yesterday after the court rejected a case from health care workers challenging new york s vaccine mandate. who else went after but clarence thomas is found, as a fact checking now. do you mind fact check
Working in lockstep to protect against china what do you expect him Prime Minister kishida to say hes going to be addressing congress what are you expecting him to highlight . Prime minister kishida has been a very vocal advocate when it comes to the role of the russian invasion in ukraine and what it could mean to other countries, specifically in east asia, Prime Minister kishida has really coined the phrase, ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow. And by that he means that if there is not a strong response from western countries to the russian invasion of ukraine, then countries like china could take away the message that perhaps they could take aggressive actions and take over other countries or other territories like taiwan Prime Minister kishida is really going to try to send that message the underlying message there is that he Hopes Congress will pass but a us aid package to ukraine, and that he really hopes to see that come through. And secondly, foreign minister kishida is g
hello., everyone.d. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five.si ngpresident biden facing criticm for focusing on islamophobia despite a despicable wave of anti-semitisofm in america.-d there has been a staggering 400% rise in incidents since the war in israel. a student charged with threatening to shoot, stab and students at a campus. the university s president says they are working to fight all forms of anti-semitism on ca campus. the administration is rolling out a strategy to counter hate towards muslims. kamala harris making this announcement on social media. as a result of the attack and the humanitarian crisis in gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-palestine, and is ainci bahama and islamophobic incidents. the white house, when askedtt about it, they apply they have a handle on anti-semitism.orce and related forms of hate. there were 100 actions agencies were able to take to counter the scourge of anti-semitism in the next step was to counteromes is
Weighed in on yesterday abortion pill ruling how significant is this rift developing in the republican party? well, look. the democrats i would say ar pretty smart to use th abortion issue because, the right track ron jack it is still at 70 30. and so they want to distract from that and use abortion a the issue. most, what the republicans should be talking about in response to abortion is, one that there is a lot of areas where most republicans, most voters agree with republican on limiting it to 15 weeks a the european standard. 15 weeks is what seems to be anthony could support. and, what democrats have bee saying is they wan unrestricted abortion an taxpayer funding up unti birth. which by the way most democrat do not agree with. but most republicans independents and democrats d not want to see taxpayer funde