If you go after me, im coming for you. Those are the words donald trump posted in all caps on truth social yesterday, just one day after his latest arraignment for election interference. Saturday, august 5th, im ali velshi. We begin today with the very latest its criminal indictment of donald trump. In a court firing late last night, we have proof that the Justice Department is taking this language from defendant trump very seriously. The special counsels team cited trumps truth social post in request for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former Vice President from making public any Sensitive Information turned over by the prosecutors. Quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. In response, trump spokesperson put out a statement claiming that the post is quote, the d
and i thank you. good to be back with you on this second hour of msnbc reports with jose diaz-balart. it is 1:00 eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. i m in today for chris jansing. what happens today in a d.c. courthouse could be one of the most important days yet for the former president. donald trump s lawyer facing off against jack smith s special counsel team about the durability of trump s presidential immunity argument. it is now in the hands of three judges, but could this case as trump s lawyer put it open pandora s box? a president has to have immunity. and the other thing is i did nothing wrong. and the two top figures in this case, special counsel jack smith and judge tanya chutkan have now both been victims of swatting. what does that mean for the safety of public officials as we head into a busy 2024? plus, the pentagon s investigation into secretary of to hide his hospitalization from even the white house as more lawmakers on capitol hill call for his resignation.
austin johnson with a spot-on impersonation of donald trump, and interrupting the last supper nearly a week after trump s historic arraign marraignment, s showing more americans agree with the charges. up 5% this week. his former attorney general is predicting another indictment for the former president we ll get into that straight ahead. we re also going to dig into the competing rulings from federal judges on a commonly used drug for medical abortions. the impact on women s health care and the political impact on the republican party by the way, mika, you know let s just say, it s not good. based on conversations we ve had with friends and others that have voted for donald trump, this is really it s more bad political news, obviously, for women s rights, but especially for republicans i ve got to say, i was really taken, and i ve been taken over the last week especially, of people who have been trump supporters for a long time. yeah. who you start talk
we start in the middle east where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say, a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they re the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. our middle e
terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve