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resources to seize voting machines. a bombshell new piece of reporting in the new york times cites multiple sources familiar with conversations inside the trump administration and the trump campaign that lays out just how the disgraced ex-president himself pushed to get federal agencies to do his bidding only to be rebuffed by allies of his own government by powers of the u.s. government to take voting machines and take them to trump s inner circle was a bridge too far. the times reports this, quote, president trump directed his lawyer, rudy giuliani, to make a remarkable call. trump wanted hem to ask the department of homeland security if it could legally take control of voting machines in key swing states. giuliani did so, calling the department s acting deputy secretary who said he lacked the authority to audit or impound the machines. trump pressed giuliani to make that inquiry after rejecting a separate effort to have the pentagon take control of the machines and ....
for someone under multiple counts of conspiracy to defraud the united states. this was a tight race in michigan. biden winning by the skin of his teeth some would say. it s the latest piece of information that we are getting of many, a fire hose worth of details about what trump was doing to actually stay in power. makesyou wonder what else is out there? special council jack smith, does he have something else up his sleeve? right now, smith is fighting for the supreme court to decide whether trump has presidential immunity. he is telling the court, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. trump s lawyers are trying to do the opposite. asking the court not to intervene, delay, delay, delay. but the high court is going to have to act whether it wants to wait or not. it will need to decide if trump is in fact immune. and ....
oral arguments on january 9th. that might make the current march trial date for trump s trial untenable, putting his entire 2024 legal calendar in question. so voters may not have a ruling on whether donald trump plotted to overturn the 2020 election until after they cast their ballots in 2024. we should note, if trump wins a second term in the white house, he could and likely would purger himself and charges might not ever see the charges in trial. extra points for coming in on a holiday weekend, so we appreciate that. i guess, to some extent, that might be a bit of a doomsday scenario to say this case may not happen at all in 2024. but what do you think? what are the consequences of this supreme court decision we heard? is it just going to end up back in their laps in a couple months from now anyway? what do you think? the scenario you painted isn t necessarily a doomsday scenario. trump asked to go on bond for the whole circuit to hear. and then he ll have somethin ....
teixeira accused of disseminating classified documents. the pentagon and intelligence community in daniel mage control how can this happen again ten years after edward snowden the justice department filed an appeal to the supreme court to block a federal appeals court ruling that limits access to an fda approved abortion pill will the court act before the ruling goes into affect? and grant a stay until it can decide the case. i will be joined by pete buttigieg on some of the big headlines this week and the biden administration s $300 million investment in repairing bridges from san diego to albany good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington the 21-year-old national guardsman charged under two sections of the espionage act for that massive leak of classified documents making his first appearance in a boston federal court. with three family members sitting behind him, jack teixeira was read charges that carry a term of ten years in prison and three years supervise ....
cabinet it s time to focus on the issues they were elected on, a day after winning a confidence vote. uber teams up with the united nations, by using its ride hailing app to deliver emergency food and water to ukraine. and revealed to the world after three centuries, the shipwreck of a historic gallion, carrying billions of dollars of sunken treasure. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some, very limited, gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. in regard to the ongoing issue about violence, the senator is representing our side in discussions with senator murphy and we are hoping to actually get an outcome that will make a difference in areas of mental health, school safety and things that are related to the inc ....