and it might eventually and in a jail. in fulton county the sheriff s office announced today the donald trump and all his 18 accused coconspirators will first be booked at the rice street jail in fulton county. a sheriff from fulton county has said that dom trump will be fingerprinted and that he will be photographed and end up with a mugshot when he is booked at the rice street jail. the sheriff noted that the deal was open 24/7 and all of the people indicted in what the indictment called donald trump s criminal enterprise are welcome to show up to their bookings at anytime. no appointment necessary. to varying degrees, donald trump has been given special treatment in each one of his previous arrests and arraignments. so far there has been no suggestion from the fulton county sheriff, fani willis, that donald trump will receive special treatment this time in the booking and arraignment procedure. this is the one. this is the case that tells a story more clearly than any othe
and demolition man ? our reporters are following the latest developments. let s begin with nbc s katie phang who has more. what happened and where does it all go from here? reporter: yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and we ve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of fulton county district attorney fani willis. what it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. in this particular instance, when the district attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. what judge mcafee has done in fulton county has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the united states constitution and the georgia constitution, because there s so many different clauses and so many different amendm
the un secretary general has called for a ceasefire in gaza to mark ramadan, the muslim month of fasting. antonio guterres also called for the release of hostages held by hamas, and the speedy delivery of aid to the palestinian territory. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, hasjoined leaders of caribbean nations injamaica for emergency talks on the crisis in haiti, where gang leaders are demanding the resignation of the prime minister. the world food programme has warned of famine conditions in the haitian capital as armed gangs terrorise much of the city. authorities in new zealand say 12 people have been admitted to hospital following what s been described as a mid air technical problem on a flight between sydney and auckland. witnesses described people being thrown through the cabin, as the plane suddenly lost altitude during severe turbulence. a flag raising ceremony has taken place in brussels to mark swedenjoining nato. sweden formally applied to join along wit
in the history of television, only two of the 100 most watched shows have not been live sporting events, the oscars and the state of the union. so as a campaign kickoff, you don t get a bigger platform than joe biden has tonight. but with enormous opportunity come enormous challenges. can he meet the moment and how? our team has reporting on what is happening inside the white house right now and the unique unvarnished insights of a former biden speech writer. plus, as the president prepares to address the israel-hamas war tonight, conditions in gaza are deteriorating to new lows. children starving to death. bright orange bursts of flames as a plane makes an emergency landing, what exactly caused it. an awful lot to get to. we begin with this, among all of the goals president biden has for tonight s state of the union address, there is one that rises above all others. show americans he is still up to the job. do not expect to hear the words age or energy or focus, but as m
what we ll garland do. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, attorney general merrick garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged election interference for months. here, i ve delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think it s most perilous to trump, and i ve often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. here s the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear donald trump s immunity defense i don t think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. i think trump loses that claim. in my opinion, it s unlikely it s illogical that the court will provide blanket immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the court s decision garl