it s saturday august 12th, you re watching velshi. i m charles coleman junior filling in for my friend ali velshi. we begin this hour with the latest developments in the fast-moving case of the united states versus donald j trump. there are major developments in the government election interference case against the former president. federal judge tanya chutkan granted the special counsel team request for protective order just yesterday. the protective order seek salute what trump can and cannot disclose about the case, and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense during discovery. now the government requested a protective order that covered all of the discovery materials. but the judge s ruling did not go that far. it does stop trump from publicly sharing quote, material that the government doesn t, designates has sensitive. and quote. this would include things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of te
shortly in the georgia election interference case. never before has a former american president faced a criminal indictment. yet, now trump faces the possibility of defending himself in four separate cases. as he campaigns to reclaim the white house in 2024 trump supporters seem unfazed they showed up in fourth this weekend at the iowa state fair to cheer on their guy and to heckle the most popular opponent florida governor ron desantis. the fate of the nation will be decided by how the rest of america responds to this truly unprecedented state of affairs as vice president kamala harris put in an exclusive interview on this program, just last night, democracy is at stake now. joining me now to talk about it all it is congressman colin outspread of texas congressman allred is also running for the u.s. senate in the lone star state hoping to replace republican senator ted cruz. congressman, thank you for joining us. thank you brad, meet rev. let s start with possibly the lumi
family. we ve been waiting for these for a while. they show how those who contributed to hunter s ventures were seemingly reward evidence with access to his father. bill: it all flies in the face of what the president and his staff have been saying on repeat. have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? president biden: i ve never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. do they stand behind the comment he has never been involved or spoken to his son about his business? i ve been asked this question a million times. the answer won t change. the answer remains the same. the president was never in business with his son. dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. she has been asked that question a lot. her answer did change slightly and we have noticed that. what did you find out this morning from the new records? good morning. the question is what was hunter biden doing to earn access to this money? republicans on the house
federal candidates. that s all. not to do what the majority actually did by officially giving congress the sole authority to enforce the insurrection clause. there s no basis for that in the constitution quote, the majority attempts to insulate all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges to their holding federal office. we re going to explain what this means in plain language and what it means for the supreme court s next big trump case, immunity. because that decision could have bearing on the other cases we re watching on which we also have news. joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, nbc news senior legal correspondent, laura jarrett and slate senior writer, mark joseph stern. everybody welcome. laura, this case, you know, you read the opinion, the majority opinion and the you see the headline, everyone agrees this is not political at all, and you read the dissent, and other amy coney barrett, threat liberals on the court, it reads like a dissent. no
tonight s laid, campaign crunch time. a handful of caucuses and primaries this weekend will be among the lost opportunities to change the presidential picture ahead of super tuesday. former president trump is campaigning in virginia tonight as a divided republican party holds a caucus convention and michigan. caucus is also being held in missouri and idaho. meanwhile, tomorrow s primary and the district of columbia could offer nikki haley one of her a few opportunities to win a contest outright. main while, president biden is preparing for his state of the union address, thursday, we are he ll have an opportunity to speak directly to the american people about his accomplishments, including the recovering economy with stock markets at all-time highs. and possible progress in the middle east. they administration has begun airdrops of humanitarian aid into gaza and stays far discussions are underway. a well received speech could help reverse a different popularity that has the p