Special counsel jack smith was ever a serious lawyer, he lost that distinction tonight. He now has the sole dysfunction of being a political hack. The attack on this nations capitol on january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of democracy, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Laura well by listening to this guy you would think that trump himself was smashing through the glass at the capitol that day. That was one of the most demogog would assume that trump was alleged to have carried out the capitol riot. This is the criminalization of disinformation in order to get a conviction he will have to use material in of in my view is clearly protected by the First Amendment. Laura now this case should never survive a motion to dismiss, a motion of summary judgment, obama judge ever do the right thing, i want to remind you s
And now it is a legal term. Ask anybody. Theyll tell you. Thank you, ari. See you later, joy. And we do continue to follow the breaking news tonight that donald trump has received indictment number three, courtesy of the d. C. Grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And let us just be clear, this is an historic moment in this country. Never has a president of the United States refused to relinquish power until trump. Never has a former president come up with a conspiracy that involves having their Vice President overturn the will of the people through the use of fake electors until trump. Never has a former president incited an insurrection with armed extremists to storm the u. S. Capitol until trump. And no u. S. President has ever been indicted before trump. And again for trump, this is indictment number three. And in many ways, it is the most historically significant one because its not just about his personal conduct. It is about us, our democracy. And n
lucas pom tom lynnson at the white house tomlinson, and virginia republican lieutenant governor winsome sears. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto and happy weekend. so far a happy and, thus far, calm weekend after the supreme court s historic 6-3 decision to essentially gut roe v. wade. let s go to alexandria hoff at the supreme court with how things are looking there. reporter: hi, neil. yeah, a few more protesters have arrived over past hour, several dozen now with chants breaking out. but this time yesterday, neil, when that decision came down, the most immediate and audible reaction came from the pro-life side. there were cheers and tears for what they saw as the recognition of life before birth, something they d been waiting over 50 # years to do. and as the department of homeland security warned of a night of rage, things did remain mostly calm. an american flag was burning here in d.c., similar symbolic symbolic of the anger after the court did undo roe v. wade.
your vote, you can act. you can have the final word. this is not over. we went off the air at 10:00 a.m. on friday, and ten minutes later, this. this is an nbc news special report. . we have just received word of a decision in one of the most consequential cases before the supreme court in decades. the monumental ruling by the supreme court finally handed down more than a month after that unprecedented leak of a draft opinion suggesting the nation s highest court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 roe v. wade case. the nation s highest court ruling 6-3 to uphold the mississippi abortion ban being challenged. chief justice john roberts supported that, but stopped short of overturning roe. that vote was 5-4, ending the constitutional protected right to abortion after nearly 50 years. the results follow decades after opponents of abortion made possible by three appointees to the high court by former presidential donald trump. the ruling reversed planned parenthoo
and mitch mcconnell, welcome the ruling saying it s a victory for the unborn. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so, and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws, which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. chanting: life won today! life won today , they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 years. the devastation a