federal election interference case. in a brief order, the court said it would hear arguments in april, but it could take months for the court to issue an opinion. in the meantime, jack smith s case is on hold, meaning no trial can take place and even if the supreme court ultimately rules against trump, the intervention puts the trials start date in question. in essence, some would say, given him immunity, possibly. joining us now, msnbc chief legal correspondent and anchor of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. state attorney for palm beach county florida, darren ehrenberg, i m going to ask you the same question. they ve, all start with you. were you surprised at this really? i was shocked, mika. the five justices who granted the state through sand in the years of justice and they further delegitimized the supreme court in the eyes of so many. chief justice roberts cares deeply about the perception of the high court. he wants people to believe that they are above politics. that
that really good conversation. we appreciate it. that will do it for me on this edition of alex witt reports. i ll see you tomorrow again at one pm eastern. up next, the beat weekend. he b. welcome to the beat weekend. i am ari melber. let s get right into the headlines. jack smith making new pitch on behalf of the doj on what donald trump must be put on trial before the election. if that sounds like a familiar issue, just remember, jack smith has more than one case against defendant trump. the defendant was done and in federal court today watching as doj prosecutors argued for a july beginning to a trial and the other jack smith case. billy and the way, we discussed a big coup case and the supreme court slowing that down. this is the classified documents case. you probably remember. both and they are saying over at the doj there is nothing in their roles or process which prevents this trial, on the documents, from occurring and weeks even days before the election. remember
testifying behind closed doors this hour. what his testimony means for the house gop s impeachment inquiry into his father. plus, donald trump and president biden claiming victory in michigan s primaries, but the state s voters did send warning signs to both campaigns. also ahead, inferno on the panhandle, the governor of texas, issuing a disaster declaration as a raging wildfire threatens a nuclear weapons facility. the pope hospitalized early this morning, what we know about his condition at this hour. thanks so much for joining us. it s good to be with you. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news from capitol hill where hunter biden is behind closed doors this hour for a deposition with the house oversight and judiciary committees. now, today s testimony is the result of months of negotiations by house republicans to compel the president s son to testify in their impeachment probe into his father. let s go right
this acutely. they understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting everyone, and it is top of mind for all the american people for that reason. again, the first priority of the country is our border and making sure it s secure. i believe the president can take executive authority right now today to change that, and i ve told him that again today in person as i ve said to him many times publicly and privately over the last several weeks. it s time for action. so that was speaker mike johnson yesterday following an oval office meeting with the president and other congressional leaders. but in reality it is johnson, he s the one standing in the way of action on the border by blocking a bipartisan deal passed by the senate. we ll bring you more about that meeting including the pressure on the speaker to avoid the looming government shutdown. plus, we ll go through the primary results out of michigan and look ahead to super tuesday which is just around the corner and the
this time to give the country an opportunity weigh in on this matter. it s literally life or death. you know, we re not asked to be successful. we re asked to be faithful. that s a quote i keep in my heart from mother teresa. we ll end on that note. thank you, both. thanks to both of you for watching this morning. we ll see you tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, the race for the presidency. a republican mega donor network now pulling its cash from nikki haley as her fight to beat donald trump moves to michigan. the chairman of the rnc announcing her resignation hours ago. did she lose trump s favor? also ahead, five days and counting, another government shutdown looming at the end of this week. can congress cut a deal in time? new fallout after the alabama court ruling on frozen embryos. fertility clinics now pausing ivf services amid mounting uncertainty. thanks for joining us. hope you had