and that president biden isn t really the president, he s a pretender, and he s super bowlen it and trump s the stolen it and trump s the rightful president, that was the basis for the mob attack on january 6th. thill with they will never miss an opportunity to politically bludgeon donald trump. they will do anything to prevent him from running in 2024. the people who died that day did not have to die. but they were all there, brought together that day because trump lied about the election and then he lied and lied and lied. this outrageous so-called impeachment trial in the senate, the senate has no authority, no jurisdiction whatever, it is absolutely rogue, it s a complete clown show. howie: joining us now to analyze the coverage, guy benson, in new york, liz claman, host of the claman count down and clarence page. the impeachment trial is a very important story, period. will the media relentlessly hype it around the clock despite the fact that everyone knows don
defendants up to and including violent crimes where stabbings are frequent. actually three people have lost their lives over the last month. that jail is where the disgraced ex-president of these united states is heading right now. just let me get one, two, three, four times in four months that the ex-president of the united states will walk in and out of a jail house to begin the process of answering for his alleged crimes. this one is a little different for a few reasons including nis. we are very likely to see a mug shot of donald trump sometime today or tomorrow. mere hours ago he replaced the lawyer that previously led the defense in georgia. you can make up your own mind whether that s a good or bad defense for him. and what about the chief of staff. mark meadows surrendered himself to authorities in fulton county a short time ago. remember as meadows is still seeking to bump this trial up to the federal level to take it out of district attorney fani willis hands argui
up because of what the russians and saudis just did. i ll speak with don bacon and elizabeth slot kin. plus presidential portrait. maggie haberman has an in-depth look at his rise to power, including changing views on abortion, reversing the position he once made right here on this program. i m very pro-choice. yamiche alcindor and brendan buck. welcome to sunday, it s meet the press. announcer: this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. i m kristin welker in for chuck to do. election day is just 30 days away. ronald reagan worried jimmy carter would engineer a last-minute release of u.s. hostages. carter, of course, did not, but the term stuck. there s at least three stories unfolding. first the nuclear threat from russia. then there are rising gas prices, now averaging just under $4 a gallon, which democrats worry there will be a sign to voters that there is a true. but the october surprise of the week, it could determine control of senat
i m brianna keilar in washington following breaking news. a diplomatic source now tells cnn that the handover for the fourth group of hostages in gaza should be complete within the hour. earlier there were significant delays over today s list of hostages. this news coming as we learn from qatar who has been obviously instrumental in these talks that the temporary truce between israel and hamas is now extending for another two days. so far 58 hostages have been set free over the last three days, 58 hostages from gaza. that number including 40 israelis, most of these women and children and in keeping with the current agreement israel has released 117 palestinians from prison, women and people 18 and under in those releases. hamas says it now has the list of prisoners to be released later today while israel has notified the families of the hostages who are expected to be freed today. we do have a team of correspondents tracking all of the latest developments. let s start now wit
One more question. trump s truth social seemed to send out a picture of trump s gleefulness with this bizarre punctuation. everything he has done in full view of the public has to avoid this moment. his rage at jeff sessions over recusing from the russia investigation, his enters to fire robert mueller, his efforts to hide, shield and obstruct justice are about avoiding accountability. what is your sense from covering him about what s going on with him? reporter: now that it s imminent, he is embracing it. his own campaign has sent out mock mugshots. he hasn t had one to date in the three previous cases here. for them, this is about embracing this moment. yesterday in that conversation with tucker carlson, tucker asked him two times about the prospect of himself being killed. he asked him about a civil war. he asked him about potentially