when we leave he gives us a hard. there you go. thanks, steve. it means a lot. wisdom borne of age. and friends born of a he s a mud duck. we are so happy that matt found his flock. i m so grateful that my colleague megan found this story, that mauro produce it and then boyd shared. it and please remember, it costs absolutely nothing to be kind, and i can assure you any nhl team owner that i know, i ll be emailing you the segment tonight. you sure as hell better stand this man some cool gear. with that i wish you a good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. today the supreme court made a momentous decision, one that has significant implications for the rule of law in this country. at five pm eastern, this afternoon, the supreme court agreed to take up former president trump s claims of presidential immunity. these are not credible claims. that has been thoroughly litigated in district court and
what he texted. in stark contrast from each other? yeah. anderson, nick valencia, thanks. the news continues right here on cnn it s thursday, february 20. happy week here right now on cnn this morning the supreme court agree agrees to hear donald trump s absolute immunity arguments, throwing his 2024 trial schedule into turmoil, plus yet another legal challenge for trump for an illinois judge booting the former president off that state s ballot will look at that and a deal to keep the federal government open is going to have a vote in a matter of hours or still the threat of a shutdown looms all right 05:00 a.m. here in washington, a live look at the united states supreme court, the center of it all this morning morning. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us. we re going to start there. the supreme court agreeing to decide whether or not former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution for the actions he took on and leading
trump s community case. this is a momentous decision just to hear this case. tonight, rachel and lawrence o donnell on the supreme court with their delayed decision and what it means for justice. lisa rubin and kristi on how we got here. the new political reality for an electorate that has stopped trump before. all in starts now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the right wing dominated the supreme court and gave donald trump a gift. the biggest possible gift anyone could give him. the biggest possible gift they have given him yet. trump in violent coup to overthrow democracy. he rallied a supporter system to destroy the capital and he was indicted by our justice department, representative of us, the people, on four federal felony counts by a grand jury for his role in the insurrection . today, in a single document, the court agreed to consider trump s claim that he is immune from prosecution for the january 6th insurrection, because he was acting in some
we re following breaking news out of gaza, where local officials accuse israeli soldiers of opening fire on a crowd of unarmed civilians in gaza city. i want to warn you, the video you re about to see is graphic and it may be difficult to watch. the incident occurred when a crowd gathered to receive humanitarian aid at a distribution site. gazan officials say dozens were killed and hundreds more were injured. an israeli official confirms to nbc news they used live fire, but said the crowd posed a threat to the soldiers. the news comes as the hamas-run ministry of health says that more than 30,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the october 7th attacks. last hour, while leaving the white house for the southern border, president biden addressed the latest developments out of gaza. joining us now is nbc s josh lederman. also with us, retired four star general barry mccaffrey, nbc news military analyst. what do we know about that happened here today? as is so often
training me this hour. today the supreme court made a momentous decision, one that has significant applications for the rule of law in this country. at 5:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon, the supreme court agreed to take up former president trump s claims of presidential immunity. these are not credible claims, that has been thoroughly litigated in both federal district court and federal appellate court. i nearly deciding to do this, setting aside whatever the court s final ruling is, the court has essentially upended the attempt to hold donald trump accountable for his actions to subvert democracy. the court may have ended that attempt entirely. the decision is also certain to reshape the 2024 presidential race and it will likely play a determinative role in its outcome. but, as much as a significant of this ruling is already apparent, the full consequences here hinge on the timing. in its ruling tonight, court said it would hear oral arguments in the case the week of april 22