trying to do that. i don t know that there is evidence at all that certainly what we have seen, what have been publicly out there, has been a lot of him encouraging trump. he was on the phone with raffensperger, he was down in the cobb county audit site, looking at what was all going on there. most of what we have seen so far has not been mark meadows trying to land the plane, but mark meadows trying to appease his boss. and try to get as much as he could from those conversations in which he was trying to, basically, give trump what he wanted to hear. i don t know. i think whether or not, meadows seems to be trying to have it both ways at this point, and whichever argument is going to help him in federal court at this point is the one he s going to make. the judge is going to decide whether or not meadows goes to federal court. this joe judge wants more information. barb, what are you looking for? he issued an order today
fani willis herself has suggested she could start this case sometime in the spring of 2024. it strikes me as a more reasonable period of time for the remaining defendants. and why would she want all of them to be tried to gather at once? i would think that would put an enormous amount of pressure on her, barb. yes i do too and she has, as you pointed, out said i want one jury to see the full scope of this conspiracy and of this interview prize and how all these different groups working together for the common goal of overcoming the election. i think she tried as many as 12 defendants together in a prior rico case. in cases i have handled with large numbers of defendants like this, often the judge will sever the case into smaller groups of defendants because there is a concern that a jury could be confused and have a hard time keeping track of the evidence against each of the
with that, let s get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. my friend, katie benner is here, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the new york times, shannon mccaffrey, editor of the atlanta journal-constitution s georgia grand jury coverage, and barb mcquade, a veteran federal prosecutor, and former attorney for the eastern district of michigan. shannon, you are our hometown reporter tonight, help us understand this. fani willis appears to be taking the idea of a speedy trial to a whole other level with this request. what do we need to know? well, she said all along, you know, since this case began, we realized there were 19 defendants here that she wants these folks tried all together. she has said of the r. i. c. o. law, one of the reasons she likes it, is that it gives a jury the totality of a case, right? they re not seeing one angle of it. they re seeing the whole case. in her mind, this was all part of a criminal conspiracy. she wants to try these folks together. what
more oil this year than it ever has before and will be producing more next year. so the issue isn t barb mcquade energy production, it s oil being a global market being dependent on wars in europe and real estate markets in china, it s not something they can pin on the white house. gas prices have gone up recently. what is behind that? that issue is kind of the old bogeyman. it s opec cutting down production. saudi arabia wants to raise money for its own domestic economy, develop its own industries besides oil. the other issue is major refineries in the u.s. have gone down. these are the places that actually turned the oil into gasoline and diesel. we have one of them blow up a couple of years ago, a major one on the east coast. we had another big refinery in the south, in texas, or louisiana, catch fire and had to go down for a number of days. so that will do more to push up the price of gasoline if there is enough supply to go around, then any sort of oil or natural
watching and covering not the speculation but the facts. katie benner, shannon mccaffrey, barb mcquade, ladies, i take you. you know my absolute favorite way to start this hour is with a group of brilliant women. and what you did that for us. when we come back, president biden making big moves to try to save americans money on prescription drugs. we are going to compare that with the republican front runner is up to. robert gibbs and matthew dowd are here, and later, we are following hurricane idalia as it takes aim at florida s gulf coast. the latest forecast says the storm is expected to be extremely dangerous, a category four hurricane at landfall. we re gonna have the latest on this track and how people in its path are getting ready. the 11th hour just getting underway, on a very important tuesday night. tuesday night. (smelling) ew. gotta get rid of this. tell me why because it stinks. have you tried downy rinse and refresh it helps remove odors 3x better than detergent alone.