adrianne shropshire, susan del percio, online with chris hayes starts now. starts now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, one of the most frightening trends in american politics in recent months has been the prioritization, across the country, of conservatives and republicans from state to state targeting lgbtq folks. it s one of the, if not the unifying policy priorities in the modern republican party 2023. it s especially pronounced at the state level. the american civil liberties union says it s tracking nearly 400 anti lgbtq bills across the country. tennessee, to name one state, in particular, is home to multiple examples of this particular noxious trend. there is a new law criminalizing many types of drag performance. is 12th night fond of? that will find out. a bill working its way through the legislature which would allow state clerks to refuse to officiate gay marriages if they so choose. but it s not just the states. we are seeing this disturbing trend of
master to oversee the review of the mar-a-lago search. to go through the documents to see if any of them were privileged. the judge says she has a preliminary intent to appoint one. today is the deadline for the government to respond to trump s request in writing. there was supposed to be a 20-page limit for this filing. but the department of justice has asked for up to 40 pages. one might infer they have a lot to say. and this file be will be public. so just in terms of page count this could be more than we ve heard from them yet. all this, as the secret service official at the center of the january 6th hearing steps down. more on tony ornato s departure in just a moment. joining me now, maggie haberman helping to lead the coverage of the mar-a-lago search. i m very interested in the filing today. the subject with the special master, i used to write term papers, i never asked them to double the length of the assignment. you certainly don t do that unless there s stuff they w
three liberal judges argues it is unconscionable and unconstitutional to punish people for being homeless. homelessness and poverty is dangerous. it does not work and it will not stand in los angeles county. we cannot arrest our way out of homelessness and these kinds of actions actually exasperate homelessness. we know what the solutions are. people need affordable housing. the bottom line is some cities will ban outdoor camping. others will not. back to you, bret. bret: okay, william. thank you. dana: here we go. make or break time for former president donald trump at the supreme court. any moment now the justices are set to rule on presidential immunity. this is a blockbuster decision that could reshape the political landscape this year and beyond. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning, bret. bret: i m bret baier in for bill hemmer. this case could have a major impact on special counsel jack smith east prosecution on
she was charged with this crime. and yet here you have donald trump, a couple of days before a presidential election paying $130,000 to a porn star, lying about it on his business records, and these republicans are claiming this is much ado about nothing? tell that to all the new yorkers that have been tried and sent to jail for doing far less than donald trump. here once again we have republicans saying the law should apply to everybody but donald trump. yeah, joe, i m just a humble government employee so lord & taylor sounds like a big deal to me. but aside from that, as far as this case, i know a lot of people are saying it s small ball. i ve been a little bit critical thinking maybe this isn t the one that should go first. it s the fourth out of four out there of the cases swirling around donald trump. that doesn t mean it s a weak case. the hush money payment is what sent michael cohen to federal
a number of things. there s that. it s federal versus state. and as you alluded to, the idea that of all of the crimes that you are thinking that the former president did, this isn t the one that jumps out at you as the most serious. it s not that he should be prosecuted, but when you think about overturning an election or taking seriously classified documents and obstructing justice, those are obviously more serious. but that s not to say that he shouldn t be treated like anyone else. if the manhattan da has charged people in this kind of circumstance, then equal justice under the rule of law law means you go forward. it is unusual. it s also in the usual, as you said, that it s happening in the state level. i think we know a little bit of the reason why, because michael cohen pled guilty to this federally. yes. and he obviously was not the highest person. he was doing this for the former president. and that shows up in the pleating documents and the government charging.