Jesse watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in New York City and this is the five. Its game on. Joe biden and donald trump have both locked down their partys nominations, setting america up for the first president ial rematch in nearly 70 years. But joe biden shouldnt expect Smooth Sailing to reelection. Uncommitted voters are still racking up Double Digit Support in several states, and old yeller has still seen no State Of The Union poll bump yet in his approval rating. Making matters work for the president , democrats are losing their longtime advantage with black and hispanic voters with support shrinking towards lowes0 years. So maybe that is why joe biden is leaning heavily on racial diversity in this new campaign video. Are you ready to defend democracy . Are you ready to protect our freedom . And are you ready to win this election . Jeanine and former President Trump is ready to rumble after locking up the nomination. Hello, everyone. Its your favorite president speak
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with two major developments both of which could impact the election interference cases against donald trump. first up, we have the supreme court rejecting the special counsel s request for an early review of clumps claims that he should be immune from facing prosecution. a newly discovered recording of trump pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election. we are going to go right now to nbc s erin gilchrist here that the white house fourth. aaron, welcome. what does this mean for trump in the cases against him? alex, to potential impacts. hear this phone call could turn into damning evidence in one of the four cases against trump. now at the same time the supreme court could be just the kind of speed bumps the trump legal team could be looking for. reporter: the setback for government lawyers trying to fast-track the prosecution of former president do
washington. president biden is about to arrive at fema headquarters. the president approved a major disaster declaration for florida and spoke with governor ron desantis. you have power lines that are down. you have trees that are down. you have a lot of hazards right now. today is about identifying the people that need help, who may still be in harm s way, but also beginning the process of rebuilding some of the things that we need. the tropical storm continues to barrel towards the atlantic ocean where it s expected to regain strength and make a second landfall tomorrow along the south carolina coast. right now, tropical storm winds can be felt as far as 830 miles out from the storm. let s go to bring in meteorologist bill karins. this is not over yet. the focus is northeast florida and the second landfall we are expecting in 24 hours. what are you seeing in the latest update? unfortunately, it looks like it s a hurricane when it make landfall when it hits charleston.
With a potential 2020 rematch on the horizon, President Biden is targeting donald trump. On capitol hill, no deal on preventing a government shutdown. There is an Impeachment Inquiry Hearing into President Biden and sources are telling cnn, the republicans dont think it is going as planned. And one day after facing a j. Senator bob menendez faces his colleagues. All coming into cnn news central. President biden will issue a stark warning focused on the the republicans president ial front runner and his possible opponent next november. Specifically President Biden will focus on the danger he says donald trump poses to American Democracy. Also new today, a House Committee is holding its first Impeachment Inquiry Hearing for President Biden. Well have more on that in a moment. Lets begin with cnns reporter live in tempe, arizona. Thats where President Biden will speak at an event honoring his close friend, the late senator john mccain. The setting is very deliberate. Reporter yeah, it is.
chutkan, has denied two truck drop motions to have the government s case against him thrown out. fair warning, if you have to be watching for mar-a-lago tonight, the catch-up might be flying. judge chutkan begins with a robust takedown of the trump claim that is a former president he is immune from criminal prosecution. here s what it says, quote, whatever immunities a sitting president may enjoy, the united states has only one chief executive at a time, and that position does not confer a life long get out of jail free pass. former presidents enjoy no special conditions on their federal criminal liability. they may be federal to federal mastication, indictment, prosecution, and punishment for any criminal acts undertaken while in office, and quote. judge chutkan goes on to explain why in america we have equal justice, quote, the public has an undisputed interest in promoting respect for the law, deterring crime, protecting itself, and rehabilitating offenders. all of thos