we are very grateful. i will be back with you tomorrow. the beat with katy faang in for ari melber starts right now. hello. what a fantastic show. good to see you. thanks so much for everything. and welcome to the rest of you to the the beat. i m katy faang in for ari melber. breaking news on donald trump s coup charges and the united states supreme court. late today donald trump s lawyers urging the united states supreme court to delay hearing arguments on a monumental question, whether he has absuit immunity criminal prosecution from actions trying to overturn the 2020 election. the filing coming in response to special counsel jack smith who is urging the high court to fast track this case. today trump s lawyers telling the court it should wait until a lower court has ruled while questioning why smith wants to move so quickly. arguing that smith s proposal would lead to a, quote, radically compressed timetable, and that, quote, the special counsel identifies no dpelg re
today smith submitting a scathing replay to trump s request to slow walk the case which he called misguided. he writes, this case is so important to the public that it requires a, quote, immediate and definitive decision by this court. emphasizing, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. smith reiterating how extraordinary and essential this ruling is writing, quote, this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. and not just any questions. alleged agents to perpetuate himself in power. in preparation for this titanic matchup, both parties are beefing up their legal teams. smith is stackk his roster with a real heavy hitter. reportedlyriing in, quote, one of the most accomplished modern supreme court advocates who has argued more than 100 cases at the high court. meanwhile, trump has added three lawyers, including a veteran of the conservative legal community who has su
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, former trump chavp chief of staff mark meadows is trying to move his georgia case to federal court. the skepticism we re hearing from the judge. overseas, national security adviser jake sullivan is back in the middle east and in the middle of a diplomatic high wire act. the big change israel just announced during his trip. and payback, the senate just passed a major bill granting back pay to hundreds of service members who had their promotions held up for months by republican senator tommy tuberville. and how one florida beach city is using something called tiger dams. they re 2 feet high, 50 feet long, and they re using them to fight back against potential flooding. we expect a storm this weekend that will affect the entire east coast. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we start in georgia where an appeals court heard mark meadows arguments
thank you so much for letting us into your homes on this monday. we are grateful. the beat with katy faang in far ari melber. always good to see you and thanks. welcome to the beat. i m katie faang in for ari melber. former president donald trump back in court facing a judge as his civil fraud trial begins. this new york state supreme court trial is the first of many cases looming over trump s election bid, and the judge last week already found him liable for massive fraud. new york attorney general letitia james accusing trump of years of overinflating his net worth and misrepresenting his company s assets. donald trump and the other defendants have committed persistent and repeated fraud. last week we proved that in our motion for summary judgment. today we will prove our other claims. my message is simple. no matter how powerful you are, no how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. trump satin side the courtroom for hours, flanked by his lawye
Under then-president barack obama s nose. he didn t do a thing about it. long before donald trump announced for president, this was going on. also, it points out clearly that in this process there was no collusion, as you just pointed out. the president said it multiple times. this makes it clear and concise for the american people and proves the president correct. no collusion between donald trump, his campaign, and russia. and also i think this is important too. it did not affect the outcome of the election whatsoever. i don t know if that s been proven. president trump s national security adviser sees it a bit differently. we ll have more on that in just a moment. geoff bennett, katy faang, and tammy leitner. geoff bennett is in pompano beach for us. geoff, good day to you. i know there s new reaction from the trump administration