text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is this section self-executing, which is technical jargon for this thing goes into effect without any other mechanisms such as anoct of congress. trump s lawyer jonathan mitchell who happens to be the guy who wrote the texas abortion bounty law, kept referring to something known as the griffin case. what is the griffin case, you ask. if you read any recent stories about the 14th amendment, it s possible
republican caucus is in disarray. the senate is working through the weekend to pass a supplemental foreign aid package for israel and ukraine before breaking for a two-week recess. and they are playing catch-up because senate republicans nuked a previous version that parrot that aid with their own demands on immigration and border policy. meanwhile, the house gop is teeing up for another vote to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. of the four republicans broke rank to joint house democrats in voting no to oust mayorkas, including one democrat who left his post surgery hospital bid to seal that deal. that democrat, texas congressman al green, joins me shortly as republicans prepare for another try. of course donald trump is on the campaign trail today in south carolina, ahead of it gop primary. days fdr a u.s. appeals court torched his january 6th immunity claim. al asked my panel what this week s ruling means for trump, with months to go before his feder
investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
mar-a-lago. clemency requests, irs forms and entryingly paperwork that appears to be related to the 2020 election, even an email accepting trump s resignation from the screen actors guild, or sag as they call it in the business, according to a justice department list that was apparently inadvertently posted publicly and reported by bloomberg news. that as we have more secretly recorded awedudio from an alleg 2020 oath keepers meeting played in the trial of the far right militia group on seditious conspiracy charges. watch this. if the fight comes, let the fight come. if they go kinetic on us, we ll go kinetic back on them. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. other defendants discussing what weapons are legal to bring into washington, d.c. that according to prosecutors. tasers are legal. stun guns are legal. it doesn t hurt to have a lead pipe with a flag on it. no weapons, right, according to only people? right. the secret recordings are the first major piece of
call it in the business. that is according to a justice department list that was apparently inadvertently posted publicly and reported by bloomberg news. that is we hear more secretly recorded audio from the 2020 oath keepers meeting far-right militia group on seditious conspiracy charges. watch this. the fight comes, let the fight come. let me then we will go kinetic back on them. i m going to set the best of myself for that. and there is this other defendant discovering discussing what weapons are legal to bring into washington d.c.. that is according to prosecutors. pepper spray is legal, tasers are legal, and stun guns are legal. and it s doesn t hurt to have a lead pipe right, no weapons, right, according to some people. right. the recordings are the first major piece of evidence prosecutors have used to try to establish how the oath keepers allegedly planned to oppose the peaceful transfer of power. what else will it take to make their case? and then there