and i thank you. good to be back with you on this second hour of msnbc reports with jose diaz-balart. it is 1:00 eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. i m in today for chris jansing. what happens today in a d.c. courthouse could be one of the most important days yet for the former president. donald trump s lawyer facing off against jack smith s special counsel team about the durability of trump s presidential immunity argument. it is now in the hands of three judges, but could this case as trump s lawyer put it open pandora s box? a president has to have immunity. and the other thing is i did nothing wrong. and the two top figures in this case, special counsel jack smith and judge tanya chutkan have now both been victims of swatting. what does that mean for the safety of public officials as we head into a busy 2024? plus, the pentagon s investigation into secretary of to hide his hospitalization from even the white house as more lawmakers on capitol hill call for his resignation.
voices or with weapons. harris: the protests are going. last night after a day of it yesterday and shut down a major new york city bridge for more than 20 minutes as the protestors marched to the courthouse. others gathered in the subway station with the 34-year-old jordan neely died on monday. some demanding a criminal prosecution now for the former u.s. marine who put neely in a choke hold after neely reportedly started yelling and threatening passengers. progressive congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez getting into the mix early quoting neely s death was a public execution. before that she called it a murder. the death, however, was ruled a homicide by the coroner s office simply meaning the cause was another person. mayor eric adams called alexandria ocasio-cortez s claims irresponsible. those will criticize no matter what s done. i have a responsibility for this entire city. and i have faith in the criminal justice system and i am going to let the process take its
money case. you are uch waing fox and friends first on friday morning. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. at the center of national debate with critics accusing alvin bragg of doing democrats bidding. todd: new york post writing alvin bragg is trying to turn a misdemeanor into a felony. this shows that the legal system is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president trump donald trump. alvin bragg has been investigating trump for hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election, including a $130,000 payment made to stormy daniels and another $150,000 payment made to former model karen mcdougle. alvin bragg s office says we contacted trump s attorney for a supreme court indictment which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when arraignment date is selected. the former president saying this is political
president mike pence have both said that the possible arrest is politically motivated. nate foy live with the latest, hello, nate. nate: posted on truth social. he claims those doj prosecutors are actually leading this effort against him and you mentioned today many republicans even trump s former vice president are voicing opposition to expected charges. trump s campaign put out a statement saying this isn t a prosecution, it s a persecution. the former president made his first public appearance since announcing expected arrest at the ncaa wrestling championship in tulsa, oklahoma, the crowd cheered him on as he walked in. president trump calls witch hunt and, of course, trump is a front runner in republican primary, former director of national intelligence tells morning future this is political. someone said we will not prosecute armed robberies in this office and now saying he will prosecute a misdemeanor offense against opposition political opponent, former president of
Pocketing the cash. [inaudible] Hunter Bidens Business Associate turned over a million collars to three of your dollars to three of your Family Members that thes not true. Maria hes shocked. Coming up, trumps potential arrest and bidens influence peddling with Oversight Committee chairman james comer on his investigation into what exactly the ccp was paying for. Constitutional Law Professor jon hand the turley on the two standards of justice today in america. And former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the impacts of politics driving policy. Then, adversaries pounce on americas weakness. Arkansas senator tom cotton on the National Security implications of corruption in america as chinas xi jinping gets ready to meet with Russias Vladimir Putin tomorrow. Then panic on wall street. Sticker shock on main street. Emergency negotiations over the weekend on what bank could be next to fail as a new study says 200 u. S. Banks could be vulnerable, and the crisis moves to euro