continent s population will be infected with omicron within eight weeks. to get past the wave, countries like france and germany are turning on those they see as the problem. isolating and alien nalting the unvaccinated. tightening the rules for the eu covid health pass, which is required for most public places. it s no longer enough to have a negative covid test, if you re not vaccinated. in france you need proof of a recent infection. french president emanuel ma crohn said the change is deliberate. quote, the unvaccinated i want to piss them off. germany went even further. it allows vaccinated citizens in eu covid health pass a change that triggered protest by the small minority of unvaccinated germans. a small minority. it seems europe is eager to move on and tps. making big moves to do so, which raises the question what about here in the atlantic reports growing group of americans called the vax and done. the americans who got their vaccines, got their boosters, and ar
him love. if he ends up running against donald trump, how accurate will the so-called approval numbers be. because it still looks like it will be donald trump as the republican nominee. he just raised gobs of cash. polls show him trouncing ron desantis, who is by far his nearest competitor, and despite the indictments, the alleged carelessness around classified documents, and the potentially criminal carelessness for this country s democratic process, republican voters are clearly still on his side. but is anyone else? or to put a finer point on it, will any general election that includes donald trump be anything more than voting for or voting against donald trump? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. punch bowl news cofounder and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman, and former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst, michael steele. jake, as somebody who knows mccarthy best, can you give us a sense of why he has not endorsed the
obstruction, conspiracy, lying and espionage. what happens now? when it comes to republicans in congress, this time it is not so certain. a lot of them are split. some are willing to stick by donald trump, like senator eric schmidt of missouri who said that the charges are, quote, unequal application of the law. nor senator john barrasso of wyoming who said, quote, it feels political, it s rotten. others are being a little more cautious. after all, these are espionage charges. there s, quote, no way to defend the allegations said rep don bacon of nebraska. i would not feel comfortable with a convicted felon in the white house, said a rep from colorado. there isn t a clear ideological common denominator within this split. we re going to explore why that is. what is clear, and maybe this is part of the reasoning for some is that this indictment might not be the only criminal trouble that former president trump could be in. there are two more investigations related to overturnin
docket for nauta. will it be in front of judge aileen cannon or will she self-recuse? we know what the prosecution is arguing, that donald trump took the papers when he had no right to take the papers, that he kept papers even when he was asked repeatedly to give them back, that he lied about what he had, and that he threatened national security, putting lives at risk and the safety of this nation in jeopardy. what else might jack smith s team have, and why wasn t bedminster a bigger part of the indictment? meanwhile, what is donald trump s team going to argue? we ll lay out what will likely come up in pre-trial motions. you heard one of trump s former lawyers tease him yesterday when he talked about prosecutorial misconduct. what else will they argue? and what or should we say who is donald trump s biggest liability? the legal process is just beginning. and so is arguably the political process, just beginning right now. donald trump is already trying to turn this case into a
as a call to action. they said the proud boys were thirsting for violence and were prepared to stop certification of president joe biden s win by, quote, any means necessary, including by force. until the aftermath of the riot on the capitol, the charge of seditious conspiracy was rarely used, but with today s decision, the department of justice has now secured ten trial convictions on the civil war era charge. the others were the oath keepers, including its leader, stewart rhodes. but today s conviction of enrique tarrio in particular could be the most consequential win yet for the justice department. we ll explain that in a moment. joining us now from outside the u.s. district court house in washington, d.c. is nbc news justice report ryan reilly. we got a little bit of breaking news, additional partial verdict. walk us through it. reporter: that s right. any moment now, i think we could be hearing from the jury on the additional charge. it also sounds like they are deadl