Presidential debate, adding new pressure, new polling showing this Race Neck and neck. And as the two political rivals prepare to faceoff, trump makes an alarming new threat, suggesting he would throw out opponents, election officials, donors, even voters behind bars. Also ahead, intensifying wildfires out west. Evacuations in Southern California as a blaze explodes in size. Plus, armed and dangerous. The urgent manhunt for a suspected shooter, accused of Spraying Bullets at random on a Kentucky Highway. Great to have you with us, thanks for being here. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. One day to go before what could be a Make Or Break meeting between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on the Debate Stage. Today the former president is focusing on what his team calls policy time at maralago and the Vice President is putting in her final day of Debate Prep in pittsburgh where she took some Time Out yesterday for a stroll with her husband and p
Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in the legal drama surrounding former President Donald Trump. Just a short time ago a federal Appeals Court heard arguments on trumps efforts to overturn a 2023 judgment against him in the first case filed by writer e. Jean carroll. She was awarded 5 Million after a jury found trump liable for sexually abusing her in 1996. Carroll won a separate judgment against trump for more than 83 Million for defaming her. Trump denies all the allegations against him. Next hour were expecting to hear from trump when he makes remarks at Trump Tower. With us now msnbc legal correspondent Lisa Ruben outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan And Nbc correspondent Dasha Burns who was at Trump Tower. Also David Marcus, a criminal Defense Attorney and glenn kirshner. Lisa, you were inside the courtroom. What did you see . Reporter jose, i saw a very what i would call a pleasant argument in some ways and
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saw what happened play out on january 6th before their very eyes and now all of a sudden people are trying to make a mockery. oh, it didn t happen, we have to wait. we need more time. this is not it. we are looking forward to going to rules committee tomorrow, rachel, and, obviously, a vote by the full house on thursday. and then it will go to the speaker for her to send it to the district of columbia for their processing. do you have any indication from the justice department? has there been any discussions already with the justice e wi department about how they might handle this criminal contempt referral? it s been nearly 40 years since they brought a prosecution on these grounds. well, we have intentionally not talked to the justice
well, we absolutely have. obviously, i can t tell you, rachel. but we have thousands of pages of information that we have been supplied, our attorneys are , going over, our researchers are going over it. our committee is briefed on a daily basis as to what information is forthcoming. and so in the pursuit of getting to the facts, we have to have ac access to department of defense records, white house records, homeland security, department of interior records, all of those records we are in the process of getting. we are making sure that the people who took out the permits for the park. we want to know why would people bring bear spray to a peaceful march? why would people bring bulletproof vests to a march if you didn t come for a purpose other than something peaceful?