Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
Than this, follow your heart but take your brain with you. I would also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Senator john kennedy, republican from louisiana, with some good advice, following Kevin Mccarthys historic and humiliating ouster. Meaning even some republicans realize their party is a mess. And utterly incapable of governing. Also tonight on day three of his fraud trial, donald trump high tails it back to florida. And new York Attorney Latitia James says shes had enough of his attacks and lies, declaring that the donald trump show is over. And we begin tonight with a crisis of governance in the house of representatives. At a time when the nation and the world are facing some very serious problems. Today, 75,000 u. S. Health professionals went on strike over Work Conditions and pay. Autoworkers are still strikes and awaiting their fair pay. The Climate Crisis is flooding major cities. Gun violence rages on including just last night in baltimore, as
Cnn primetime with abby philips starts right now. Objectively american democracy is in perilous condition. The nations politics are poisoned. Truth has become optional. Instead of desired or even required. The republic has of course always faced threats to it even before Rupert Murdoch. But so much of the current state of our democracy can be traced back to the beast of his creation. Good evening everyone. Im abby philip. Rupert murdoch is stepping down as ceo of fox news tonight. His legacy is outrage porn. Partisan red meat. Stoking relentless culture wars. But it all started with what you could argue is a noble vision to create a center right news network to elevate more perspectives that arent based in gotham or in washington. But instead, Stoking Division seemed to become murdochs mission. So did power and so did the money. Fox became a mouth piece for republican administrations, a mouth piece really for donald trump and eventually a vehicle for his baseless conspiracies. It is im
interference case, but we do have a little bit of a joint defense going on with walt nauta and carlos de oliveira. they re standing strong, shoulder to shoulder, but that s probably in large part because their fees are being paid by donald trump. when they start to drop like flies and they feel the coldness of being out on their own, would she then turn on rudy giuliani, on sidney powell? i want to emphasize once last thing before i stop. it s not just donald trump here. you also have people that have their own individual criminal exposure in this case, so they have to actually be watching their sixes to see whether or not someone is going to flip on them. with the 30 seconds or so we have left, what should we expect in the surrender process? so ari, next friday, august 25th, by 12:00, you have to turn yourself in, according to fani willis. if you don t do so, the arrest warrants that have already been issued in this case remain standing which also means if you re caught, you re go
crew, sidney powell, and jack burn who was the former ceo at the crazy chaotic meeting after the election, and we don t know of anyone who has gotten a target letter, but that is what everyone is asking now that trump, himself, has gotten them. you have been talking to republicans and democrats on the new show the source , and now, we have not gotten word on the republicans and ron desantis, and i almost said john berman, but it is jake tapper much more handsome. yes, jake tapper this afternoon, when he speaks to ron desantis and when it comes to