and we ve also got this, president biden just rolling out the biggest ever release from u.s. oil reserves. the question now is it too little, a little too late or the beginning? all of it as millions of people are getting on the roads for thanksgiving. plus in another courtroom right now jury deliberations in the trial of the killers of ahmaud arbery about to hit hour 4. what happens next to three men three of those three defendants now in the hands of 12 people? arbery s mother waiting outside the courthouse saying she believes she ll get justice for her son. i m halle jackson in washington and start with that partial verdict over the trial in the unit the right rally. and that s be clear, this is a civil trial not a criminal one. this is something ken dilanian is here with us now. he s been covering this. we ve been talking about it for a bit. ken, talk through what we know is being called this partial verdict, right? yeah, it s a really mixed verdict, because on th
york city. where we are just hours away from former president donald j trump s third criminal arraignment in just four months. tomorrow afternoon, at four pm eastern he is expected to appear in person at a federal court in washington d.c., where he will enter a plea to charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election. tonight dawn forsman is preparing, setting up barricades outside the courthouse. of course, on tuesday a grand jury indicted trump on four separate felony counts, including conspiracy to defraud the united states of america. today trump s lawyer gave another preview of what could be a possible defense that the indictment strikes at the former president right for free speech. this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. this indictment is criminalizing conduct not speech? it s criminalizing speech for this reason, what the president saw in the 2020 election was all these irregularities going on, he had the right
good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city where we are just hours away from former president donald trump s third criminal arraignment in just four months. tomorrow afternoon, at four pm eastern. he is expected to appear in person at a federal court in washington d.c.. where he will enter a plea to charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election. tonight, law enforcement is preparing setting up barricades outside of the courthouse. of course, on tuesday a grand jury indicted trump on four separate felony counts. including conspiracy to defraud the united states of america. today, trump s lawyer gave another preview of what could be a possible defense. that the indictment strikes at the former president s right to free speech. this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. this indictment is criminalizing conduct, not speech. it s criminalizing speech for this reason. w
they are indeed. i love it. coy wire, appreciate it. . hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the biden administration defending its controversial decision to include cluster bombs in its latest military aid package to ukraine. it follows months of debate. russia is already using them. earlier today ukraine s defense minister thanked the u.s. for supplying the munitions. the bombs are canisters that carry from dozens to hundreds of mini bombs. this is video of a cluster bomb dropped on ukraine last year. sometimes these bomblets don t explode on impact and that could pose a threat to civilians. more than 100 countries have outlawed the weapon, but neither the u.s. nor russia support any such ban. not all democrats are on board and in support of the president s decisions. why? reporter: that s right, fred. this is a significant development and one that hasn t sat well with all members of the president
begin this hour, with the rising death toll from the tornado outbreak that has ripped across much of the south and midwest just minutes ago, officials in illinois confirmed for more storm related deaths, the overall death toll over the last 24 hours now jumps to 21 lives lost more than 50. tornadoes have been reported in seven states. in the south and the midwest. the state of emergency now blankets, much of arkansas and the national guard is rolling into devastated communities. there are reports of at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in the state. these images are of the hard hit town of wynne, arkansas, and that s where we find cnn s derek van dam. jim i was just talking to my crew a moment ago, and the scene behind us reminds us of being on the set of a major blockbuster movie. i mean, just look at what we have with this destruction coming out of wynne, arkansas, that is a church steeple that was blown off by this tornado. look at the incredible damage in front of tha