Whats night, Jack Smith looks to Pierce Donald trumps immunity shield. Ill take you the president should be agnostic to who is going to occupy the office next. Right. So it arguably, and i think a very strong argument shouldnt matter, that the president or that the candidate is out advocating for a certain position. Right thats not an official role. The president i think thats what Jack Smith is really trying to get to here, is that this is Candidate Trump. These are candidate actions. Its the president of the senate. Its not the Vice President pence. And thats important because the president of the senate is actually an article one title. So thats thats congress. Its not the Executive Branch. In article two. So you see these differentiations in there. Another key differentiator that i think gets around on those supreme Court Court cases, the Fisher Case. And if you see in this indictment in the Fisher Case was about an obstruction of official proceeding, you see mention of, you know,
Donald trump is expected to head to washington, d. C. Where he will make his first appearance in Federal Court in connection with the january 6 riot and attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. How the nations capitol is preparing for his Possibility Appearance down the road from the site of the insurrection. And then who are trumps six coconspirators listed in the indictment and not named and how do they fit into trumps world . Cnn has identified five of them. Who is number six . Plus, she was Speaker Of The House when the mob of maga rioters stormed the capitol. We have got to get to proceed congresswoman nancy pelosi, democrat of california will join me life with her first interview since the january 6 indictment. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Just about 24 hours from right now donald trump is expected to appear in Federal Court here in washington, d. C. Where he will face unprecedented criminal charges for his unprecedented alleged attempts to overthrow the 2020 election or
lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers. remind our lawmakers of the words of the british statesman, edmund burke. all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. senate chaplain barry black appealing to lawmakers to do something about gun violence. but one of the party has made it clear where they stand. and it is not with american children who just want to grow up. a republican congressman admitting today we re not going to fix it. also tonight, trump s goons wanted to murder him. so why is it taking a court order to force mike pence to testify about his life and death ordeal on january 6th? and gone are the days of a functioning house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has handed the keys to the insurrection caucus which has no agenda except punishing their political opponents and doing the dirty work for donald trump. former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, widely considering on
now. welcome to the beat, our top story is new developments right now in what s shaping up to be the case of the decade for trying to hold liars accountable with real swift justice. fox news on defense, facing over a billion dollars for punishment and lies, it served up and fed the insurrection. as you see here, top fox hosts have clearly been on team trump in public for a long time. we know that. we know sean hannity broke all journalistic rules of pretense by endorsing and publicly campaigning for trump. there s no court punishment for breaking that kind of rule. there just isn t. but there can be penalties for malicious lying, for defamation if you can prove the defendant acting knowingly, maliciously, intentionally. that s hard to prove and that difficult standard is deliberate, which is why this case has to turn on hard evidence, not asking whether hannity is biassed for trump, he is. but asking whether hannity knowingly and maliciously pushed lies that caused immeas
well, today. today marks one year since the russian invasion of ukraine and the fighting rages on. good morning so glad you are with us. today grief and defiance in ukraine. the country is bracing for an attack as vladimir putin makes a push on the ground. we are live. plus this do you honestly think that ukraine can win this? his answer next. that was an interview as i sat down with defense sent lloyd austin. what i thinks will change the tide on the battlefield in ukraine. and now we are looking for answers how the classified documents moved around mar-a-lago, and what delayed the discovery. it seemed like all was lost a year ago as russian tanks moved across ukraine and moved in on kyiv. but the out numbered and out gunned ukrainians stunned everyone. they stunned the world. and kyiv still stands today as putin s bloody invasion continues. the cost has been great. the ukrainian people have suffered unimaginable at trosities. and it has killed hundreds of children