Former congresswoman Liz Cheney, Vice Chairman of the January 6th Committee And Face of the republican dynasty in america who earlier this weekend dorised Vice President Kamala Harris has gone even further. This time saying that she and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will do something that, if you are a casual follower of American Politics might mean hell has frozen over. Dick cheney is voting for the democratic nominee for president. Dick cheney is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Here she is in conversation with the atlantics Mark Leibovitz making this news in austin, texas. Dick cheney, a beloved figure among democrats for many, many years. Do you if you know who he will be supporting or who hell be voting for, do you care to share with us who he might be voting for . Dick cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris. [ applause ] wow. Words i never expected to hear. Yeah. Yeah. You know, if you think about the moment that were in, and you think about how serious
Preferences are. To pull that Military Threatening Military Funding or threaten it in a meaningful way. One thing i want to say quick is if american politicians saw daily video briefings of the suffering of the people in gaza and the people being killed day in and day out, they would put an end to this immediately. The problem is we operate in an environment in which palestinian lives are considered secondary. No one is paying attention and we put israeli lives that somehow more valuable and you are emboldening a situation in which it continues. I really appreciate it. I know there is more to discuss, but i greatly appreciate your time and insights this evening. That is our show tonight. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening. Good evening, ayman, thanks. We are about a minute over with that one. Thank you. Sorry about that. Stack we will cover what Samantha Power is calling the single largest humanitarian crisis on the planet. It is probably not the one
Election. Though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, its become a proxy war of the expresident s mob boss tactics. Its a little complicated, but incredibly important. Here is where things stand right now. Federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the Justice Departments request for a protective order. The rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. The Washington Post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. In its argument for a protective order, the Justice Department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed Defense Trial Preparations but were concerned in part over trumps history of posting on social Media Associated with cases against him. Trumps defense team complained the g
Stephanie ruhle, all here for msnbcs special coverage of these Court Arguments on the disqualification of donald trump. Welcome to our Primetime Recap of the historic proceedings that the United States Supreme Court. I am Rachel Maddow at msnbc home base along with my beloved colleagues, Lawrence Odonnell, and joy reid, and chris hayes, happy to have you all here. No cameras are allowed in federal courtrooms, including the United States Supreme Court, but today, for the arguments about whether china for having an insurrection against the u. S. Government, the justices did allow for the sound of the proceedings, the audio, to be livestreamed here on msnbc, we carried the audio of those Oral Arguments live unfold. That was starting just after 10 am eastern time. But we also know that people have lives, jobs, school, other responsibilities and might make it hard to take two hours out of a thursday to stare at an Audio Speaker for hours trying to figure out of that was gorsuch, or a Leader
i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump