What well garland do. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, Attorney General Merrick Garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged Election Interference for months. Here, ive delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think its most perilous to trump, and ive often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. Heres the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear Donald Trumps Immunity Defense i dont think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. I think trump loses that claim. In my opinion, its unlikely its illogical that the court will provide Blanket Immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the courts Decision Garland told cnns evan pere
lying. tucker carlson was one of those hosts, according to court documents. now, a week after that giant payout to dominion, tucker is out at fox news, is he the sacrificial lamb or was there something else going on? fox news didn t give a reason and tucker isn t commenting, but we do have media reporter dylan byers with us to tell us all that he has so far gathered along with an expert in cable news to tell us what this means for viewers of the channel does anything change but that is not all. both cnn and nbc news have also made big media moves today, nbc that is. news cnn fired don lemon, he says he was blind sided. the network says he wasn t and comcast, the parent company of msnbc fired nbc universal ceo jeff shell after an investigation into, quote, inappropriate conduct. in a statement, shell said he deeply regrets an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company. joining me now is nbc news senior reporter jane timm, and puck senior correspondent dylan byers.
all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this is early start. we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnn s scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can t, does that mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
family and my livelihood. i m no coward. but i am a realist. and i choose to protect my identity to protect those i love. herschel walker is a hypocrite. and he is not fit to be a u.s. senator. we don t need people in the u.s. senate who profess one thing and do another. there is another woman now claiming that georgia senate candidate pressured her to have an abortion. we ll take you through the details of this new accusation in just a moment. president biden s canal pain calendar is looking light tw just 12 days left until the mid terms. there is growing anxiety inside the white house about keeping control of congress. and also ahead, the latest from iran, where protests continue 40 days after the death of a young woman detained by the country s so-called morality post. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 27th. i m jonathan lemire. we ll begin today with the new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing th
congressman and former republican governor charlie crist. and in the race to oppose senator marco rubio in the fall, cnn projects the democratic nominee is congresswoman val demings. first, the documents. we know a lot more tonight about the classified material the former president was keeping at mar-a-lago, including how much of it there was, more than 700 pages, how the former president tried to hang on to it for months, and how very sensitive some of the information in it was, more sensitive than previously reported, bearing a designation limiting access to only a select few officials. the reason we know this information is because of a move by one of the former president s allies and a liaison to the national archive. a move that the ally billed as bolstering the former president s case against the fbi search. but he may have done the precise opposite and then some. we have new evidence. justice news has obtained correspondence between various properties during the le