And the man investigating hunter biden, the u. S. Attorney out of delaware had been saying up until now that he never asked for and didnt need the powers that came with that appointment. So why was david weiss made Special Counsel today . We have reaction from the white house. Hunter bidens team, and republicans on capitol hill. Joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, nbc News White House correspondent monica alba, and ms p msnbc political contributor and cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. Tom, i want to get some details from you. Sure. The question that is nagging me is why all of a sudden does this investigation, this case need a Special Counsel . Yeah, i really dont understand. And its a question i think we need some more clarity on. So to be specific, what happened here is there was clearly an ongoing plea negotiation, after the judge said, look, im not going to accept this, im not going to reject this Plea Agreement. You all have to get back tog
A nine to nothing ruling. But the justices did agree. In fact that it is not up to the states to enforce an execute the 14th Amendment. You saw at Justices Alito and thomas in agreement with Justices Sotomayor and kagan on that point. Its simply he could not be as a matter of law, as a matter of constitutional interpretation, that every state gets to do what it wants, because otherwise that would leave us with a quote, patchwork of different states doing Different Things according to the decision. So its a rare 90 opinion and i think they hit the nail on the head here now we saw two concurring opinions, one by Justice Amy Coney barrett, and one by the three liberal leaning justices. They really had a big disagreement there yeah, i think the actual amount of disagreement here isnt that much when you drill down on it, its important to understand all nine justices agreed. Its not up to the states. The five justices in the main opinion said it has to be done by congress only congress can e
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper this hour, a forceful moment today from the israeli ambassador to the United Nations trying to get the world holds attention about atrocities of war against israel. The rape cannot continue. The Sexual Violence cannot continue hamas must be eliminated rapist mass murder, and must never be given a free pass by the un. And terror cannot, can never be tolerated hey underscoring that he says acts of Sexual Violence by hamas, including raping women held hostage, have not stopped. What the Ambassador Says needs to happen before any kind of ceasefire between israel and hamas can be reconsidered. Plus the election days so big it goes by Super Tuesday. Were on the cusp of it primary contests in 16 states plus American Samoa cant forget them. Why tomorrow means so much, no matter which date you may live in. And leading this hour. Efforts to take donald trump off 2024 ballots in maine, in illinois, and colorado now shut down that in the wake of todays unanimous
hamas and widening violence in the region. also back home, as senate border talks approach the finish line, house republicans unveil articles of impeachment against president biden s homeland security secretary. hello. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington in for andrea mitchell but she ll be joining us shortly with an interview with the qatari prime minister and foreign minister, but first, ths. service members have been killed and nearly three dozen others injured in a drone attack in jordan. u.s. central command says the attack happened at a remote base on the border with syria and iraq called tower 22. the white house is blaming an iran-backed militia with president biden vowing the u.s. will respond. these are the first american service member fatalities from hostile fire since the war broke out between israel and hamas on october 7th. courtney joins me now. so, have you, you actually have been to this base. what else can you tell us about the attac
that s a ski resort. rachel: or a mental institution. is that what you out of. rachel: that s what i thought. the reason we re starting in vermont, because last hour we read a report that a moving company reported that vermont is the state that most people move to in 2023. will has been extolling the virtues of vermont. he loves it. we didn t believe it, that could be the case. the state where most people moved, we cracked the code on this one. yeah, the reality is, it s the percent it s complicated. the second most moved into state according to the city you i did, washington, d.c. what it is, it s the net percentage of people who moved in versus moved out. so 63% of the moves in washington, d.c. were inbound versus outbound. that means more people are moving into vermont but less people are moving out if that makes sense. if you ve got a state like texas, tennessee, south carolina, y you ve got tons of people moving in and you have people moving out and maybe 55