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Me read this to you. President trumps responsibility for the events of january 6th is unmistakable. President trumps conduct must be declared unacceptable in the clearest and most unequivocal terms. The Trump Defense team has until noon to respond and they will argue that trying a former president out of office is unconstitutional, a process argument. Lets begin with Manu Raju On Capitol Hill on the legal brief by democrats. And it looks like what theyre trying to do here is connect the events of january 6th to all that preceded it, right, the president claiming the election was stolen and kind of riling up this group that ended up attacking the capitol. Reporter theyre trying to make a drink link to inciting his support erds suggesting there is no question that donald trump acted intentionally that led to the deadly riot on january 6th. Theyre calling this not a ro ....
for its brutal aggression. the white house is being briefed on the debt ceiling negotiations back home. i will speak to a senate democrat leading the push for the president to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by invoking the 14th amendment. this hour, desantis versus trump. dueling positions on abortion, as the florida governor prepares to jump into the race as early as next week and signs four more bills positioning himself to the right in the culture wars. rising tensions over immigration boiling over far from the border. cities like new york run out of space to house migrants being sent north. it has overwhelmed our system. 65,000 people are coming to the city. a week and a half ago, we had 4,200. in one day, we had 900. the numbers are unbelievable when you think about it. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is balancing major domestic and foreign policy challenges while on the other side of the world. in japan ....
you from los angeles welcome to alex witt report, would be getting this hour o the investigation into donal trump s alleged hush money payments to film star tort stormy daniels he has been launching out on true to media today. he claims he will be arreste on tuesday clay calling th manhattan da office political. and calling for protests the manhattan da is declinin to comment but some spin campaign said th there has been no notification trump is rightly highlightin his innocence. his defenders have rallied mos notably, kevin mccarthy ca called it an outrageous abus of power by the da democrats are concerned that his social media post coul lead to violence i am just so struck b remembering back this mornin to the two impeachments that i was involved and asked unite states senator of donald trump and remembering my republica colleagues, some of my republican colleagues saying oh they believe that donal trump has learned a lesson fro these experiences. and yet, here we h ....
welcome to the programme. the war in eastern ukraine is turning into something of a stalemate. the pentagon says neither the russians nor the ukrainians have the troop numbers or firepower to win the battle of donbas, and instead, the conflict has settled into an attritional pattern of advance, counteroffensive and, in some places, russian withdrawals. there have been some morale boosting wins for the ukrainians around the northern city of kharkiv. they have taken back a number of towns to the north and east of the city, which at least has given kharkiv some relief from the russian artillery. further to the south, the russian advance on izyum is said to have stalled, and the russians have now pulled some troops back across their border, with around 20 battalions said to be massed closer to belgorod, on the russian side, to shore up the supply lines. for the ukrainians, they are tenuous advances, there s still intense fighting around all these areas, and in line with what the ....
and heckled at the libertarian conviction. he doubles down and his authoritarian playbook with a new audience. closing arguments days away and the ex-president first criminal trial. is launching a fresh attack on the judge overseeing the case. how the biden campaign plates go on offense with the trial ends. which lender joins us so grab your coffee or tea and settle in a welcome to the weekend. donald trump hopes to win over libertarian voters in his quest to win big win back the white house but that could be easier said than done. we must work together combined with us, you have to combine with us. we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. that s nice. only if you want to win. only if you want to win. maybe you do not want to win. maybe you do not want to win. ungovernable indeed. your ears do not deceive you. that was the ex-president being met with boos in d.c. and several ....