Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
see their say their final good-bye. yet, for all of its anticipation and its singular history, this moment felt eerily realm necessary of this one. the very young brothers made this same march because they re mother s coffin. it s a painful image of one of the most painful moments in the history of the modern monarchy, not to say anything of the grief the brothers felt and most feel again. the crowds felt it too then and they felt it again today. thousands crowded the streets down the mall and along white hall. some straining to catch even a glimpse of the coffin draped in the royal standard. there was spontaneous and subdued clapping, but mostly the people were silent, quiet. the steady beat of the drum stirring even the stiffest of upper lips. her coffin lined with led weighs a quarter of a ton. it was lifted off the gun carriage and carried by eight men of the queen s company first battalion. swell pouring off their brows, the weight of the coffin combined with the weigh
good evening, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. outfront tonight, faceoff, the justice department taking aim at trump s argument for a special master. today, announcing fbi agents have already sorted through those documents and weeded out any material that may be covered by attorney/client privilege. trump s team has argued much of the seized material contained presidential communications and therefore in their view is protected. the former president s attorney today making it clear that trump is not leaving it up to doj to sort the documents. listen to this. now, they are trying to suggest with this pleading, judge, don t be surprised we have already taken care of all this. nothing to see here. well, we re not in a position where we can really have a lot of faith in that. we still need judicial intervention. we need a judge to monitor our access to these documents. also tonight, another court deadline looming. this one fo
prime minister, shinzo abe, a transformative figure and an important ally to american presidents, has been assassinated by a gunman at a campaign rally this morning. the killing sending shockwaves through a country completely unaccustomed to gun violence. on capitol hill right now, donald trump s white house counsel pat cipollone testifying at a closed session of the january 6th committee about those key moments described by previous witnesses where he was warning the white house and the president against illegal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that panel is preparing to hold two more public hearings next week. at the white house this hour, president biden taking executive action to defend abortion rights, trying to ensure access to abortion medication as well as emergency contraception. this in the aftermath of the supreme court s decision overturning roe v. wade. even as the last abortion clinic in mississippi is shutting its doors. and a strong jobs report out t