today on inside politics, firing back. the donald trump is on a social media tear sending dozens of posts and reposts that kicked him off the ballot in colorado. republican rivals are standing with him. president biden is grappling with a critical decision on israel. the security council is set to vote on a resolution to stop the fighting in gaza. the big question will the u.s. block it. is and congress is paralyzed. lawmakers heading home for the holidays after one of the moegs unpreductive years in history in 2024 might be even worse. acosta. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we want to start with jack smith responding to trump s legal team trying to delay the january 6th case. the special counsel is stress ing the gravity and urging the supreme court to immediately hear the dispute over presidential immunity. senior correspondent katelyn polantz is following all the developments for us. what are we hearing about the special counsel s request? the
18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
former president. most trump supporters don t trust what he calls fake news, but now if we re reporting facts that while we can debate the politics or particulars can t be spun away. it s a fact that trump seized to own one development this week to demand that he be reinstated as president or granted a new election even though both are impossible. and the next day while release leasing this photo, the justice department accused trump of likely concealing and moving classified documents, some of them top secret, in an attempt to obstruct the probe. last night trump called those involved sick people. we will examine whether the president is rooting for trump to be indicted. it s almost true he may never be charged. whether a double standard is applied to president biden. does the nonstop coverage of trump go too far? that s the question. i m howard kurtz, and and this is mediabuzz. howard: when doj said in that court piling that donald trump had held back at least 100 cla
Evening. You can hear the famous play from the bugle then we will see the Kentucky Derby begin and we will watch to see the Track Conditions because of the weather yesterday. It is clear and sunny now. Clouds in the distance. Hopefully we will have clear skies for a milestone moment here at Churchill Downs. Less than four hours away for that. In your perfectly attired pink linen shirt for the occasion. Moments we have Steve Kornacki at the big board with his take on the derby favorites and the new trouble in texas. Damage left by severe flooding and the risk that lies ahead tomorrow. And the testimony of hope hicks. What she were helpful to the prosecution or the defense . A good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We will take you to george solis. He is standing by the University Of Pennsylvania campus in philadelphia. Keep an eye not only on activities there for what we are getting from virginia, specifically charlotte sphere, th
But we have a very opinion not necessarily grounded in fact. When testimony does resume, Keith Davidson, the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels will be back on the stand to continue crossexamination that has gotten heated to say the least. Trumps Defense Attorney trying to portray davidson as an extortionist as a business in sleaze, he brought up other stories involving hulk hogan, Lindsay Lohan and charlie sheen. Yasmin vossoughian is reporting from outside the courthouse. Also Chuck Rosenberg, former fbi official and msnbc analyst. Duncan loven, managing partner of loven and associates. Danny cevallos is still with me in studio. He is a criminal Defense Attorney and an msnbc legal analyst. Duncan, im going to start with you as the prosecutor in the house, and new to our panel, what has to happen this afternoon . How do they move this case forward now . I think the prosecutors need to continue to hammer home the two main points, which is why this testimony is so riveting and important.