Its Highstakes Journey Back To Earth. Final goahead. So if all goes well, well see it land back on solid ground in New Mexico within the very hour. Ill be your pilot for live coverage here. Cnn has it all happens before us. Now remember, the capsule is coming back empty, uncrewed and nasa speak. And yes, remembering it correctly, this is the same capsule that wasnt supposed to be uncrewed. It was supposed to have two astronauts coming back home in it, Sonny Williams and butch wilmore. And they are staying put on the international Space Station, as you know, in fact, therell be there until february. Nasa made the decision to keep him there for their safety after lingering issues popped up with the capsule, nasa simply couldnt risk a disaster remember, the astronauts got to space on Starliner Back in june and was supposed to be quick, eight days or so. But now its going to be more like eight months in space. Return, though, is still a high Pressure Moment for both nasa and boeing with fr
where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.
as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
actions he took as president to challenge the 2020 election results. how this impacts not just the federal election interference case, but also what it could mean for his prosecution and fulton county. and rudy giuliani, too little, too late. the former new york mayor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy a day after he was ordered to immediately pay 100 and $48 million to ruby freeman and shaye moss, the election workers he vilified. see will they ever see a dime of that money? you are watching symone. we have a lot to get to. we begin this afternoon with more revelations on former president donald trump s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and crucial new developments on the efforts to hold him acuntable. the detroit news says it reviewed recordings of then president donald trump pressuring two republican members of the wayne county board of canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election. the outlet says that the recordings
from the time you started working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is a loving that, not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think what klain is going to be ready for this question. i think you will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not prote