acts surrounding january 6th, but not for unofficial acts. the deep divide on the court. one dissenting justice saying the president is now, quote, king above the law. the trump team hailing it as a major win. is there any chance this goes to trial before the election? president biden now speaking on it tonight. also tonight, the first lady vowing, quote, we will continue to fight, as pressure grows for president biden to drop out of the 2024 race after his much-criticized debate performance. our new reporting on the white house s strategy. terrifying moments aboard an air europa flight. severe turbulence injuring 30 passengers and forcing an emergency landing. the images coming in right now as hurricane beryl makes landfall in the caribbean. an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. the earliest major hurricane ever recorded. the mistrial in the karen read case, accused of murdering her boston police officer boyfriend. she says she was framed. will the prosecution try
handed future presidents a, quote, loaded weapon, in the words of a dissenting justice, aimed straight at the rule of law in the country. the conservative 6-3 majority of the court, half of them appointed by ex-president donald trump, two others have been faced calls for their recusal in this very case, a potentially fatal blow to council jack smith s effort to hold the president accountable for crimes committed on january 6th in the insurrection and the plot to overturn the 2020 election he lost. they ruled that donald trump and all future presidents are entitled to immunity for official acts, that they take during their presidency. now there is a question of whether a president can order a seal team 6 or assassinate a political rival, the united states supreme court said in effect, yeah, maybe. regarding jack smith s prosecution of donald trump, the court is sending that case back to judge tonya chutkan to parse out what is an official act in which trump is entitled to comp
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. hi, katie. thanks, nicole. i think extraordinary is an understatement these days, but thank you, i appreciate it. have a good show. thanks. and welcome to the beat, i m katie phang in for ari melber. the supreme court today handing down a win for donald trump in his federal insurrection case. a consequential decision that will affect presidential power for years to come, ruling that trump has immunity for some of his official conduct as president but not for private, unofficial acts. here s how that played out. the high court has just issued one of its most consequential rulings in decades. the president has absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, however, not for unofficial acts. five alarm fire. supreme court has decreed him a king. how the justices rule could well define the parameters
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the waiting room now complete with television. new nbc news reporting about how the former president has gotten permission to outfit the drab room in lower manhattan where he has to wait for the jury s decision. he is watching sitcom reruns or coverage of his trial? has the waiting room become the epicenter of presidential campaign, both physically and strategically. plus, michael cohen, david pecker, and the 2015 trump tower meeting, the jury in donald trump s hush money case today keying in on the details of that critical encounter. asking to rehear multiple portions of related testimony as well as significant portions of jury instructions. what it could tell us about where their deliberations stand. and, yes, the law and the evidence, but as jurors deliberate, how and when will common sense impact their verdict? the important instruction from judge merchan that jurors must consider. . we have so m
for that courtroom bell. there have already been three notes from the jury in donald trump s hush money trial, including one that led some key testimony to being read back to them today. will that help them move along deliberations? plus, a former president trying to pass the time. donald trump now has a tv in his waiting room, along with his phone, and he s posting a lot on social media, railing against what he calls a ridiculous case. getting some backup, donald trump s vp contenders look to score points with complaints about the jury instructions. only problem, they flubbed a critical detail. and the long road to a verdict. a big board break down of all the steps the jury needs to take before they can deliver this historic decision. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s yasmin vossoughian live outside the courthouse for us once again. walk us through what the jury wanted to hear today, yasmin. reporter: they wanted