tonight, donald trump s new bid to get his georgia rico case tossed, claiming his 2020 election lies were protected by the first amendment as liz cheney warns that a second trump turn would truck torch the constitution. former democratic presidents formed the united from to keep joe biden in the white house. plus, read hoffman on the choice we face in november, and how ai could affect the election as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, everyone. i am in for stephanie ruhle. we are now 222 days away from the presidential election and today, one of donald trump s attorneys argued that the federal interference case should be tossed because of the first amendment and now trumps team says all the actions and those charges amount to protected political speech. this is a move that already failed in the federal election interference case and also part of the trump strategy to file as many motions as possible to delay the actual trials. trumps busy lega
and msnbc contributor who has extensively covered the hunter biden case and barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney who is now a professor at the university of michigan law school, also an msnbc legal analyst. so, mike memoli, bring us up to speed on what is happening as of right now. reporter: well, jose, this proceeding is now been under way just shy of an hour. the judge proceeding over this courtroom at 10:03 p.m. and where it appears to be on the latest information handed to me a moment ago, they re now going through the particulars, the prosecutors are detailing some of the aspects of hunter biden s personal finances that led to two of the charges that he s agreeing to plead guilty to today involving the failure to pay federal taxes. the two biggest headlines, the two potential wild cards that could have made what would be a routine hearing more complicated. the judge appears to agree with the prosecutors in terms of the plea agreement itself, that the charges are appro
to destroy. in its strikes inside yemen on houthi targets over the last several weeks, these strikes have been come extremely regular happening on a near daily basis, but officials could not give us a good sense of just how much of the houthis weaponry the us has actually managed to destroy. that is going to be a really key part of how the us determines how long this operation against the houthis is actually going to need to last. poppy phil really remarkable reporting from natasha there. thank you, natasha, cnn this morning continues right now. but when i get indicted, the first time, it s all all of these cases and all of these indictments are all him. it s him and his corrupt department of justice what do you, everyone we re glad you re with us. what you just heard that was donald trump at a rally last night, falsely blaming president biden for his criminal indictments. also this morning, there are crucial hearings in two of the for legal cases against the former pre
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. tonight while donald trump still faces a contentious primary challenge from nikki haley, the road to the white house is increasingly looking like a two-man race. both the former and current presidents are hitting the stump this evening providing a preview of what a biden-trump rematch has in store. nearly half an hour and a half-long speech, trump again spread lies about the 2020 election. he warned that record migrant crossings could lead to a terrorist attack and talented revenge and retribution against joe biden. he did not directly talk about e. jean carroll, though he did make a glancing reference to the jury s eye-popping verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million in damages. perhaps that is the steep price for his silence. here s the closest he got earlier today they re doing with elections and election interference as an example what they do with me look at yesterday. look at all th
back in 1969. today, conservative justices are acting like a super legislative body to roll back rights, pushing a right wing agenda that the majority of americans do not want. also tonight, the culture of violence in america. and how the powerful gun lobbyists created a permission structure where it s not just about the right to own guns, it s fair game to use them. and sinking in the polls. ron desantis is now pushing his vulgar, hate-filled anti-lgbtq message all across america in lieu of any actual policy proposals to help the american people. but we begin tonight with the supreme court, which now days is acting more like a super congress, with last week s rulings on affirmative action and lgbtq rights and on everything from voting rights to women s right, labor policies and guns, they acted like unelected politicians and not a court. it s the result of a long game from a right wing that recognizes that they have lost the culture wars. so instead, they say fine. we