classified dobbs case. let s get right to ken del layne nan. judge aileen cannon in florida has dismissed, the dismissed the indictment against donald trump in his classified documents case and co-defendants on the grounds that the appointment of the special counsel violated the appointments clause of the constitution. this is an issue that has been litigated in other special counsels, has never succeeded. judge aileen cannon accepted the arguments of the defense that the appointment of jack smith and other special counsels by inference has been improper and illegal. i ll read you from the opinion here. the bottom line is this, the appointments clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers and it gives to congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers. the government s position, she says, effectively usurps that legislative authority transferring the a head of department. le
odd but not explicit e-mails from mark foalo. even though i have not seen the e-mails i reported what i d been told. i ve since been told newspapers had these e-mails for months and foley lied about them. later more e-mails were revealed. i m disappointed i didn t catch his lies before. for that i m sorry. and that s the end of the ad. it ends like that. for that i m sorry, go to black. he s sorry for that. he s very sorry about that, but what exactly is he sorry about? his name is tom reynolds, republican congressman from new york first elected in the late 90s and that apology ad, one in a pan theon of political ads, it ran actually as a campaign ad, not just like a video he put on his website or something. it ran as an ad. in 2006 right before he was up for re-election in the mid-terms that year. and although you cannot tell in the text of the ad himself, what he was apologizing for was a role played by him and his office in the most recent scandals in history. in 2006 m
of the road on a bipartisan infrastructure deal. majority leader chuck schumer with a progress report. i repeat, that democrats are ready and willing to vote on additional amendments to the bill before moving to final passage. once again, that will require the cooperation of our republican colleagues. i hope they will cooperate so we could move for quickly. other wise we ll proceed by the book. next, comes a vote expected within the next hour or so on an amendment to finalize the bill s language. if that happens on our watch, we will let you know. and the other big story this sunday. new testimony by trump s former acting a.g. revealing previously unknown efforts to subvert the 2020 election. the new york times first report that jeffrey rosen had a two hour meeting friday with the justice department s office of the inspector general. and then saturday gave closed door testimony to the senate judiciary committee in which he claimed one of his deputies, jeffrey clark, the
another republican voice to the table, congressman adam kinzinger. the question is, what does kevin mccarthy have to say about the move? and team usa continues its quest for medals. katie ledecky comes up for the first event, but the question is can she still bring home the gold? it is way too early for this. what s up, everybody? we will start with the news. coronavirus continues to rise and the nation s top infectious diseases expert dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. is headed in the wrong direction. nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest. reporter: the worst-case scenario among the unvaccinated. it feels like we re going back in the bowel again, and it s definitely another wave. reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fueling a new surge in cases across the country. the country s top doctor. we could have a considerable problem with the surge of infections. reporter: the variant sweeping through the south accounting for 40% of the new c
i also talk to zachary karabell about her new book on american capitalism. and we ll explore why the arctic may be the next great region of global discord. but first here is my take. it is been the same way for decades. every time violence between the israelis and palestinians erupts, governments around the world urge de-escalation and a cease-fire agreement is reached and experts warn the situation cannot continue like this. but it has and it will. ultimately, this is not a problem that could be resolved through power. where the political or military, it could only be resolved through moral persuasion. the pattern of violence obscured a seismic shift that has taken place over the last few decades. israel is now the superpower of the middle east. and an institute at a university recently laid out the disparities. israel s per capita gdp dwarves that of the neighbors. 14 times that of egypt and eight times that of iran and six times of that of lebanon and double of that saud