Hello, everyone. Is its i 5 00 in new York City and this is the five. Ni Judgene Jeanine Hell Bernie Sanders dropping a bombshell on conrad Kamala Right before the debates. The Vice President is gearing up for her big showdown with former President Donald Trump tomorrow night. Shes turning Toto Method acting to prepare. According to The New York Times, harris has been holed up for five days in a Pittsburgh Hotel doing highly choreographed Debate Practice sessions with an advisor who wao dressed up like Donald Trump. Li there isca a stage in Replica Tv Lighting and an advisor in Method Acting mode. , not just playing donald j. Truma but inhabiting him. Wearing a suit and a long time. While harris will be super careful to pretend that shes a moderate at the debate, socialist Bernie Sanders just blew her cover. Do you think she is abandoning her Progressive ideals . I dont think shes abandoning her ideals. I think shes trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right. Harris givi
Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, two big legal cases involving former President Donald Trump. In georgia, it is now up to the judge to make a decision whether the prosecutor in the Election Interference Case will remain on the team or will be disqualified. And in florida, the trial involving the former president s possession of classified documents is expected to be moved back. We have Fox Team Coverage tonight. David spunt is in fort pierce, florida where the question now is how deep into the Campaign Season might that trial be delayed . But, first, correspondent Steve Harrigan starts us off tonight live from atlanta. Good evening, steve. Steve good evening, bret. For seven weeks here, it was the prosecutors who were on trial. Today in Closing Arguments, Deference Attorneys fought to remove the d. A. , fani willis from this case. They claim that she began a relationship with the prosecutor she hired nathan wade, then the two of them improperly spent Government Money
No, no, no, this is the truth, the judge. It is a lie. It is a lie. Our relationship was not a secret. It was just private. Did you observe them do things that are common among people having a romantic relationship . Yes. I like grey goose. You never wrote him a check. I dont have checks. Cash is fungible. I gave my daughter her first cashbox and told her, always keep some cash. Most black folks, they hard cash. Im not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. Just some of the most memorable moments of fani willis and Special Prosecutor that she hired. Closing arguments are set to begin in moments in the hearing that could see both willis and wade disqualified from the Georgia Election meddling case and with that, so begins friday afternoon. Im john roberts in washington. Good to be back with you, cassandra. Great to be great to be with you. Anything could happen here. Im sandra smith. This is a live look right now at two courthouses. More than 500 miles apart. Willis is
Trying to put the d. A. And her defense team on defense. The accusation is that fani willis had an improper relationship with one of her prosecutors and stood to benefit financially from employing him. The subsequent testimony has been salacious at times, heated at others, especially when willis herself took the stand a couple of weeks ago to call the whole investigation bs. And while the alleged conduct is dominating the headlines, it doesnt change the underlying allegations in the original case, which is that more than a dozen people including the former president , have been accused of coordinating to try and illegally overturn the results of the 2020 elections in georgia. Joining us now, host of the Katie Phang Show right here on msnbc, katie phang. We are watching the courtroom. Judge mcafee is sitting down. Katie, give us the initial state of play. Reporter so today are going to be the arguments, you can call them the closing arguments if you want, katie, because this has become
brand-new numbers this morning show 276,000 migrants crossing illegally in december. the highest monthly total ever. border patrol sources report more than 760,000 migrant encounters since october 1st. that s another record. the highest first quarter of any fiscal year. more on this breaking story throughout the hour. but first. former president donald trump is off the 2024 ballot in the state of maine. potentially big factor in what is expected to be a close race for the white house. good morning, i m mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. good morning, molly. molly: i m molly line in for dana perino. maine s democratic secretary of state following colorado s lead disqualifying trump based on the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. a crime for which he was never charged. mike: colorado s ban is on home after the state gop appealed it to the supreme court. the former president faces challenges in many states including wisconsin and november. bellows is the first election