Not commit his conviction was overturned, as we have covered, he joins me live in studio today. Hes going to explain how hes trying to make what happened to him does not happen to Anyone Else plus brandnew polls from a handful of states likely to decide the president ial election. What voters in these battlegrounds are saying about Vice President hello, harris and former president Donald Trump, and leading this hour, the clock is ticking and failure is almost guaranteed as dysfunction continues to rain on Capitol Hill, the House Of Representatives is getting ready to vote on what is said to be a doomed government Funding Bill. If and when this fails, House Speaker Mike Johnson is not revealing as of now what Plan B is that . Coming he has a Plan B. Republicans are aware of the timing and are warning about the repercussions of federal Government Closing for business just weeks ahead of the president ial election. Complicating all of this Donald Trump this afternoon putting out a social
minister and the right wing extremists to make up an important part of his coalition are still in power. david rothkopf, as always, and happy holidays to you and your family. thank you, david. a lot more coming up. you re watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. [inaudible] > [inaudible hey everybody, good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. with the stroke of a pan, the dawn of giving donald trump exactly what he wants refusal to take up an issue that is clearly headed their way. now puts the chances of trying the former president for election interference before the next election in serious jeopardy. meanwhile, trump may face new legal danger from a new tape that have surfaced trying to pressure a group of republican officials in michigan to help him overturn the election. there s lots of speculation about that. obviously the fact that it comes out right after
And on newsnight at 10 30, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. There are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. Who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at Home Learning online . But now its clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the childrens commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. At least one in five pupils in england is now Persistently Absent meaning theyre missing 10 or more of their lessons thats double the rate, before the pandemic. A committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a National Roll out of Attendance Mentors to work with families. New guidance on the standardisation of fines for parents acr
A weeknight look at the news, featuring interviews, analysis and Panel Discussions hosted by Bret Baier. Problem it would be legal. If cohen himself made the contribution that would be unlawful because he has a limit of 5200. The complicated issue is what if trump told him to do it . Then cohen would be acting for trump in the Campaign Contribution would be unlawful as long as the president ultimately paid in advance on what he was going to pay. That would be completely lawful. The prosecutor is in a little bit of a catch22. If he believes cohen that the president directed him to do it then thats not a crime at all. If he doesnt believe, one, then, one has committed a crime and not the president and the legal pundits have been saying if colin admits to a crime, that makes trump an unindicted coconspirator just wrong as a matter of basic criminal law. You dont become an unindicted coconspirator if your action is
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