dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. in for lawrence. i hope a lot of people listened to what been says. he s put a lot of thought into this. i want to continue this conversation in a little while with ayman criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer perimeter, and quote, of his official duties as president, and he is therefore immune from prosecution. yesterday, trump filed at the supreme court urging them to stay away from the issue for now and let the d.c. appeals court ruled on it first. in an 11-page reply, trump s filing, smith tells the supreme co
dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. i hope a lot of people listen to what ben says. we ll continue this a little later. but you have a good evening, my friend. tonight the special counsel jack smith is once again making his case for the supreme court to weigh in on donald trump s claims of presidential immunity in the criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer primitive perimeter, end quote, of his official duties as president and easier for immune from prosecution. yesterday fog filed a brief before the supreme court urging them to stay way for the issue
today smith submitting a scathing replay to trump s request to slow walk the case which he called misguided. he writes, this case is so important to the public that it requires a, quote, immediate and definitive decision by this court. emphasizing, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. smith reiterating how extraordinary and essential this ruling is writing, quote, this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. and not just any questions. alleged agents to perpetuate himself in power. in preparation for this titanic matchup, both parties are beefing up their legal teams. smith is stackk his roster with a real heavy hitter. reportedlyriing in, quote, one of the most accomplished modern supreme court advocates who has argued more than 100 cases at the high court. meanwhile, trump has added three lawyers, including a veteran of the conservative legal community who has su
very good to beac you for another hour. i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re continuing our breaking news coverage of a legal setback for special counsel jack smith in his election interference investigation into the former president. the supreme court has just put out a single line order statement denying smith s request to immediately settle trump s presidential immunity claims, meaning the issue now heads to the court of appeals in d.c. we do have the date for those oral arguments. so what this decision all means for timing and how quickly the supreme court could take up the case once that court rules, there s a lot to get into. we re going to dive in right now joining us, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and msnbc legal analyst, and former assistant d.a. with the manhattan district attorney s office, catherine christian. ken, first off, were we expecting a sidestep like this? because that s essentially what it is. it s a punt, if you will, from the su
good to be with you, i m katy tur. anything you can do, i can do better. that is the message ron desantis, not so subtly sent to donald trump at the reagan library this weekend. it s been four years, you didn t see our administration leaking like a sieve. you didn t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical precision, execution. day after day after day. and because we did that, we beat the left day after day after day. it is also the message he will be sending to republican voters in iowa and nevada this week, and new hampshire in the coming weeks. if you like the trump policies but got tired of the trump drama, i am your man. that is, of course, if he decides to run, which, by the way by the look of that calendar, iowa, new hampshire, seems like a sure thing. the message is also intended to antagonize liberals. when the world went mad, when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue. florida stood as a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedo