janis mackey frayer, nbc news. can t blame him. that s going to do it for me today. deadline white house starts right now. hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, new york republican george santos became the sixth person in american history to be expelled from congress. we begin with a new ruling from a federal appeals court that ex-president donald trump can be sued in relation to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. rejecting his bid for sweeping presidential immunity against civil claims. trump s team had previously argued that almost all of his conduct was protected while he was still an incumbent esident. including on january 6th. and that this
through a cahill e-mail server. it says and clearly suggests, number one, they want to get this guy to drop out and they are having conversations with the republican association and campaign manager for the republican candidate saying, maybe we know some things that might help you guys. that s really going to make people inspire and give faith to politics, right? from a voter standpoint, do you care? i mean, look, cahill can sit here and complain about his former aides. he should be focused on getting as many votes as possible. if you re turning your attention away from the campaign by talking about a lawsuit, that doesn t help you. republicans nationally want to defeat governor duval patrick because they d like a pickup in massachusetts and of course patrick very close to president barack obama as well. so, again, cahill, focus on the