Away. Theres also movement this afternoon on pandemic relief. Despite a twohour meeting in the Oval Office Last night on the president s plan and a much smaller republican counteroffer Congressional Democrats are now moving to fast track their 1. 9 trillion package. We have so much more on what that means for struggling americans in just a moment, but, first, lets Dig A Little Deeper on this legal response filed by the former president s attorneys. Our cnn chief domestic correspondent jim acosta is live with me this afternoon. Jim, this all goes down one week from today. What will we be hearing from team trump . Well, what youre going to be hearing, brooke, is part of what you just said a few moments ago, constitutionally they will argue that the president cant be convicted at the senate trial after leaving office as president , but they are also going to say that the president s comments on january 6th, that rally on the ellipse just before the riot that took place at the Capitol Fall
Negative view of a tyranny we have now in the name of the majority created a new tyranny of the minority i think thats wrong. I dont think somebody who is religious, forced to efficient a wedding that they disagree with. I dont think somebody who is a woman who is worked really hard for her achievements should be forced to compete against a biological man in a swell competition. I dont think that somebody who is a woman that respects her bodily dignity should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man thats not freedom thats oppression. Here is woke insanity vivek is standing up to Cnn Publishing Detail Guide to use of neyo pronouns but allows people to characterize themselves using genderless descriptions like leaf, sun, and star. And as we try to figure that one out, theres growing outrage after biological male identifies as a woman smashed a womens world Power Lifting record in canada. So important to keep women and girl sports fair and safe. We need to use our voices,
Plus dennis quaid. Im a football player. Theyre going to pump up the volume here. What happened yesterday . A former president being prosecuted by the sitting president will leave a blackco stain on the fabric of this country. But lets not forget whose move this was. The New York Times reported that joe biden directed his Attorney General to prosecute his rival prosecu. Quote, mr. Biden privately told his close circl e of advisers that mr. Trump posed a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted for his role in the events of june 6th. Of according to two people familiar with his comments. He also told confidence that he wanted Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop acting like the Attneral To A Ponderoud to take decisive action. Dent this is not an independent justice department. This is not an indepen stice ded. Special counsel. This prosecution is being directedecutio by the commander in chief and now the Corporate Media is engaged in Aengage Bloodthirsty and libelous wad r again
Department of justice at the time. Hes also accused of lying to investigators. Again, it is not the crime, folks. It is the coverup, but there is a delay. De oliveira hasnt secured local counsel to represent him in florida so the judge asked him to return later, next thursday, to go about the arraignment. If all of this sounds familiar, thats because the other trump aide indicted in the classified Documents Case, the valet, walt nauta, twice had his not guilty plea postponed for the very same reason and perhaps youre saying to yourself, what a stroke of bad fortune. Both indicted Trump Associates somehow unable to find a florida lawyer, thereby delaying their trials with the 2024 election fast approaching. Go figure. This afternoon, there are also significant concerns surrounding de oliveiras legal fees, specifically who is going to pay for them. Its reportedly a trump pact and that raises a number of major questions that we will address throughout the hour, but first, consider how thi
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares