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Hush money election interference on hold. Theres a ton of legal news to get to, reminding us that the new york case is just one of many surrounding the former president. In florida, newly unsealed documents suggest donald trump did more to obstruct the investigation into classified documents at maralago, that then jack smith included in the 40count indictment. What a d. C. Judge wrote there was evidence of in order for the Special Counsel to pierce Donald Trumps Attorney Client privilege. Thats a big deal, and why Donald Trumps team got those documents unsealed as judge Aileen Cannon holds a hearing on a motion to dismiss the case. In georgia, d. A. Fani willis won her primary last night. What that means for georgias election interference case, and its still yet to be scheduled trial date. And arizona, where eleven of Donald Trumps allies have pleaded not guilty to forgery and conspiracy charges in the states fake elector scheme, including refugee rudy giuliani. That case, already has, by the way, a trial date. Joining us now, vaughn hillyard, correspondent, dasha burns, and former manhattan assistant District Attorney and new York Law School professor, rebecca roiphe. Judge Aileen Cannon is holding a hearing on a motion to dismiss this case. Whats the latest . Two motions to dismiss today. Earlier this morning we had heard arguments on the first, which had to do with trumps body man walt nauta. That motion was alleging that jack smith, the Special Counsel, his decision to charge nauta was, quote, selective and vindictive, alleging it was a form of retaliation against nauta for not cooperating with the investigation. After nautas attorney made those arguments, the prosecutors from the Special Counsels office stood up, tried to refute those arguments and got pretty heated with judge cannon. At one point calling the arguments from the defense and their motion to dismiss garbage. At one point, cannon had to tell the prosecutor to calm down, so a lot of fiery stuff earlier today in the courtroom. Now what were hearing is arguments in the second motion to dismiss, which is concerning all three codefendants. So nauta, carlos, and the defense alleges that the indictment fails to, quote, set forth in plain language distinct violation of criminal law, instead presenting a personal and political attack against former president trump. Now, when it comes to nauta, katy, we also just saw in unsealed Court Documents new images of nauta Carrying Boxes of classified documents, which the prosecution says is additional evidence for Nauta Conspireing to hide classified materials from the government, katy. But theres also this news from the unsealed documents, buried within it, that the government has a little bit more evidence, potentially of donald trump obstructing the investigation into the classified document, and it has to do with surveillance cameras. Explain that. Reporter we actually got a lot of information in those unsealed documents. Basically one of the allegations that was set forth in those documents is that once the former president realized that those cameras were capturing those images and that those might be brought forth as evidence, they actually tried to work around where the cameras wouldnt see anyone moving potential boxes. The other piece of information we learned here, katy, is that months after that search of maralago from the fbi, the former president still had classified documents in his possession, in his bedroom, and the judge overseeing that process actually wrote on the record saying no excuse is provided as to how former president could miss classified marked documents in his own bedroom. A lot more information coming to light as arguments in the motion to dismiss continue here today, katy. So interesting, vaughn and rebecca, lets talk more about this. This evidence that has been piling up, Donald Trumps potential obstruction. They have a lot of it. A lot of counts in the indictment, and a lot of them have to do with obstruction. Why does the evidence unsealed today, the allegation or potential evidence of donald trump obstructing the investigation further by telling his team to work around the surveillance videos. Why would that not be included in the indictment. Prosecutors make all sorts of decisions about what to include in an indictment, and whatnot to. Once they have a conspiracy charge, that means all of this evidence is going to come in at some point, so its not clear to me why it wouldnt be included in one of the counts. There must be some strategic decision, but i think it would necessarily come in anyway to support some of the other counts. What about as dasha reported, the Special Counsels Office Getting heated inside this hearing today, calling the, you know, argument to dismiss nautas case, garbage. You never want the judge to tell you to calm down as a prosecutor. That seems problematic. I can see why they would be frustrated at this point in the case. She has been allowing a lot of delays. Thats not unusual. Some judges do. They want to give a lot of process to defendants. In this case, given that theres this time line and this point at which the criminal charges become almost irrelevant, i can see the prosecutors feeling frustrated about that and losing their temper in this case. How far has donald trump been reacting today . He has been pretty quiet outside of his social media accounts. He is in texas for Campaign Fundraisers in houston and dallas, respectively, no public efferents though. What about the allegations that donald trump is making against the fbi. The fbi says theres a pro forma Instruction Sheet that goes with the Search Warrant, and part of it includes when you can use deadly force in trying to enact the Search Warrant. Donald trump has taken that up that his team, and they have posted on social media claiming that joe biden was, as he said, Locked And Loaded and ready to take him out. He has posted this on his social media account, his campaign sent out a fundraising email last night. Donald trump, though it extends beyond him, its the likes of steve bannon, who said on his own radio show, there was an Assassination Attempt on donald trump. Marjorie taylor greene, an Assassination Attempt. This is beyond donald trump, and the entire right wing Media Ecosystem propagating that the maralago Search Warrant execution was potentially going to result in Donald Trumps death. The fbi followed standard protocol, which includes a standard policy statement limiting the use of deadly force. No one ordered additional steps to be taken and there was no departure from the norm in this matter. They went there when they knew he was not going to be there. This was entirely beside the point, but its out there already and when donald trump says something, its not expected that the people who want to believe it are going to do their research to find out whether this is the norm or not or whether they will see the fbi statement. Right. Its exploiting peoples ignorance. There are so many details procedures and enormous within the department of justice, within the fbi, and nobody knows all of them, unless youre intimately involved in that work. Exploiting that ignorance, to make people think theres a targeted, specified attack against the former president , and whipping up some kind of anger and upset and outrage over that. You know, it seems like, you know, it would be the proper behavior of a criminal defendant, and really not the proper behavior of somebody who is a candidate for the president. Let me run through the other things that are happening. The Fani Willis Reelection in the primary to be d. A. , does that change anything regarding the election interference case. If she maintains that seat, does that mean the case is Going Forward . Were waiting the appeal on the question of her being recused from the case. I always thought there wasnt a necessity. There was bad behavior but i dont think it necessitated her being excused from the case. I think the case will go forward after that appeal, but the appeal is relevant now that shes won the election. Arizona, the defendants have pleaded not guilty. Donald trump is still an unindicted coconspirator. Of the 18, each have pled not guilty. Rudy giuliani will have to post bond and get his mug shot taken. Six are yet to be arraigned. Let me ask you about the other big case, not in session today, the Hush Money Interference case. The judge was having a conference with both sides, about Jury Instructions, when are we going to find out what the Jury Instructions are . The parties will hear before closing arguments, and we will find out around the same time what is in the charging documents, and that is extremely important because it lays out what exactly the jury needs to find, and theres some critical questions. For instance, what it means to caused entry of a, you know, a false entry within a business record. The word cause, while its a simple word, its definition is going to have an impact on how the jury thinks about that evidence. It could make or break the case either way. Vaughn hillyard, rebecca roiphe, thank you very much. Samuel alito said it was his wife who flew the upside down flag. Some Senate Democrats are not satisfied with the explanation. What they plan to do next. Inside the far right movement pushing for prison time for women who get abortions. Where its happening and who is behind it. What Officials Say caused turbulence so severe that a passenger was killed and dozens more were injured seriously. Were back in 90 seconds. 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We tell people to protect themselves and the people around, keep the seat belt fastened even when the seat belt sign isnt on. This is so important, infants need to be strapped into a car seat in the plane seat. In extreme violent turbulence, theres no way you can hold on to a child, even if your arms are wrapped around him or her, the g forces will pull the child out of your arms and of course he or she could be devastatingly injured. Keep in mind, you need to have the infant in a car seat, in the plane seat by the Airline Ticket seat for your infant to protect him or her. Back to you. Tom costello, thank you. Coming up, what Senate Democrats are threatening after a stop the steal symbol was photographed outside of the Supreme Court Justice Samuel alitos home. And the state of louisiana has banned abortion, but lawmakers there just did that could take restrictions even further. Further. start your day with nature made. The 1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. 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Just as the Supreme Court was deciding whether to hear a 2020 election case. Justice alito says his wife hoisted the flag during a dispute with a neighbor. Joining us now, punch bowl cofounder, and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman. What could the senate do if they choose to do something . Reporter nothing. Congress can impeach them if they want to, and they dont have the votes to do so. They could theoretically impeach a justice. Thats something they have the power to do. Right now all they could do is belly ache. In the house, just feet from where im standing, steve cohen of tennessee has a resolution to censure justice alito, which i dont think is going to go anywhere. They dont have much power. Listen, there are two responses that weve seen. We have seen Mitch Mcconnell who effectively said leave the court alone. They have been the target of enough drama over the last, whatever, ten years, they dont we should just leave them alone. Thats number one. On the other hand, people like Lindsey Graham have said, youve got to avoid even the look, the image, the specter of being biassed on a case, and, i mean, obviously we have had a lot of instances over the last couple of years where politics and the court have been intertwined in ways we havent seen before. Some people are being real about this, and i think its a completely unbiassed and correct thing to say, katy, that this is the definition of the specter of political bias on the court. Yeah, what about right . Yeah, its an actual image of political bias being flown on the front lawn of a Supreme Court justice. Lets ask another question about it, another thing the senate is trying to do. This is the bipartisan border bill. Whats this news about Senate Democrats trying to force a vote on the issue . Yeah, so the Senate Majority leader is bringing up this Immigration Bill which kind of faded out of the headlines, out of the limelight a couple of months ago, this bipartisan bill, and this is a completely political act, and theres nothing wrong with political acts. We operate in an environment where policy is made, katy, in a political context. Schumer is bringing this up as a way to shield some of his more vulnerable democrats from attacks that they are soft on the border. Now, this is all theater. This is not going to get 60. Even if it, by some chance, it did get 60 in the senate, which, again, it will not, the house is not going to bring it up. We know that. Mike johnson, the Speaker Of The House said when this was a live option, when it was possible that this would pass that he was not interested, he wouldnt bring it up, so this is all political. Finally, Benjamin Netanyahu, is he going to be speaking before a joint session of congress . I talked to mike johnson this morning. He said that Chuck Schumer is with him and wants to sign a letter inviting netanyahu to congress. Its just a matter of when. He said he spoke to netanyahu in the last couple of weeks, and hes going to speak to him today. Mike johnson is going to talk to netanyahu today, and he wants to schedule this speech to a joint meeting of congress as soon as possible, whenever netanyahu could do it, katy, im telling you, i was here in 2015 when he came up here to rally against the iran nuclear deal. It was a political spectacle. This will be a thousand times worse, there will be huge protests by democrats, by a lot of folks. This is bringing the war in the middle east straight to the house floor in a way that we have pretty much never seen before. It will be remarkable if it does happen. Remarkable, thats right. And big changes await our friends across the bond. 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It just ignited another fierce round of fighting, and the issue remains front and center as the country heads into the 2024 elections. At the state level. Is it murder . This is jason storms, director of operation save america, who advocates extreme positions on a number of issues. With osa, he traveling around the country to lobby for legislation that could put women in jail or worse for getting an abortion. You are intentionally killing a human being, that is murder. Should that person be charged and convicted of murder . Absolutely. Whatever the laws are for killing an innocent person. In some places thats the death penalty. Absolutely. At the national level, osas message is a potential thorn in republicans side, at a time when some in the party are concerned the Abortion Issue is bad politics, even moderating their positions as elections get closer. A full ban on abortion is not where the people are. But storms has found support at the state level, and hes pushing to get more. There have been two dozen bills introduced in the last two years that would open the door for a woman to be investigated and prosecuted. Its illegal for a doctor to perform an abortion in 14 states but in all of those states, the mothers are explicitly exempted from any punishment or legal accountability. Reporter and you dont think that should be the case . Not at all. Reporter osa is the rebranded version of Operation Rescue, active in the 1980s. In the following decades, tension ran high and doctors were killed. Neither Operation Rescue nor osa were involved in violence against Clinic Operators says storms. In ohio, storms brought his followers and his family to the state capitol. Including several of his 11 children to lobby lawmakers. Keep up the good fight. Reporter he had meetings with at least three state representatives. Last november, ohio passed a constitutional amendment protecting Abortion Access up to 22 weeks. One of the lawmakers behind it, sate representative anita somani, an ob gyn. If you look at the statistics for last november, 57 of people in ohio voted for the constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion. Reporter storms tells us hes in ohio because he believes the Republican Party failed in mobilizing the antiabortion vote. This is a very red state. Donald trump won huge in this state, and pro life people dominate all aspects of State Government here. There will be consequence to shedding of innocent blood. Reporter the group protested at two clinics in the area, including this one in dayton. Youre a familiar, whether you want to be or not, you already are a father. Reporter we did not film the multiple women who walked inside. Does it become intimidation . On our part . Reporter yeah. I dont think so, no. Reporter later that afternoon, we caught up with one of the clinics doctors. Did anyone come in to say and say god, it was hard coming in here. Multiple people said it was a hard thing coming in today. Reporter did your patients feel harassed and intimidated today . Yes. Joinings now, Stephanie Gosk. He says hes not there to intimidate, but thats not how the patients feel. And that doctor said the women she spoke to felt rattled. You know whats interesting about all of this, katy is that, you know, the antiabortion activists may not embrace Jason Storms Extreme Views but they are disenchanted that they felt the overturning of roe v. Wade was a First Step Towards a national ban, and republicans, especially leaders in the Republican Party have backed off of that. Were going to leave it up to the states. And people like jason storms are not happy about it. He says hes not going to vote for donald trump unless he stands up and says there should be a national ban. What happens, and whether or not people go and vote or keeps them at home, that remains to be seen, but theres some anger there. It is surprising that they, i guess, its not so surprising that they believe that. Its clear that republicans feel that theres political danger in supporting a national ban. Obviously considering what weve seen in the special elections and with democrats winning. Exactly, and the midterms, and, you know, the Abortion Issue may not be the first issue right on peoples minds. Its still the economy. Its front and center. Its definitely affected a lot of elections. Well see if it affects this coming one. Stephanie gosk, nice to see you. Thank you very much. And joining us now, Georgetown Law Professor Of Constitutional law and Global Health policy and author of policing the womb, michelle goodwin. Talk to me about this Louisiana State house bill. They have already banned abortions in that state. What does it do to reclassify these two drugs . Its dangerous because what it presumes is the only use for this drug is to terminate a pregnancy, not to manage a miscarriage, not to aid in labor and delivery, which the drugs are used for, and there are medical uses beyond this. In fact, these drugs originally were not related to Reproductive Health care, but other medical conditions, which is why people would possess and use these drugs. Conflating these drugs now with heroin and other categories of drugs, which most people associate with criminal behavior, whether or not there should be, is truly a bridge too far. Its a bridge that would not have been thought of five years ago. But here we are in the post dobbs landscape. Presumably the doctor needed these medications to assist in labor and delivery or to assist in another medical procedure. They would still be able to get them. How does this make it harder . What makes this harder and something to pay close attention to is a way of trying to go around these drugs being placed in the mail. Your point is well taken with regard to doctors being able to have access. But of course in order to be able to have access, its a matter of these drugs coming in to your state. Its a matter of who is actually shipping these drugs into your state, and even if doctors have access to this, what we have already seen in the states of texas, louisiana, is that doctors feel under threat by these laws because these laws are also attached to criminal and civil punishment of doctors who may be presumed to violate states laws when they are trying to help patients who need to manage a miscarriage or who need to manage labor and dlich delivery. We need individuals enacting the laws who have no medical background, and dont care about the suffering of patients. We have seen that and talked about that on your show. Let me play a little bit of donald trump talking about contraceptives, another thing that people are worried, the Supreme Court or states might try to restrict. Lets listen. Do you support any restrictions on a persons right to contraception . Well, were looking at that, and im going to have a policy on that very shortly. I think its something that you will find interesting, and its another issue thats very interesting. But you will find it, i think, very smart. I think its a smart decision. That suggests that you may want to support some restrictions . Like the morning after pill or something . We are also, you know, things really do have a lot to do with the states. And some states are going to have different policy than others, but im coming out within a week or so with a very comprehensive policy, which ill get to immediately. Its one of the standard nonsensical answers that doesnt seem to have anything behind it because he wasnt prepared for the question, maybe he hadnt thought of it. That being said, heres what he responded with in a truth social post. I never will advocate imposing restrictions on Birth Control or other contraceptions, this is a democratic fabricated law, misinformation, disinformation, except they have nothing to run on except failure, poverty and death. Often times when donald trump doesnt have a fully thought out answer or policy to give an interview doesnt mean his team doesnt have one. It doesnt mean the people surrounding him dont have plans to effectuate their goals, and those might deviate from whatever the former president in his head at the moment. Does this concern you, his response to this . Well, to put the prior points that we were talking about in this is that the state of louisiana, it is a great example of where we have called for the death penalty, some lawmakers of women who have abortions, doctors who perform abortions and when we think about what the risks have been associated with the former president , its the courts. Its the judges who are on the local and state courts, the state Supreme Court, that have been appointed. Now, granted that didnt come through him. Thats party action. How can we be as robustly antiReproductive Health rights and justice as possible. So theres only the need to dog whistle and the work is already being done, and, you know, when you think about it, you know, part of the campaign that donald trump had leading up to 2016 was that he was going to punish women who wanted to have abortions. 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When chuck hand pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after storming the capitol on january 6th, he vowed he would never return to washington unless the voters of georgia decided to send him back. Now, three years later, voters in georgia took the first step to send him back, advancing him to a Runoff Election to be the gop candidate to face democrat Sanford Bishop who holds the house seat for georgias second congressional district. Why would voters in georgia choose to do that . That question is part of a larger conversation about the political beliefs that have divided this country so fiercely, some argue, the only precedent is a leadup to The Civil War. Eric larson, the master of Narrative Nonfiction was well into his research on the latest book of what led to the shelling of fort sumter and the dawning of The Civil War when rioters stormed the capitol. As i watched the capitol assault unfold on camera, i had the eerie feeling that present and past had merged. Joining us now, eric larson, his new book the demon of unrest, a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of civil war. I loved this book, found it to be totally engrossing and educational about the moment were living in now. I want to ask about the note to readers at the top of the book that you felt that past and present had merged and you worry or warned that some readers as they go through it might have a sense of dread and worry about whats to come. Yeah, you know. When the events of january 6th unfolded i was not wholly convinced that i was going to do a book about the advent of The Civil War but thats what persuaded me, i realized, good lord, this is a story for our time. Back in 1861 when lincoln had been elected but not confirmed as president , the two moments of Gravest National Concern were the count of the electoral vote and whether the inauguration would come off as planned. Doesnt that sound familiar . So there were a lot of resonances with today. And not just that, you talk about how one of the generals, general scott was arming the capitol and posting security all around the capitol in worry that it was going to be stormed by angry southerners. And thats actually one difference, you know, winfield scott, who was the commanding general of the United States army in 1860, 1861, he recognized the danger, unlike on january 6th, 2021, he recognized the danger, he filled washington with soldiers, cavalry, and there was, in fact, a mob that tried to storm the capitol to stop the vote, but he would not have it, and blocked it entirely. Same for the same for the inauguration. As i was reading the book, i was struck by how overwhelmingly the two sides seem to be talking past each other, not understanding the other. It does feel familiar. When you look at the division we are concernly experiencing, how do you see it . With now all of this history that you have gone behind you. We talk about an information echo chamber. That was very much the case back in 1860, when the south confronted the potential that Abraham Lincoln would be elocated in the election. No matter what the lincoln said about how he had no intention of disturbing slavery in the states where it currently existed, the south wouldnt believe him and came to consider him essentially the antichrist, when in fact he was not. Both sides were indeed talking path each other. You wrote a lot about secession conventions, and a notable one in South Carolina. What i was struck by, write how firmly they were rooted in not states rights, but the cause of slavery. It reminded me of what nikki haley was asked, it was a states rights issue. Its amazing how history can be manipulated over the years. One of the salient factors in intellectual discourse today, there was no intellectual discourse. Its ig months on parade. Anyone who reads back, you come away completely convinced that the main issue was slavery. December 20, 1860, South Carolina declared selfsecession. Four days ago later it issued a declaration to explain to the world why it had done this. That declaration is worth reading because it lays it entirely on slavery. What about the union itself . The question of how it could come to this point and heal afterwards . You read in the book about how one british journalist described the country after The Civil War, and he said the other contempt and loathing for the stars and stripes, the abhorrence for the words the United States the hatred cannot be conceived by anyone who has not seen them. Im nor satisfied than that the union can never be restored again, never to be put together in the old shape by any power of earth. Has it ever really been pullet together . Has this nation healed. You know, those a question that i and scholars who have study the same war far more deeply than i have also mulled. This is one reason why i call The Civil War at the beginning the stars one of the most Consequentially Events in the history of the nation. The civil war changed utterly, are we still dealing with issues raised then . I wouldnt necessarily go that far. I think the issues that existed during The Civil War continue to exist now. We have not dealt with the matter of race as much d. Or at least to the point we would like to imagine we have. Are we facing the prospect of another civil war . I dont think so. One off of violence is a very real concern. I know that the reading i have done, the fbi and other domestic Security Entities is concerned about a group known as accelerationists, who may engage in oneoff acts of violence to bring forth whatever new entity will replace the existing United States, but, you know, i go to bed at night with pleasant dreams. I dont worry about civil war yet. 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