as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
tonight, congressman adam schiff and claire mccaskill on the merrick garland interview a new reporting that the dark department of justice is investigating donald trump. plus as pence for president essentially kicks off, can you really agree to disagree after a violent coup attempt? i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. and new reporting on the fake electoral campaign to up end democracy in the republican running for governor who s in the middle of it all. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. in the past hour we just got a huge bit of breaking news. the department of justice is investigating donald trump. washington post is reporting that the doj is investigating the ex president s actions as part of its criminal probe on january 6th. sources telling the post of federal prosecutors were questioning witnesses before the grand jury announced hours of detailed questions about troubleshoot in dec
It will get chilly. It will be through about tuesday, we can expect to see a warm up happening but i dont think word warm is on anybodys mine. Lets look at our neighborhood network. Some temperatures are chilly. Four in drexel will hill. Millville 38 degrees. Four in lumberton and pottstown at 42 degrees. Wind is relatively calm but that is one of the things we will see change throughout the daytoday. The it will be very breezy, and makes it feel cooler. 47 degrees as we look live at center city you can see win northwest at 5 miles an hour. That is what the the wind looks like a across the region. Between five to 8 miles an hour but that is going to pick up and we will feel it into our afternoon today. Live look at storm scan three shows you that we are staying dry but look to the north and west and you can see looking west and north of the albany the white on the map that is snow, folks. It is not coming our way but an indication of how cold the air isment high today of 57 degrees in
Drugs and knowledge. I feel better than i did 20 years ago. Some of that might be the steroids talking but it probably goes without saying that that message, aside from being a complete insult to the families of the almost 210,000 americans who have lost their lives because of the coronavirus amounts to dangerous medical misinformation about a serious illness from which trump himself is likely not yet out of the woods. Just ask trumps doctor in a briefing confirming trumps impending discharge just in the last hour. Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and i agree that all our evaluations and most importantly, his clinical status, support the president s safe return home where hell be surrounded by world class medical care. The seven to ten days, i dont think were there yet so do you have concerns about potential worsening and what are your plans if that were to happen . Were in a bit of uncharted territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies h
Both criminal and or congressional. At issue, two big cases surrounding the president s financial records. His personal lawyers argued that his tax returns and financial documents have to be withheld from three different congressional committees and a new york prosecutor, saying that demand for those records is politically motivated. The justices asked mostly tough questions of both sides and Justice Stephen breyer, one of the courts liberals, expressed concern at the amount of information the house is seeking on the president s finances and what it could mean for the futur future. Thats a lot of information, and some of its pretty vague. The fact that what i hold today will also apply to a future senator mcarthy asking a future harry truman the same questions, that bothers me. Lets turn to the guy we always turn to when the subject is Supreme Court. Our justice correspondent, Pete Williams. And pete, at what point i read that kagan kind of interjected and said, so what youre asking he