biden s remarks, despite a switch from mitch mcconnell joining the house speaker and donald trump in trying to kill the bill without even a vote in congress. shuttle diplomacy. secretary of state tony blinken on his fifth trip throughout the middle east today, trying to strike a deal to pause the war in gaza and free the hostages. he is expected to speak this hour. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. there s crushing legal defeat for donald trump. today s d.c. court of appeals ruling says the former president, who the court calls citizen trump, has no right to the sweeping immunity he claimed from all prosecution. he can now face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, barring some future decision if the supreme court takes the case. the former president is expected to appeal to the high court. today s ruling was unanimous and signed by the court making it more likely that the high court could just decline to consider any challeng
joining us to break this down, andrew weissman, an nbc news contributor. what are the top lines of the ruling, the 57-page ruling that has a lot of information in it. good morning, josé. it sure does. this is an unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of two, appointed by democrats and one appointed by a republican. a unanimous ruling that rejected trump s arguments about why he should be immune as acts of a president. and quoted from an 1882 supreme court decision that says all officers from the government from the highest to the lowest are creatures of the law and bound to obey it. and the judges added it would be a striking paradox that the president with the duty to take care the laws be faithfully executed is the sole officer of defying those laws with impunity. the opinion makes clear other presidents assumed they could be prosecuted, and therefore ford pardoned nixon for the watergate crimes after leaving office, and this is the first time a court has ever rendered t
any right for palestinians and what elements they re calling for ethnic cleansing and displacement of those palestinians. do palestinians have the right to dignity as you said in angola when i was with you on the trip you said the future belongs to those who can think digdignity,t trample it. i said that at a speech at the reagan forum. i said that to my counterpart minister gallant every time i talk to him and i talk to him every week and i emphasize the importance of protecting civilian lives, also emphasizing the importance of providing humanitarian assistance to the palestinians. it is critical. it is really important. this is there is no question that this is a tough it has been a tough conflict. but we re as i said earlier, we are starting to see the israelis kind of shift their stance and change their approach to a more focused and controlled control is not the right word, more focused effort, focused on a discreet set of objectives. and so, i think, you know
in the next couple of days. this after senate negotiators actually reached a deal, but could it all fall apart even before the tex is released? we ll talk to a top opposition leader from venezuela where hundreds of thousands of people are risking everything to come to the united states. in a few minutes, president biden and the first lady will head to dover air force base as we await the dignified transfer of three u.s. service members killed in a drone attack in jordan. plus, a major court date for donald trump s federal election interference case dropped off the court s docket. we ll explain why. and in just 24 hours, south carolina democrats will head to the polls in what marks a major test of enthusiasm among black voters, who are essential to joe biden s re-election. we begin with breaking news on capitol hill. this morning, house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan subpoenaed fani willis, demanding documentation from following allegations that willis fired
the gap? on campaign trail, former president trump and nikki haley ramping up their campaigns from south carolina to nevada. a deep dive on 2024 cybersecurity with the former leader of the top government agency for election protection. good day. it s a solemn day in dover, delaware. the families of three american soldiers killed by a drone in jordan sunday wait to welcome home the remains of their loved ones. this as the middle east is bracing for the retaliation for the deaths in hopes of deterring the assaults against the u.s. and allied interests throughout the region. u.s. officials say the pentagon is finalizing plans for a multi-tiered campaign against targets in several countries. hamas political leaders issued a counterdemand to the proposed six-week cease-fire deal and phased release of prisoners. hamas is insisting any agreement lead to a complete withdrawal from gaza and exchange of pris prisoners. hamas has not come out heard from the most militant leaders bel