not only that, he s been criminally indicted twice so far, he could face multiple trials in between campaign stops during primary season next year. essentially, on top of all of that, he appears to remain in control of the narrative and the eject cherie of this race. take for example the ways that those have responded to the criminal indictment last month, and how those responsive has a vault in the weeks since. have a promissory quickly made a pledge to pardon trump. tim scott said that the indictment is, quote, a serious case, but with serious allegations. at the same time, he condemned president biden and the justice department, alleging that they were targeting and hunting republicans. more interesting is how the talking points of a vote for trump s own former vice president, mike pence. shortly after the public learned about the indictment, pence said that he was, quote, deeply troubled but that no one is above the law. then, after the indictment was unsealed, he told cn
Hello, i am jason chaffetz, nicole saphier, jimmy jones and sara carter. The Big Weekend Show is happening right now. Tonight we are watching capitol hill where the senate will vote on a shortterm Spending Bill to keep the government open. If something happens, we will bring it to you. Earlier a wild moment during the chaos among congress. Progressive squad member congressman Jamaal Bowman pulled the fire alarm. About this obstruction . Thats coming up but first, The Big Story is the high power of psychedelics. Research not mastered Magic Mushrooms and other drugs like mdma is a reliable treatment for ptsd and depression. Now congress is given the goahead for the Defense Department to do psychedelic medical Clinical Trials to treat active duty military and veterans. I can personally attest to the benefits and treating Posttraumatic Stress through the use of psychedelic substances. As a stigma within the body and i believe stems from lack of education experience clinical use of psychede
Continuing Breaking Coverage as the senate votes on the 45day stopgap Government Funding Measure that would keep our government open and, of course, a voting a shutdown. Weve got developments on all sides. Lets cross over to nbc news reporter, monica alba, you get the very latest. In just a moment, we will also get an update from ali vitali as well. Monika, i will start with you. Do we know what the white house is thinking at the moment . Are they waiting, obviously, for this bill to make its way to the present for signature . Exactly, amen. As soon as it is able to be enrolled in Hill Parlance and sent over to the white house, we are expecting the president to sign this before midnight. Ideally, sometimes, as ally knows well it, can take a little bit of a while to do all of these logistics to make sure it is already for the president s signature. But that is the plan. In fact, of hurting this Government Shutdown pretty close to the deadline. We are journalists, so were used to getting
Angle washington tonight. Looting as reparations . Thats the focus of tonights angle. I never thought i would see the day in america where looting almost seems to be part of the new normal. But, in democrat run cities, thats exactly what we have. Now, while the republicans were debating in california last night, rioters were busy smashing their way into little mom and pop stores for the second night in a row. Overnight Surveillance Video captures the moment a group breaks into this business in less than one minute they swipe merchandise off the walls and shelves leading mass Beauty Supply in ruins. How am i supposed to fix this . What next . I dont know. Laura i will tell you whats next. Unless we see an aboutface in policy, well get more of this. Until a night with no looting becomes the anomaly. Elsewhere in philadelphia, smashed windows broken bottles, and shelves wiped clean of merchandise is what remains of this liquor store. Thieves grew even bolder on wednesday ripping out what
While the House Freedom caucus is making radical demands and treating this like a political stunt, that saturday night deadline very real in terms of the harm it can cause for Hundreds Of Thousands of americans. I am old enough to remember the last time that the Government Shutdown because republicans wanted something ridiculous. It was right around christmas of 2018. The federal government shut down because President Trump demanded funding for a border wall that he never ended up finishing. And on capitol hill, it was a spectacle. But for 80,000 Government Workers, these antics and 35 days without a paycheck. That new life for ships enter in Capitol Heights its opening its doors to furloughed workers, providing donating food from Grocery Stores and church members. Im with the Department Of Commerce and yeah, four weeks, no check. Many of the folks in this line have worked for the federal government for decades. 30 something years. And dont know what it is like to go without a check. T