A federal Appeals Court puts a texas Border Security law on hold again only hours after the u. S. Supreme Court Allowed it to go into effect. Now we go back to square one with oral arguments in a Court Hearing beginning two hours from now. Much more on that coming up momentarily. First, however, there is this right now. If he does not show up, then it is not going to end well for the bidens. They will be multiple criminal referrals. Bill is Hunter Biden Bluffing . The first son says he wont show up for a public hearing on his overseas Business Dealings but he has surprised us in the past. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer live in new york. The hearing begins in an hour. Hello. Dana ready for it . These hearings happening at a good time in our hour. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Less than an hour from now is when the House Oversight committee will hold the public hearing on the bidens alleged Influence Peddling. Two of Hunter Bidens Business Associates will appear and
Im jose diazbalart and we begin with Breaking News out of georgia. Just in the last hour, Fulton County judge scott mcafee dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and some of his codefendants in the States Election interference case. The judge said six these counts in the indictments lack sufficient detail. Joining us now, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, katie phang, also catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst, and greg blew steen, political reporter at the Atlantic Journal Constitution and an msnbc contributor. Katie, what exactly did the judge stay, which charges were they, and how significant are they . So, jose, this is not the ruling on the motion to disqualify the District Attorney fani willis. Were going to start with that kind of ground work. But what it does do is it dismisses six of the counts in the indictment that was secured by fani willis from a grand jury. And thats another important point because this was not an
Breaking news. The tik tok bill has passed the u. S. House of representatives giving the owners a big choice. Sell or be banned in america. Law makers have flooded Law Makers Offices and phones dont do this. 170 million americans are on the platform. Now it goes to the u. S. Senate. Im harris faulkner. Are you in Faulkner Focus. This gives the owner a choice. Die vest or you will be banned in the u. S. American buyers are already circling. The price tag could cover around hundreds of billions of dollars. Tik tok rolled out an Aggressive Campaign in the lead up to this mornings vote. It used urging young users particularly to call their congress people, flooding the phone lines. A show of just how powerful tik tok can be. House progresses took to the hill yesterday in protest of the legislation. Brought up upset content creators depending on the app for their careers and more. So many people, not only five million Small Businesses rely but 10 Million People rely on this app for more tha
Escape. Also breaking overnight, ohio voters delivering a major win for Abortion Rights in a special election. Does it spell trouble for republicans in 2024 . And lawyers for donald trump and the Special Counsel due back in court friday. Their fight over what trump can and cannot talk about as the former president strikes a defiant tone on the trail. I will talk about it. I will. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment right. Good morning, its great to have you with us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with a win for Abortion Rights advocates that could have major implications for 2024. Voters in ohio overwhelmingly defeated a gopbacked Ballot Measure that would have made it all but impossible to enshrine Abortion Rights in the state constitution come november. Now, ohio was the seventh state to put Abortion Rights on the line. 14 months since the Supreme Court struck down roe v. Wade and the seventh to back Abortion Rights. Were talking a clean swe
What do they want to hear . Or is it potentially that they just want to be the ones to hear it. The lead on writing a definitive ruling on something as foundational as whether this president , any president , is above the law. But you cant separate that motivation from the timing. Why did it take so long for the justices to decide to hear it . And why will it take so long for them to actually hear it. The court has worked faster before, including on Hearing Arguments regarding the colorado ballot. Again, the timing here matters. Not just for this case, which is now unlikely to be tried before election day, but Donald Trumps other cases as well. The classified documents at maralago, maybe even georgia, if that case ever even gets off the ground. Or the arguments regarding the colorado decision to remove trump from the ballot. Theres so much to consider. The motivation, the political effect on november, and the future of the court itself. How much public trust can it stand to lose before