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>> thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the fo...

providing that the united states reserves and retains complete ownership, possession and control of presidential records. for more than a year, and despite multiple opportunities to remedied situation and return materials that rightly belong to the federal government, donald trump refused to cooperate time and time again. as we know now from the indictment unsealed by the department of justice yesterday, the former president and his personal valet, and now codefendants, walt nauta have...

this will be the scene of the action, the formal arrangement over the first 30 plus indictments. how are things looking there, bryan? >> neil, things here are relatively subdued. more action at trump tower as the former president makes his way to his residence there. what we can talk to you about is these charges. this is what we know. the reality is the diamond is under seal. so the former president and the world doesnt know the exact charges. sources tell fox that we can expect trump...

president spending the weekend at his vacation home in delaware as many questions remain unanswered with george washington university law professor jonathan turley is standing back with analysis but we can with lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest. >> the president chief of staff expected to resign in the coming days according to multiple reports including the new york times who first reported the story. this comes as democrats want to see the investigation into pres...

The stand as he has been all week. Hes been testifying for the first time today. About a key figure in the case, Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, keep watching your screen for updates from inside the courtroom. They are are there are there and that side of the screen were bringing you the reports from our reporters. Lets bring in cnn, Senior Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, who was actually inside the High Court Today as the Oral Arguments played out, joan, what stood out to you ...

Senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has more. >> its a question thats never been asked before, because it happened happened before. could a president pardon themselves for their own crimes? former president trump thought so. back in 2018 talking about allegations he colluded with russia. >> i do have an absolute right to pardon myself, but ill never have to do, it because i didnt do anything wrong. and everybody knows. it >> experts say the potential for a self pardon is not so clear....

Have power to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. that is it. nothing on self pardons. the justice department tried to clear things up back in 1974. right before richard nixon got impeached. in a memo, the doj determined, basically no, a president cannot self pardon, because no one can be a judge in their own case. >> just like we dont let people be the prosecutor or the judge or the jury in their own case, the argument goes, you cant be the pardon error in your own. case >> reporter:...

Was asked specifically can the president offer a pardon to someone so they dont testify against them that i think a lot of people are scratching their heads about this morning. is it surprising that brett kavanaugh did not answer that question? >> no, it is not surprising because he took the safe route, dont answer any controversial questions, but he is correct that the issue of self-pardons and pardons in exchange for some quid pro quo are issues that have never really come before not only the ...

But the notion of family or self-pardons have never been on the table before. >> its never been on the table before. and im not going to give don mcgahn the credit that he just got. i actually think if youre being the lawyer that mcgahn has already been which is a on trump mission and an aggressive lawyer for donald trump, he was his campaign lawyer and he was very aggressive with the sec, this is a guy who, if he is doing his job, which i think he did in this instance, is say dont do it because...

To decide a similar case because we know some of their thought process processes. >> weve never had a president who has been named a subject in a criminal investigation who has the people around him guilty pleas under investigation, hes talking about self pardons, ands, weve never had a president in that situation name a supreme court justice who could -- let me finish my sentence. no. president clinton was not a named subject in a criminal investigation at the time. bob mueller has said, presid...