Slam Dunk Issue News Today

It is friday and we have got a fantastic night crap grew recapping week it was, about lets talk about the day that is and we saw major developments in cases that involved the current former president. Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a protective order in dont rams 2020 election interference case after Hearing Arguments from the government and trump. She put everything that has to do with witnesses in the compartment of it and sensitive information. Not just grand jury witnesses, anyone that the gover...

Even as she gave a nugget to the Trump Defense team of not defining everything as sensitive materials, she took it away by making clear that anything that the government was concerned about in terms of both impairing the jury pool and also going after witnesses, would violate the order anyways. Judge chutkan also warned trumps lawyers that continued inflammatory statements from their client would only increase the need for a speedy trial. Also, in washington, attorney general Merrick Garland cal...

Against a guy who is completely not credible unless the media starts to say, yeah, we need to start acknowledge that what hes saying is right and the other guys not saying the truth. >> stephanie, i have another question. >> youre not here to ask the questions, just so you know. >> fine, ascot. >> its kind of a rhetorical question and kind of. not -- if the economy is such a slam dunk issue for the republicans, why arent they talking about it? why is it all woke politics, grievance politics, all...

For gun control issues and background checks and an assault rifle ban, combined with the white house seemingly paralyzed on the matter, one has to ask have the democrats found a slam-dunk issue where they have a distinct advantage to donald trump? joining the conversation, senior writer from politico and msnbc contributor jake sherman. let me ask you that question, is this or let it be, if articulated properly, a slam dunk for the democrats. >> well, the issue hasnt shifted a lot over the last c...

>> bret: there is an interesting development with the politics. if you look at democrats. the national journal pointing out six red state senate democrats up for reelection in 2018, not one came out for more gun control. joe manchin cosponsored legislation has been notably quiet. heidi heitkamp voted against background checks and has no interest in bringing up gun control. she notes the politics of missouri that are than the armchair pundits. interesting take. >> i think democrats have concluded...

Betraying republicans. >> absolutely. we have a significant illegal immigration problem in america, and by the way, we have the most generous immigration policies in the world. a million people a year come into the u.s. legally. no other country comes close to that figure. if you even suggest you have an illegal immigration problem and we need to do something about it, if youre a republican, often times the left labels you as anti-immigrant. this issue is not easy and not is a -- is not a slam d...

Betraying republicans. >> absolutely. we have a significant illegal immigration problem in america, and by the way, we have the most generous immigration policies in the world. a million people a year come into the u.s. legally. no other country comes close to that figure. if you even suggest you have an illegal immigration problem and we need to do something about it, if youre a republican, often times the left labels you as anti-immigrant. this issue is not easy and not is a -- is not a slam d...

Children. according to a new bloomberg poll released this morning, 64% of americans support the presidents announcement to 30%. mitt romney is expected to come out at some point this week and endorse that plan but its looks like thats not going to happen now. romney and rubio both suggested politics got in the way of a delicate situation. >> if you even suggest that you have an illegal immigration problem and we need to do something about it, if youre a republican, the left will label you as ant...

Correct on this and really is a slam-dunk issue on the way theyre going. what do you see? >> no, were getting a lot of positive response. ive been here all day. people are mobilizing. there will be a church rally then were marching. i think one of the thingses t t was very interesting is the suns have come out and said in their home game tonight theyre going to wear jerseys that identify with the people they do not and the owner does not agree with the law. and they were given permission by comm...

Situation. >> if you even suggest that you have an illegal immigration problem, if youre a republican, oftentimes the left will label you as anti-immigrant. this idea that this is a slam dunk issue, that its easy, is just not true. on the one hand, we do have a significant illegal immigration problem. it has to be confronted. it has to be solved. we cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws. on the other hand, we have some very compelling stories. it feel...