have a longer interview soon. we really appreciate it. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. for donald trump, it has been a winning strategy his entire life. when you re in legal trouble, go on the attack. so, can a criminal court judge convince him to change course, keep quiet and play by the rules? that question at the heart of a court hearing less than 90 minutes from now. plus, a missouri teenager charged with threatening to kill or harm president biden after plowing a u-haul into security barriers near the white house. the latest on what the secret service says the 19-year-old was trying to do and the disturbing evidence they found inside that truck. and speaker mccarthy reportedly telling house republicans they re nowhere near a deal on the debt limit. that as a sense of pessimism begins to take hold among some lawmakers and the cale
knife sheathe. can family members say i don t want to testify against my sibling. no, they really can t. if the prosecutors believe that it would be useful to have this testimony in court, they could serve subpoenas on them and they would not have any defense. you know, there s certain privileges the law recognizes. attorney client, spousal privilege, but siblings do not have the same. prosecutors use good judgment so if the case could be proved without that testimony, i think they would be very reluctant to call witnesses who are siblings because a jury will very much sympathize with those siblings and it could backfire on the prosecution so unless it s kind of essential evidence, i think the prosecutors would be reluctant to call them to testify even though they could if they thought they needed to. thank you. a high court in london today
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