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Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, im paul gigot. The Supreme Court on wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from prosecution in his federal election interference case. Dealing a blow to special counsel jack smiths effort to try the former president and likely 2024 republican nominee before with no. Oral arguments are now set for late april with a decision expected by late june. A timetable that could push the trial originally set to begin t...

>> plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. >> when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, im chris, is donald trumps lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trumps retirement home in florida. >> in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending...

Weve had for 49 years. >> what happens if the state supreme court does not rule in your favor? >> listen, the fight would continue. the fact of the matter is, we believe weve got the compelling state argument on behalf of the people of this state that this is a right that is covered by the michigan state constitution. thats why were pursuing this. were being aggressive about it because theres no time to waste with this im pending decision from the u.s. supreme court. >> governor gretchen whitmer...

Wright would still be here today if he had not resisted arrest and drove away from the officers, which the defense claims led to potter inadvertently shooting him with a handgun. the defense also push back on the state argument that potters mistake was reckless, given her years of training and experience. >> the state wants to, say she should have known. no, it is at this point that she knew she had a gun. how can you recklessly, consciously handle a gun if you dont know you have it? >> in their...

Everyone, welcome. pete, can you walk us through this lawsuit in maryland and where it stands right now. >> sure. first off, im completely outclassed by the other guests it here, but here are the facts. >> you are never outclassed, pete, ever. >> the answer to your question is yes. if the trump administration loses here, im sure theyll try to appeal it as much as they can. heres the maryland state argument. they have this lawsuit against jeff sessions and the government over obamacare. now its t...

Opinion? >> i think theres a conservative right movement as weve seen take over the party in the last few years and its challenginging to separate their religious views with their political views and it goes back to the church versus state argument. republicans have always fought for a strong family unit for long-term relationships, for equal rights for all americans. i mean, nothing about gay marriage i think does not represent what the american party represents. so i continue to make the argum...

Turn, he does not unite. he does divide. were going backwards in the sense of were identifying by our color and our gender and our income and our region. and its just -- i would argue that the democrats have moved away from the mainstream way more than the republicans have. and i keep coming back to the state argument. they will -- we are coming up on a midterm. we have a number of democrats that have won in states. the majority of them that mitt romney won by double digitses. with the possible ...

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jessica yellin is at the white house tonight with what her sources are telling her. jessica, what have you heard from these differing accounts? >> reporter: anderson, democratic sources say that bottom line is that the president was schooling the crowd in the room when eric cantor changed his position. all along eric cantor as you have said, the house majority leader, had endorsed doing a deal that did reduce the deficit. and that had some of these vary krause components we talked abou...

Ballots, something thats pending, somebodys dying. usually not for a review of the constitution. so theyre saying, i guess, their argument is probably going to be, hey, you know, we dont want all of these people getting married and then the ninth circuit overturns it and theyre all overturned. however, the harm is not theirs, its the people who are being married. so thats not a very good argument. >> are they making a paperwork argument or money costing the state argument? >> well, whats the pro...