states have some type of abortion ban in place. reports say republicans i' 2024 are struggling to fac this issue, as the majority of voters support abortion rights nancy mace had a warning for gop candidates with extrem anti abortion views. >> we know we lost seats i november why would you, if your potential presidential candidate, take such an extrem position, the most americans d not support? if you want to be take seriously as a presidentia candidate, you probabl shouldn't take such an extreme position >> with that, let's get smarte with the help of our lead of panel. and we sure need them. tonight doctor vita patel, senior policy director durin the obama administration maya wiley, savoie tierney and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and pam ballot, a pulitzer prize-winning health and science rating for new yor times, covering the suprem
donald trump and damage th character of the man who i actually trying to hold hi accountable and enforce the la that's guesses with jo wine-banks, former assistant special host - co-host of the sister podcas at msnbc legal analyst matthew dowd, for an msnbc political analyst, and david coren, washington pr chief for mother jones he is an msnbc political contributor. it is great of all three of yo with us. jill, i will start with you. i how you jules is this kind o legal action, and what can you say that bragg is asking the court to do here >> it is unusual, but that i because that the action that i precipitating it is very unusual. frankly, even if bragg were th u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york or even i he was the attorney general he could not be called to tal about a pending case any congressional committee or
because the action that is precipitating is unusual frankly, even if bragg were th u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, or eve if he was the attorney general he could not be called to talk about a pending case before an congressional committee or anyone else that's lover lanced so it's he is right whe it says this is an and precedent kind of subpoena he' right to do that, and i thin the ultimately the courts will say he does not have to testify, nor does pomerantz because i would also interfere with this same ongoing investigation he is trying to protect th rights of anyone under investigation, they have a right to secrecy for all the information that is gathered pending their trial, the right place to challenge it is a onc they get indicted. then you can challenge any thing that happens in th
law. let's discuss this with jill wine-banks, former assistant watergate special producer, an msnbc legal analyst. matthew dowd, former chief strategist for the - bush cheney 2004 presidentia campaign he's also a msnbc politica analyst, and david corn, washington chief your chief fo mother jones he's an msnbc politica contributor. it's great to have you with us >> jill, will start with you and get your action to thi lawsuit. how unusual is this kind o legal action, and can yo explain what bragg is asking the court to actually do here >> it is unusual. but that because the actio that is precipitating is unusual. frankly, even if bragg were th u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, or eve if he was the attorney general he could not be called to talk about a pending case before an congressional committee or anyone else that's the law o our land
>> good morning. i'm joined today by deputy attorney general monaco, u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york williams, acting u.s. attorney for the northern district of illinois pass kwaul, u.s. attorney for the southern district of california grossman. fbi associate director turner and i.c.e. acting deputy director lechlightner. today the justice department is announcing significant enforcement actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world that operation is run by the sinaloa cartel and fueled by chinese precursor chemical and pharmaceutical companies the justice department is attacking every aspect of the cartel's operations. we have charge d suppliers in china who sell fentanyl precursors to the cartel
new york city. but we will see how it goes. cnn here is the polling do you approve the indictment of trump and 60% say yes. and yes whether or not politics played a role, 52% said a major role. 76% said it did play a role. so that is the god of a lot of this how do you see it so far >> look, it means a lot of democrats in independency, this is political. you have protesters turley in the earlier years saying he made a powerful casing that this is not a very strong case at all. and a lot of others have weighed in. david french who is a conservative and not a fan of trump has written that he thinks that this is a very weak case. and so has andrew mccarthy who is the former deputy of the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. so, this is going to be -- this is an amazing moment. this is never happened before that a former president has been
thank you so much for that. vaughn hillyard. meanwhile, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is firing back it up house republicans who want to intervene in the trump match many of assignation. the congressman jim jordan, brian steele edgecomb are. who sent a letter to brag demanding the da's office provided them with documents related to the probe. in a statement, bragg rejected their request saying in part it is not appropriate for congress to interfere with pending local investigations. it's a president inquiry by federal elected officials into an ongoing matter serves only to hinder disrupt and undermine the illegitimate work of our dedicated prosecutors. joining me now 80s -- westchester county discreet ernie and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. welcome, i'm glad you're here. give me a sense of how you interpret this statement from da brag and how unusual is it that he had to release or did release a statement at all. >> hi, great to be with you.
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it's far from the only investigation into the forme president. in fact the potential charge looming in both new york and georgia. we may be at a point where all of these investigations into trump are finally coming to head joining us now are danya perry former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan donna and barbara, thanks fo being with me this evening and i'll start with yo donna, in terms of what seem to be unusual to me at least and on its face. is this notion that the person that is under investigation ha his affiliates, paying for the council of other people who ma be important witnesses in that very same investigation. is that unusual, and if so what does it suggest to you? >> it's not a typical, and it' not inherently nefarious you see third parties paying all the time legal fees for witnesses o defendants
we may be at a point where all of these investigations into trump are finally coming to head joining us now are danya perry former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan donna and barbara, thanks fo being with me this evening and i'll start with yo donna, in terms of what seem to be unusual to me at least and on its face. is this notion that the person that is under investigation ha his affiliates, paying for the council of other people who ma be important witnesses in that very same investigation. is that unusual, and if so what does it suggest to you? >> it's not a typical, and it' not inherently nefarious you see third parties paying all the time legal fees for witnesses o defendants it could be apparent, it could be accompanied which is arm -- to identify one other director or officers. here as you pointed out in you