Championship banner for the most solo performances at las staples center. Very heartwarming. The news continues and the new with Caitlin Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source. From court s recording support. Donald trump back on the Campaign Trail tonight after pleading not guilty for the second time within 24 hours also now pleading to the Supreme Court for help. Plus a new sentence for move only. Prudence nemesis. She was handed a Life Sentence behind bars by a russian leader bent on silencing his critics. A free be free for all social media stars Giveaway Start calls complete chaos in New York City sparking massive mayhem and his arrest. Im Caitlin Collins and this is the source. [music] tonight, the thrice indicted former president is in alabama at a republican state dinner seeking support of his mounting legal problems. Once again aaattacking the Special Prosecutor overseeing his latest two federal charges and making more while making claims. They waited right to the middle of an election and they waited until he became the dominant force in the polls. The file the mall. Everyone of them. All their essentially onetime including local das and ags and even other cases right in the middle of the campaign. Every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment at this election as closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Referring to the deranged jack smith aais not only going to have to just bulldozed through the First Amendment, his can have the borders through a line of cases by the Supreme Court of the united states. In other words, this is an absolute case of prosecutorial misconduct. The only civil rights that have been violent in this matter are my civil rights. I should note that he is once again attacking jack smith here after weve even heard from his own Attorney General this week defending the Special Counsel. Those comments come entered yet another pocket deeply. That was in response to this really charges that were brought against him in the superseding indictment in the classified documents case last week. That is numb to not guilty pleas and spend less than 24 hours. Former president clearly feels legal pressure and asking the Supreme Court to intervene via social media. Lamenting the time and money that his legal troubles accosting him. Actually hes not really asking. He says the court at his view quote must intercede. He also put that this cryptic post earlier in all capitals. If you go after me aaim coming after you. Im joined now by a pair of former federal prosecutors, Jennifer Rogers and shane will. Thank you both for being here. Jennifer, mr. With you and just the comment that trump made there. Not calling jack smith directly what hes been doing essentially nonstop. But saying that the only civil rights that are being violated are mine. Clearly a reference to one of the charges in this january 6 case. Yes, i mean listen hes obviously attacking with everything hes got here to try and distract from we also all in the 45 page indictment that was issued recently. This is his play, right . Civil rights, talking that we are in the middle of an election. So athis is election interference. Its prosecutorial misconduct. He references Supreme Court precedent aai would love to hear him talk about what Supreme Court cases he thinks these are. aathis is just his playbook. We can expect a lot more as the case moves along. Shannon, i think when you hear people constantly attacking jack smith something we made a point of pointing out simply because it gets close over and its just so remarkable in of itself that hes constantly attacking a prosecutor. But i think some people would look at that and say does this want a gag order . How does that work given that hes on the Campaign Trail and is making these comments. Hes running. Its difficult to do an actual gag order although it was a little bit unusual when he was arraigned that the magistrate gave the particular warning about not doing anything which might interfere with a jurors in particular. So aayou can make the argument that comments like this could influence the jury that way. That could be a problem for him down the road. That would set up a First Amendment class right before they get to trial. And jennifer, hes also saying tonight what he would make clear what he would do if you get that second term in office and not just talk about his priorities, but appointing a Special Counsel to investigate the biden family. I talked to his Attorney General, bill barr, who was certainly loyal to him when he was in the administration and asked him if he was worried that trump will try to weapon eyes the Justice Department but this is what he said. The word that he would weapon isaac if he was back in office . Absolutely. Hes making clear their that he would. He is. Its a little bit rich coming from bill barr, who frankly was one of the instruments of the weaponization in the first time around in the trump administration. But i think we all can see that a Second Trump Administration would be even worse in this regard because hes just openly saying it. You know . His goal would be to put in people who are loyal to him. Above all else. And to use the office in the powers of the Justice Department to go after his political opponents. I mean, there is no mystery as to what he would do. Not as a legal question in the sense that theres nothing really legally that can be done about that. But the real problem certainly voters should be paying attention to that. Even try to do it when he was at the end of his term try to put Jeffrey Clark and. Somebody that was trying to draft letters to brian kemp of Georgia About Fraud that didnt exist. The other thing that trump is assigned today is about the Supreme Court asking them to get involved here. Talking about the time that its going to take for these trials to potentially play out, but also the cost of these. I mean ajust the idea that the Supreme Court is going to get involved in these 78 criminal charges athat is all seem likely to you . Theyre not just going to suddenly reach out and do something about it aahe would have to find some vehicle to get there and in criminal trials, its pretty hard to do that. Once it gets going, its not easy to find an issue disorder stops the case. If there was a motion to suppress, which might be Something Like that could move up. That is not happening here. So think again thats mostly his but it is when it comes to how much time this is gonna take up after careful there is a point where hes facing property even just in one of these cases alone. Its a significant amount of time and amount of effort and resources to fight Something Like this. When you look at the calendar of what this is going to be aa the public and debate the first one is coming up very soon. He has got his hearing on the january 6 case right after that in january of the aging carol defamation case. And then his new york case just a few weeks after super tuesday. And then of course the documents and what is going to look like in those big questions. I mean, is there test test will they in any way be able to effectively argue that the timing affects is campaigning . Its not so much about the campaign. I knew for him its a practical matter it is. But as far as the judges are concerned aaeven if you just take out everything other than the three criminal cases aas we listen to before, its really hard to see how they are going to fit in the calendar for all of them. You need at least six months to prepare for any of these criminal trials and yet we have six months takes us beyond the end of the year. With the March Trial In May trial. Then you had the 69 day period where doj will not do anything over that might impact the election. So i dont know what they gonna do aabut its really hard to see how they fit all this and without even really thinking too much frankly about the campaign. And they might be setting a trial date by the end of this month. At least an initial one. The other thing that has been a subject of discussion is trumps attorneys are in favor of this is our house democrats. I think the circles where the Interests Overlap is probably pretty small. The cameras in the courtroom. They both are advocating for this. Its going to be one of the biggest if not the biggest trials in this nations history. But it seems like there is no chance that that would happen. No chance. I mean. Even to both advocate for . Right, because this is really gonna be up to the judges. The federal judiciary is looking at 19th century and some members of the Supreme Court might be in the 17th or 18th century. They are not going to put cameras and particularly i think this seems perverse in psychology. But particularly because its a case of such notoriety and theres some of public interest. Thats exactly what they dont want the cameras in the courtroom. [laughter] how does that . That seems not a lawyer here, but that seems like when its the most interest aathats when people want to be able to watch it once and be able to see and judge for themselves on this. We told junior six congressional hearings. I would say that there is zero chance Justice Roberts could do tomorrow. This is the policy. Its not a law. And over covid they did start putting out Audio Streams of the arguments and so aai dont know if they taken tiny baby steps just as ill be surprised if it happened and i wouldnt say its impossible to. Essentially, it would have to be chief Justice John Roberts or Congress Passing along . I dont know what would happen if Congress Passed along. The policy. S. So Congress Passed along g from its actually an interesting g legal question. Shannonon and i will discuss it after break. Did administration for the judiciary a¦ for now we are relying on Bill Hennessey Sportscasters . Thank you both returningn friday night. General rogers shannon will. Meanwhile secret Service Agents of course follow former president s wherever th go. There has never been a former president facing a potential real threat of prison time before. So there is a looming question. What would happen to trump Security Detail if he does ever get locked up . Plus the jail of lexi [indiscernible] 19 years have been added to his fence. Harsh condemnation everyone including the semi government. Will move all the ever see freedom again . We will speak to someone who knows him very well next. [music] tonight, after trying to poison him to death aadidnt work aaVladimir Putins arch nemesis has been sentenced to an additional 19 years in one of russias most brutal penal qualities. Alexi tebaldi was convicted on charges socalled extremism which relates to his years long effort to root out pollution in russia and exposed putting in his lies. He did go to court and less a defiant smile today as he learned his fate today. All in an effort meant to silence the fiercest political opponent that the russian leader has ever faced. After the hearing, tebaldi released a statement to those supporters saying 19 years in a special regime colony. The number does not matter. And the verdict is not for me. It is for you. They want to frighten. You may recall russian agents attempting to kill Alexi Tebaldi by poisoning his underwear with him legal nerve agent. Despite that attack on his life, he returned to moscow. But before he left, he issued a plea to the russian people should he be silenced perhaps forever. [music] that clip is from the oscarwinning film Documenting Tebaldi and the director of the documentary, one of the people that doesnt tebaldi very well, Dan Newell For knows him very well for daniel, last time we talked is when you got that oscar and in this was this jubilant time bringing attention on what tebaldi has been through. I wonder what went through your mind when you saw him in his court today in court today and how he looked. Caleb, thank you for having me on the program and was happy to be here to talk about alexi. As that is the situation might be. Today We Saw Devonian corporate he looked gaunt aa but its clear that his spirit is intact. Is a remarkably resilient man. And in spite of this new sentence that hes facing aa it is clear that this regime has not broken his spirit. His humor, his optimism, and his perseverance and that is something that really matters to me. Thats always something that comes through when he speaks of social media. I know concern is that presence may be limited or eliminated because of this and just for people at home aathe special regime is in colonies are usually reserved for russias worst criminals. This is clearly a scare tactic from putin. The question is will it work . Well, its a very complex question because the contemporary landscape of Russian Politics is very complex. Will it work . Will it silenced not only . Never. Hell never be silenced. Hes proven as much. He couldve gone back in but an exiled state outside the country for he chose to go back. You want to be the moral leader of the nation. Some people call it savior complex. Some people think it was foolish to go back. But whether you criticized the decision or not, you cannot help but admire his courage and the courage of his convictions. They are trying to silence all opposition, not just the balmy, but everybody who follows him and everybody who believes in a Free Democratic russia. The beautiful plush of tomorrow is the balmy calls it. But so often reminded of that old adage the night is darkest just before the dawn. And we can only hope that a new date lingers around the corner that not only courage will inspire others. I cannot even imagine the impact this is having on his family. His parents were barred from attending the hearing. Forced to watch it on a video that they can barely hear and obviously russian officials are trying to make this as difficult and as painful as possible. And theyve been in touch with his family. What they told you . You know, its incredibly difficult. What is there to say . The husband and father is behind bars for nothing. Imagine how painful it must be for tosha, his daughter, zohar, his wife. Russia is a country where i think it was just last month that jennifer kosher marched his army with an hundred and 50 miles of moscow and killed 11 russian servicemembers. Great havoc and it was a Military Coup or so we thought. And meanwhile aanot only is the one who is convicted of extremism and on trial for terrorism and things like this. Its absurd. If it wasnt so sad, we would laugh about it. It seems like some weird bizarre satire. But its all very real and at the center of it is this man, who is sacrificing so much for his country and for what he believes in. I think his family is in lockstep with him. They remarkable courage as well and i think so much of his courage is fathered by his family and their support of him. Yes, i mean i was just thinking today with all the talk of political prosecution here that has been happening in the last 48 hours aathis is what this actually looks like. The conditions that hes in, russian guards supposedly make him sick. The lights are constantly on. Even at night. They teach conventional food that his daughter has sent him and then take it away. This is just imagine his daughter and am glad you brought this up. This is something she said recently to cnn. There are no calls, visits. No human conditions. Is allowed to ride 35 minutes per day with a pen and paper and is allowed to have two books. These actions are clearly an open strategy to destroy my fathers physical health and may be mental too. How worried are you about him . Extremely worried. You know . Theres no doubt about it. This regime has entered a new phase of cruelty of inhumanity. They are doing whatever they can to destroy this mans spirit. And we have to call it what it is parties being held in torturous conditions. All of the laundry list of techniques that they have to break his spirit are brutal and cruel and sadistic. But that man is strong. His spirit remains unbroken. Thats something everybody has to pay the genetic my responsibly and responsibly of everyone around the world who cares about the future russia and the future of ukraine. Needs to make sure that not only remains in the global consciousness. Our film is available on tax. Which used to be called hbo max. People can watch it there and learn about history and not balmy. I think people often know his name. But i think what he is looking at is very, very challenging ordeal. Hes been through so much and it seems like its just Getting Started for him. And so course that leaves the people care about him. Or terrified. Its incredible film. Everybody should watch it. Daniel forecasters thanks for joining us tonight. Thank you for having me. Important conversation. In mile, back here i turned to the president ial politics that we are seeing plant united states. Gop hopeful Rhonda Santos facing feet percent and they want that he would quote st