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welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. ....
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald tr ....
arguments used by donald trump to fend off the cases popping up cross the country challenging his place in the 2024 ballot. it is an existential threat to the one thing that donald trump sees as the way out of all his legal problems, winning the presidency. a brand-new brief to the supreme court alongside other prominent lawyers like george conway, michael luttig calls for the justices to take the 14th amendment very literally. they say, quote, because section 3 emerged from the hallowed ground of the civil war, this court must accord section 3 its fair meaning, not a narrow construction. mr. trump incited and therefore engaged in an armed insurrection against the constitution s express and foundational mandates that require the peaceful transfer of executive power to a newly elected president. in doing so mr. trump disqualified himself under section 3. regarding trump s argument the so-called insurrectionist ban can only be applied after a candidate is elected, lutti ....
i m alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald trump ramping up his calls for presidential immunity. the former president posting late last night that, quote, without complete immunity, a president united states would not be able to properly function. this comes as trump gears up for a busy few weeks on legal and political fronts. appeals could go at either moment on those immunity claims. just days from now, the supreme court will hear oral arguments over whether the state of colorado can a boot trump from the presidential ballot. those ....
classified material to people including a military plan of attack against an unnamed country. trump is accused of directing a aide to move documents out of a security room for an fbi subpoena. the doj also claiming trump suggested to his lawyer that they should hide or destroy the documents. the former president will appear in federal court tuesday in miami and is proclaiming his innocence. tremendous support. that was a hoax and a scam, and now they are doing it again. it is just a continuation. seven years. i m an innocent man. i did nothing wrong. and we ll fight this out just like we have been fighting for seven years. it would be wonderful if we could devote our full time to making america great again. jesse: special counsel jack smith breaking his silence, but not taking questions on why he decided to indict trump. our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. it ....