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level the right to an abortion. it is about to happen here. you will see it live. with vice president kamala harris expected to preside. what can and what will democrats and president biden do next? and on wall street where the inflation report is top of mind for a lot of folks including the president who just spoke with farmers in illinois about the economy. also happening now, donald trump versus lettisha james. over whether the former president has to talk to the new york a.g. we have a pair of nbc news exclusives this hour including a one-on-one with the man running away with t...

Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper what were going to start today with our Law And Justice lead a stern warning for donald trump today from the bench. Keep violating your gag order and your Hush Money Cover of case, and you may well end up in jail. Judge juan merchan, Finding Today The Trump via lord, violated that gag order for the 10th time. He find a trump 1,000 which is the maximum penalty. But judge, where shine went on to tell the former president , quote, at the end of the de, i have a job to do and part of that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system and compel respect as...

>> for six years i've been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where's hunter. well, here's my answer. i am here. there is no fairness or decency in what these republicans are doing. they have lied over and over about every aspect of my personal and professional life. >> john: christmas break is almost upon us but it is a busy afternoon here in washington as any moment we are expecting to hear from the white house as kayleigh was pointing out, after hunter biden's shocking public statement and refusal to appear before the house oversight committee and republic...

both sides about gagging donald trump. now, jack smith did win the first round in the d.c. coup case, but that gag order has not been am place. indeed, it was held for this review today. the special counsel's team says donald trump has clearly shown in his violent rhetoric and his calls for violence and his calls for other things that sounds like witness intimidation means he has to be gagged. trump's lawyers say the gag order, first of all, is overly broad. second of all, they think the whole thing in its entirety is basically a violation of the first amendment, first speech rights ...

Jury as almost sacrosanct and the idea that he's intimidating the jury is something that i think judge merchan is going to be very concerned about. he's already scheduled a hearing for the other contempt issue next week, but this may prompt him to move it up what are his options though? i mean well, realistically, the prosecution has asked for a fine of $1,000 per violation of the gag order in terms of the witnesses but the way contempt often works is that it accelerates is that the first violation is $1,000. >> the next violation is $10,000. the next violation can be $100,000, but ultimately ...