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i'm ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump's federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they're green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we've been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don't need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump's very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should ...

decades of progress destroyed by six concern of justices whose rulings were dishonest, misleading, and filled with bs. is it not time for democrats to rebalance and expand this road to supreme court? bus, when donald trump looks and amir, does he see richard nixon staring back at him? how one disgraced ex president pave the way for the latest disgraced ex president. msnbc exclusive tonight, the former prime minister of pakistan joins me to discuss human rights and democracy in his country and the case against him. why we in america should all care. good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. perh...

rebalance and expand this road to supreme court? bus, when donald trump looks and amir, does he see richard nixon staring back at him? how one disgraced ex president pave the way for the latest disgraced ex president. msnbc exclusive tonight, the former prime minister of pakistan joins me to discuss human rights and democracy in his country and the case against him. why we in america should all care. good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. perhaps the two most important weapons in american politics right now are not 435 and 500, the number of house members in congress. or 40 and 44, the pulli...

with his attempt to win the nomination, the courts say his name belongs on the ballot. secretary of state asked the states highest court to review her decision to remove trump from the republican ballot. the same judge already paused her decision until the u.s. supreme court rules on a case out of colorado. joining the conversation is marc elias, founder of the democracy docket, he's also a partner. thank you for joining us and person. you have argued in front of the supreme court more than most people i now, except for neil -- >> i have had my few. i have won all of them. >> look, w...

ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. >> his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. it's been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. >> but it looks like there's progress there. >> might be some. we'll get analysis on the biden administration's push to get israel to scale back its war in gaza, what's going on there. with us, we have the ho...