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Environmental laws that congress passed that gave the executive a kind of broad and sweeping mandate to protect public health. okay. finally, i know you re waiting for this one, presidential immunity. what are we waiting for on that? yes. so we are waiting to see whether donald trump can at some point be tried for crimes relating to january 6th or whether he is totally immune from prosecution for all actions that he took while in office. and i will just add there is a similar and related case that will decide whether something like 350 january 6th defendants, including donald trump, will see charges against them dropped and dismissed because the supreme court could decide to narrow an obstruction statute that played a central role in the indictment and prosecuors of the rioters and donald trump himself. on the bounds of immunity, if that happens how much longer does the case take? absolutely. i think that s what will happen. i think the supreme court will ....
Alternates in the trial. the pool is now down to 16. they have been questioned. judge merchan wants to see five more alternates today. opening statements can come on monday. if those spots are not filled from this pool, another group of 96 will be brought in. the process restarts. vaughn hillyard is outside the courthouse. back with us is former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant u.s. attorney general harry litman and catherine christian. the lawyers are considering who they want to strike from the 16 who have been interviewed. reporter: right. inside the courtroom, judge merchan announced there s a delay of taking a lunch break. instead, the defense team and the prosecuors are going to go through the striking the challenging process here. ....
I predict regardless of what costello has to offer. let s face it, the grand jury is a proceeding run by the prosecutors. there s no defense attorney in there, there s no judge in there. prosecuors can usually get to the result they re looking for. let me hasten to add, we re generally looking for a result that is consistent with the evidence that s been presented to the grand jury. i actually think this is a miscalculation by team trump, sending a surrogate in on behalf of donald trump, in essence, trying to undermine the credibility of the chief witness, one of the main witnesses, michael cohen. it will not succeed, but it will give the prosecution a preview of what costello might say at trial. so why would you do that? if everybody knows that s a possibility, that you re essentially showing your hand, why do it? here s why. i suspect they re sending ....
Breaking news, nbc news has learned congressman-elect george santos is now under federal investigation. a law enforcement source confirms federal prosecuors from the eastern district of new york are looking into santos finances. they re in the early stages and have not zeroed in on one allegation yet. the incoming republican has admitted to quote embellishing his resume. nbc news has reached out to santos for comment but he has not responded. meanwhile, 2022, a year of record breaking climate extremes. record heat in london, record flooding in the midwest, wildfires, snowstorms, and hurricanes. nbc news meteorologist dylan drier has a closer look. 2022, a violent year of climate and weather extremes. from heat waves and drought, to ....
They knew the guy with the horns. what prosecuors were able to do is draw a compelling narrative using video and showing them what happen and right now they are batting 1,000 when they go to trial. five trials and every defendant has been convicted. prosecutors put together all this evidence. it is compelling. watch some of the jurors such see this video that a lot of americans necessarily haven t seen about that day. it s interesting that we mention the audio that is in the videos. that s something that citizen sleuths have noted. they turn off the audio. it is disturbing and heightens the anxiety that you feel watching a lot of the videos. indeed. joyce vance has joined us, former u.s. attorney. talk to me about how difficult this is to prove. it s a very serious federal charge. it s a serious charge. ....