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tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a warning to us all, that's not the first time i've said it, far from it. the 14th amendment case heads to the supreme court with existential danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. plus, pictures don't lie. the horrors in gaza through the lens of now iconic palestinian photographer murtaza a visa. finally, republicans in control of the messaging law, while they are taking a victory lap over claudine gay resigning. when will liberals push back? good evening, i am mehdi hasan. three years, ago i launched this show on msnbc with a very stark warning about the danger imposed to american democracy by one donald j trump. tonight, on the very last edition of the mehdi hasan show, yes, our last show. i want to begin by again warning you all about the threat to our democracy from donald j trump. the donald trump who was running for president again,

who's leading joe biden in some of the polls. and who continues to make violent authoritarian unconstitutional threats about his political opponents. the donald trump who three years ago yesterday incited a violent assault on the united states capitol as part of a desperate but coordinated attempt to try and stay in office. and yet these days, according to a new washington post marital poll, the percentage of americans that think trump has a great deal of responsibility for the january 6th attack is at just 53%, down from 60% two years ago. the country is in trouble, there's no denying that. let's start tonight by going back two or three years, and going back 156 years. as steve portnoy reported for abc news back in the spring of 1868, the united states senate was debating a passage of the 14th amendment. specifically section three,

which many of you now know says in part, no person should be a senate or representative in congress, or elector of devices -- or hold any civil or military office in the united states, or any state who had previously taken an oath, as a member of congress, or an officer of the united states. shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. as portnoy revealed, to keep, quote, emerged from that debate of the framers of section three. the first, former republican senator fredrick van winkel, who said that this would go into our constitution, and to stand to govern future insurrection as well as the president. i should like to have that point definitely understood. the second quote from republican senator laura moral, who said whether the presidency and vice presidency were excluded from section three of the 14th amendment by making this very definitive closing statement. quote, let me call the senators attention to the words or hold

any office, civil or military, under the united states. case closed. section three of the 14th amendment covers all insurrections, not just a civil war. it covers all officeholders, including the president and vice president. it would be crazy if it did not. look, the reason we are talking so much about the 14th amendment these days is because last month, the colorado supreme court relied on the 14th amendment to rule that donald trump should be excluded from that states republican primary ballot because he engaged in insurrection. as the majority of justices on that court wrote, quote, president trump asked us to hold that section three disqualifies every oath breaking insurrectionist except for the most powerful one. it bars oath breakers from virtually every office, both state and federal, except the highest one in the land. both results are inconsistent with the plain language and history of section three. on friday, the united states supreme court announced they would decide on whether the colorado supreme court's decision stands. will the justices on the nation's highest bench rely on

that plain language in history of section three? will the conservative justices making up the 6 to 3 majority, often citing originalism, or reading the constitution in line with what the framers originally intended as their guiding doctrine. will they drop originalism on this one case to help trump? a lot of conservative legal scholars have commentated, including judge michael luttig. they new york times david french, and also the two authors of the university of penn law debates, saying that section three is self executing of a criminal conviction. they all say that this is an open and shut case. of course, the supreme court is not guided only by the constitution, it is great guided by politics and partisanship. don't take my word for it, take the word of donald trump's own lawyer on fox this week. >> it should be a supreme court slammed, i have faith in them. people like kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place. she will step up.

>>if you're justice kavanaugh, if you had any self respect, wouldn't you recuse yourself from this case right now? shouldn't all democrats be calling for kavanaugh's recusal? not to mention clarence thomas 's recusal. clarence thomas, whose wife is accused of being involved in trump efforts to overturn the last election. on friday, president joe biden who will likely face off against trump this november, gave a speech slamming the former president, declaring democracy is the central issue of the 2024 race. >> today, we are here to answer the most important questions. it is democracy still americas sacred cause? that is with the 2024 election is all about. the choice is clear. donald trump's campaign is about him. he's willing to sacrifice our democracy. >> still, far too many democrats do not seem to understand what is at stake

when maine secretary of state removed trump from the ballot last month. she was attacked by all but other democrats, including her states independent senator, angus king, who caught this with the democrats. he said while a lot of centrist democrats and independents have been saying in recent days. quote, the decision as to whether or not mr. trump should again be considered for the presidency should rest within the people as expressed in free and fair elections. it sounds nice, but the fundamental problem with that argument is that the people decided in 2020, 81 million to 74 million. and yet trump did not accept their decision. he tried to overturn that decision violently. there is no reason to believe that he will not do that again in november. that's why he shouldn't be on the ballot. that's why the framers of section three of the 14th amendment came up with it in the first place. to deal with a liberal, anti democratic threats like trump. and yet the same republicans who obsess over the second amendment think the 14th amendment is optional. the same supreme court justices the recess over the original intent of the framers are probably going to ignore that original intent next month in favor of donald trump. the same donald trump incited an insurrection just three

years ago could be either president again in a year's time, or launch another insurrection. it is safe to say that america 's crisis of democracy sadly is far from over. here to discuss, colorado secretary of state jen griswold. thank you so much for coming on the show this evening. secretary, you have been vocal in your calls for the supreme court to settle this matter swiftly. how much faith the you actually have in this conservative court? you heard trump's own lawyer calling on justice kavanaugh to quote step up. is this all just a charade by a politicized pro trump court, or is there a reason to be hopeful? >> good evening, and thank you for having me on. i really do think that what trump's attorney said is a bigger reflection of him. donald trump wants people around him to be loyal to him, and nobody else. who cares about their duty? he acts like a mob boss trying

to curry favor's. it just underlines how dangerous he is to our country. in regards to the supreme court, i do think that it is important to take this final step, but ultimately i am not waiting on the supreme court to save democracy. i think that the american people will do it again. donald trump is an extreme danger to this country, so much that the extremist maga politicians in some of the highest offices of this country, and americans have continued to show up to stop this maga extremism. i do hope that that happens again this year. >> of course, the problem is that even if americans show up, and even if they vote for biden again, even if he wins the popular and electoral college vote as he did in 2020, you still have these extremist maga republicans, one of whom is elise stefani, a member of house gop leadership. take a listen to what she said on meet the press today about whether she would vote to confirm the next election results.

>> just to be very clear, i do not hear you committing to certifying the election result. will you only commit to certifying the results if they are constitutional? >> if they are constitutional. >> does that mean donald trump? >> it means if they are constitutional. >> isn't this the problem, the just turning up to vote does not work when you have all of these actors on the republican side trying to basically rig an election in their favor? >> well, what we have seen in the recent elections is the extremist agenda really back firing on them. you look at what conservatives have wanted for so long when it comes to the right to abortion care. people really showing up to vote for pro-choice leaders in places that frankly have been very shocking to much of the nation, like kansas or ohio. it is not just that congresswoman who is a danger to democracy. the second person in line to the presidency, the speaker of the house is an election

denier. his lies, people like him lies, have been used to really destabilize our elections. with all of that said, yes, i do have faith that the american people can write this train and save democracy. i have faith that the courts will intervene, the congress people who will try to stop the certification in a peaceful transfer of presidency. >> back in june, brazil's court blocked its former president, a very trumpian jair bolsonaro from running again in 2030, because you initially refused to accept defeat, making unfounded claims about that election system. what does it say about america that countries like brazil are taking harsher action against election deniers and pro insurrection is like we have? >> i cannot comment on the internal laws and constitution of brazil. i think that it highlights the role that extremist leaders

have taken across the world. right here in the united states, i strongly agreed with the colorado supreme court's decision. there have been two courts looking at the question of whether donald trump engaged in the insurrection. they both said yes. just like the colorado supreme court said, there should not be a loophole in the constitution for the president. i am hopeful that the united states supreme court will uphold colorado's decision, but just like you, we will see. >> at the colorado supreme court, also cheekily including a neil gorsuch ruling from a few years back. we'll be interested to see what he does with this. in the wake of this lawsuit, you said you've received a lot of death threats, so many that you stopped counting, which is horrible to hear. i hope they are safe and well tonight. it just reminds us all that this is not about a one filed insurrection for a january 6th with trump supporters, it's about a ruling insurrection, ongoing threats against election officials like yourself. >> that is right.

i think that there is a tendency to get very focused on the latest events. this lawsuit has caused violent threats against me, the supreme court of colorado, the secretary of state of maine. to share with you, it didn't start with this lawsuit. violent threats and death threats, against secretaries of state and election officials started in 2020. they've not stopped. they are very gendered. the majority of election officials are women. they are looking to destabilize our democracy by intimidating people out of their jobs. i will not be intimidated. we have to condemn their rhetoric of violence, it is so despicable to not see high-ranking republicans in congress doing that on a consistent basis. their silence is complicity. >> well said. colorado secretary of state, janet griswold, we will see appreciate your bravery, we

hope you stay safe. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> in his remarks on friday, president biden recounted the hate and violence of display at capitol on january 6th, displaying this particular anecdote. >> one capitol police officer called it a medieval battle. that same officer called -- raising names. he said he was more afraid in the capital of the united states of america and the chambers then when he was fighting as a soldier in the war on iraq. he was more afraid inside of the halls of congress. more than he was fighting the war in iraq. >> the man to whom biden was referring there is former united states capitol -- in his new book, american shield, the immigrant surge the defended democracy. he shares what he witnessed that day at the capitol, and how it has impacted his life

since. sergeant gonell joins us now. thank you so much for joining us. congratulations, although i wish that that hadn't happened to you. a recent poll found that 18% of republican voters believe that january 6th rioters were mostly violent. another poll found that 66% of gop voters support pardons for those that stormed the capitol. here's what you wrote in your book about your experience with that mob on 16. quote, the back of my eyes with hot as a witness to fellow officers brazenly beaten with pipes, sticks, and rocks by rioters chanting fight for trump, usa, usa. they are numbered american flags, and for a second i frozen fear. i've seen this kind of unbridled rage in iraq when the base had been under attack, and i knew this was bad. sergeant gonnell, you are out here with the insurrectionists. we have seen pictures of some of the attacks on you. what would you say to these republican voters to make them change their minds about what they happened on january 6th.

>> thank you for having me on your show, mehdi hasan. what i would say to them is that i will work with them for where i was on january 6th. i will show them the same videos and pictures that you are showing. they don't have the courage to do that. while i was there, in the aftermath of january 6th, only liz cheney and kissinger had the courage to meet up with me and find out exactly what had happened to me. what i witnessed, what were my actions, and how i had helped to defend the capitol on january 6th from trump's supporters. i often passed by some of the officials to deny what happened, and they look away, or pretend to be doing something else. like lindsey graham, tim greene, kevin mccarthy, and so forth. they do not have the courage to face those officers, what they went through, all they are doing is for election purposes,

and for power. this is -- making up steps like the hostage. things like what stephanie said this morning. are you serious? these are people that have been convicted in court of violent actions that they have made, criminal actions for that election. >> when you hear elise stefani, a member of house gop leadership talking about people that attacked you and former colleagues as hostages, what are you in the former colleagues still in the force, still protecting people like stephanie? you guys are protecting people who are protecting the people that attacked you. >> yes. it is insane. but as i described it in my book, american shield, the first couple of chapters. it is a betrayal for the sacrifices on january 6th. it's a sacrifice on the lives, and every effort that we got on january 6th to prevent them from getting hurt.

the only reason they stayed without any harm, none of those elected officials were not hurt is because of the actions of myself and my colleagues on january 6th. if they really think that those people are hostages were, or political prisoners, then what are we, the police officers? who are we to them? this is coming from the party of law and order in quotation marks. i cannot believe those policies anymore, because they do not believe that. a couple of weeks ago, speaker mike johnson said in a press conference that they are the party of law and order. they are the law. transparency, accountability, and yet in the same sentence, the same breath of the line that he was saying, he said let's blur out the faces of the peaceful -- or innocent individuals so that the department of justice can

not identify and prosecute these rioters. it is insane the way they are trying to rush this away, what happened. >> insane indeed. quick question to you before we run out of time. i want to ask you about this case going before the supreme court, which will decide if trump can remain on the 2024 ballot. part of it is about what happened on january 6th, was it insurrection? whether trump engaged in insurrection. you are there on the ground. should the supreme court hear from people like you? what would you say to the supreme court if they ask you

that question? >> call me up, i will volunteer without them calling me if that is the case. i will volunteer. i will gladly give my peace on what happened. and give my testimony, my account of what happened, what i witnessed. how many people, how many people assaulted me on january 6th. i am very adamant about -- >> in your view, certainly an insurrection? >> yes, yes it was. anybody that took part of orchestrating should be held accountable. >> sergeant gonell, thank you so much for your time tonight. american shield, immigrant shark sergeant the defended democracy is the book. we appreciate you taking time. >> thank you, hasan, i'm sorry this is your last show. >> we appreciate you being on it. still to come, my conversation with palestinian photojournalist motors as asia, who -- has struck a chord around the world. all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ask about nurtec odt. wealth-changing question -- are you keeping as much of your investment gains as possible?

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clear gaza of gazans. the palestinians and the growing amount of governments around the world are calling it ecstatic cleansing. the finance minister said that in an interview last, week and israeli army radio, if we act strategically, correctly, living in the gaza strip, we will not allow a solution where 2 million people live there. if there are 200 -- all the talk about the day after will be different. israel's national minister says that the war presents an opportunity to encourage the--for the residents of gaza. he calls it a ingest moral solution. the biden administration says that they reject such calls, and supporters say that there are no guys. they are fringe figures. i'm not sure how fringe you could really consider the finance minister and national security minister--ethnic clnsg is a war crime.

israel continues to deny that they are committing war crimes in gaza, even if journalists on the ground continue to document those rights groups, even they have said it could amount to war crimes. those journalis themselves keep getting killed. at least 72 palestinian journalists have lost their lives since october 7th. 79 in total. that's more journalists killed in this conflict than in any conflict for over three decades. just today, hamza -- both journalists in gaza, in which they say is an israeli airstrike on the car in southern gaza. he was the eldest son of algiers bureau chief, who has already lost his wife, two of the children, and the grandson of this war that has been injured himself from an israeli airstrike. let's be clear, without those brave palestinian journalists on the ground, there will be no buddy to tell the rest of the world to tell all of us earlier, i spoke to photo about the ongoing horrific journalist motaz azaiza, who impact of this war on the innocent people of gaza. has amassed more than 17 million followers on instagram for his work documenting this conflict. his photo of a little palestinian girl trapped under the rubble in gaza was picked

by time magazine as one of their top ten photos of 2023. >> motaz, think you so much for coming on the show today. i know how difficult it is to do interviews like this. i will start with the tragic news out of gaza today. as the journalist hamza dahdouh was killed by an israeli missile strike. the son of al jazeera bureau chief, while outdo, who was injured recently and last multiple family members. another journalist killed today in the israeli air strike. what's your reaction to that news? more and more journalists are being killed, i believe you knew them well. you posted earlier today about a picture of you at hamza's wedding last year. >> yes, he is my friend. and most of all, he is my friend. i just want to say that days before hamza was killed by an

israeli airstrike, targeting their car, he was telling me about missing his mom, he missed his mom and members of his family. just a month ago, an israeli airstrike hit their house in middle area of the strip. and so it was shocking to me to open my eyes and tried to check the news of what was happening around. there was a lot of heavy machine gun sounds around me. the area i am living in was filled with smoke, flames in the sky, and there is a lot of bombing. i was just checking the news, and suddenly i heard a friend of mine, a journalist, who was with me in my house. he said, hamza got killed. believe me, i know that i

witnessed a lot of massacres in the last years, the last days, sorry. i lost a lot of friends, but this was shocking to me. especially mustafa. he was hit by drone guy, filming with the drone. all of the videos you see was from mustafa's drone. and so mustafa and hamza, heart is breaking for us. especially when you can't even say goodbye because they were in rafah. it is a long way. crowded way, and and it just so dangerous. >> from where i am sitting, motaz, it looks like there is a war on journalists in gaza. a record number of journalists have been killed in this conflict so far. how hard is it for you as a photojournalist to survive? to stay alive, as you do what you do on a daily basis? you have lost colleagues, lost friends as you mentioned. thankfully, you are still standing. how do you do it?

>> if the life was rolling by,, believe me, i was going to be killed in the first day. thank god for saving me until now. i was going to lose my life multiple times, but thank god again and again they do not want us to say the truth. they know that we show the realities of the terror of the state that they are doing. the israeli terrorism, killing journalists, killing palestinians, killing innocent people. they do not want us to show the truth. >> your picture of a young palestinian girl, trapped under the rubble, who thankfully, unlike thousands of other kids in gaza, survived. talk to us about this

particular picture. >> this picture, as a photographer, i would say it's one of the strongest moments that i captured during the war. for a girl that is -- she was living in an eight story building. the israelis warplanes destroyed it, and she made it to survive. nobody was like seeing her, but i was trying to, with my camera, poke my camera in the small holes, showing inside the building, they destroyed building. i was using the low shutter speed so i could get more light to see. i was trying, going here and there to see if somebody was still alive, somebody is above the rubble so that the civil defense and people can see out. i was trying.

once i put my camera, i saw the light in her eyes. i heard her screaming. so i didn't capture the picture, i kept watching her for it. and in front of her, so that when the light came on her in her face and her trapped body. i took the picture. she was deeply injured, but for me, for that situation, she was so lucky to survive when there is like 70 pass in a single israeli airstrike on the building. so even if she was deeply injured, she's lucky to have made it, and lucky to have survived. >> motaz azaiza, last question to you. you in many ways have become a voice to people in the world. 70 million people come to your instagram page to see images out of gaza, war, visceral,

heartbreaking. what is your message to the people watching you tonight in america who do not follow you on instagram, who aren't seeing those images? what do you want them to know about what is happening in gaza that they don't know? >> the first message is don't call yourself a free people, free person, if you can't make changes, if you can't stop a genocide that is going, still ongoing since the first day. we are so close to being 100 days of murdering and genocide. don't call yourself a a free person if you can't stop someone to kill someone else. because what i witnessed here, that all the world is ruled by a people that no one in the whole world can say it to them. they can't stop them. so no one shall call themselves a free person if he's watching another people, another human

being, and getting murdered in front of him, a live show by a young photographer, who's just coming to show the war, and he can't stop this. people call me motaz, i hero, motaz, you didn't choose this, you didn't want this. but i don't want you to justify what is happening -- forget about what is happening by calling someone a superhero, and forgetting the people that are under tons of rubble. and they died there by a missile, maybe he shared with -- our gave it to the occupation. >> we unfortunate have to leave it there. motaz azaiza, but thank you so much for your time today. please do stay safe. >> thank you, thank you, mehdi. ♪ ♪ ♪ next, some key numbers you need to go three months into this horrific conflict in gaza.

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intifada that set off this conflagration. much to be said what the allegations of plagiarism subsequently levied at gay, much to be said about the vile racist rhetoric that explode on social media throughout the saga. but not by me, not tonight. no, instead, i want to zoom out. i want to talk about how this episode serves as yet another example of conservatives uncanny, other worldly ability to make a mount kilimanjaro out of a molehill. because it's a talent that liberals and leftist's don't appear to have this killer inclination to mimic. you see, while democrats parse the poll numbers and worship at the altar of kitchen table issues in election after election, year after year, republicans, you may have noticed, talk about whatever they damn please. and they can do so because republicans don't just follow the news, they don't just comment on the news, they make the news. they settle on a scandal du jour, and whether united or not, that becomes the discourse. it's on the top of everycable news show, top of every

newspaper. and i mean that literally. the new york times, the great lady, this nations purported paper of record, slathered five, count on, five claudine gay stories on its front page alone. now in fairness to the times, there is not much else going on. it's not like, you know, there is a war in gaza or a war in ukraine or an out and out fascist poised to sweep the i walk aukus is. nothing going on. but i digress. this is hardly the first time the mainstream media has played patsy for far-right bad actors, but it's the first time they may have done so as said -- as sit lowered monologue, explicitly reveling in the grand plan to, quote, smuggled the plagiarism story into the media apparatus of the left, legitimizing the narrative to the center left, and then squeeze. again, my aim tonight is not to reconsider re-prosecute the case of claudine gay. others can and have been doing that endlessly. no, the big story here in my

view is that arch conservatives have gotten very, very good at setting the agenda and working the rafts and hoodwinking the press and public class into obsessing over the ridiculous non issues that they care about, not most americans, that they care about. and let me be clear, this is not meant to be an indictment of republicans, far from it. if anything, it's a compliment to their political jiu-jitsu. and really, a condemnation of the liberals and leftist's who have watched this being done to them for years and never attempted to try something similar themselves, let alone call it out. think about it, the uproar over claudine gay follows the uproar over dei, which followed crt, which followed bud light, which followed the green m&m, which followed mr. potato head, which followed, heck, if you go back far enough, president obama's hand suit. people talk an awful lot about the so-called liberal media. but if the media really is so lefty, so liberal, sopko, why, fatalities, so much of our

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tonight, our final show, sadly, we want to take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the past three years. roll the tape. >> welcome to a new show here on msnbc. i'm mehdi hasan. >> and this show is committed to standing up for democracy. >> representative dan crenshaw from texas's second congressional district joins me now. >> it's a lie to say that the open borders, republicans, kevin mccarthy, your leader, others, keep saying there is an open border. that's false. if 72% of people are being deported, how is that an open border? that's just a lie. >> well, the vast majority of

people are in these families that do not get deported. there is also at least 1000 kids who just -- >> that's not true. >> war crimes do not constitute and are not an appropriate response for other war crimes. >> are -- you saving mccarthy? >> i'm not saving mccarthy, no. he created this problem, he can find his way out. >> our country, these foundations are built on people coming here to find an opportunity to escape religious persecution. >> senator bernie sanders. senator elizabeth warren, senator schumer, senator -- and the democratic senator from minnesota. -- thank you for joining us on the. show >> you are chief of staff to kirsten ilsen, department of homeland security, join the child separation controversy. >> would you like to apologize tonight to parents and kids whose -- family damage during that trump first term? >> we are at this first moment on a road to hell, in terms of climate, and in terms of the --

possibilities, there should be, i think, a global emergency. and as -- keeps pointing out, it's just people are not rising to that challenge. >> greta thunberg, thank you so much for joining me on the show today. >> you marcano, thank you for coming on the show. >> no chomsky, thank you forever for the time, appreciate it. >> we should think black woman for what a bunch of white guys have failed to do four years, hold donald trump, hold a former president accountable for his alleged crime-ing. >> john legend, thanks so much for joining me on the show tonight. >> michael more -- >> judd apatow, thank you so much for joining me. >> what was it like to be back on the screen as luke skywalker? kind of back on the screen, aided by cgi, on the tv series the mandalorian? after all these years, like many, i whooped out loud when you arrive down on the fighting scene in the second season. >> i went over, they show me the footage, and a proposed this idea, and i was like -- found of saying. >> so it's a poor choice, it's either no to the ice cream or

yes to apartheid. you shouldn't choose. [bell ringing] >> this is the time where they will understand -- maybe, come on. >> [laughter] >> it is past their bedtime. it's like 8:30. >> i've always been paranoid that my daughter would do that in my home studio. >> you said to me that if france beat england, i feet across all. but i lost, so i eat the croissant. >> there is no justice in the -- superman destroys innocent people. >> what does justice mean? >> it doesn't matter. it is not called the people's democratic republic of north korea? does it make a democratic, just because you give it a nice name. >> people sometimes say journalists should not be biased. you know, journalists should have a bias, a bias towards democracy. we should be proudly pro democracy and proud to call ourselves democrats, small the democrats.

>> wow, it's been an absolute blast during this live show on msnbc for the last three years, with an amazing team of producers behind me, and with all of you watching at home. it's been a privilege, it's been a pleasure. but as we begin 2024 with an election coming, a war still ongoing, and to many trump trials, honestly, to even keep track of, and with the show going away, i have decided that it's time for me to look for a new challenge. tonight is not just my final episode of the mehdi hasan show, it's my last day with msnbc. yes, i have decided to leave. to be clear, i am so proud, so, so proud of what we've achieved on this show on this network. and i can't thank you all enough for tuning in and your support and for your feedback. but as i say, new year, new plans. you can continue to follow me online at mehdi but on threads, of course twitter and acts, we'll give you updates on what's coming up next for me.

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to ayman. tonight, accountability and donald trump. him and his team are due in court this week, decision decided on his january 6th case by arguing he's immune from being prosecuted for the very mess that he made. also tonight, we