here with reaction we have great jarrett and professor alan dershowitz. i'm confused.'m sure the viewers are confused. what do you take away from this in new york and other cases? >> i think the appellate court decision halting of the trial court judge and then ordered to get rid of the certificates and dissolve the trump busin businesses, the appellate court has serious concerns with the judges actions violate due process rights of other nonparty persons and entities involved directly with the trump organization. they were given no notice, no right to be heard or defend themselves without authority. and the order to deprive them of the constitutional rights they are entitled to. he did under the new york consumer protection law. that is not protecting cons consumers. it is punishing consumers with the entire fraud trial brought under that statute. it is intended for cases where the general public has been injured. the public was not injured the bank made 100 million profits. insurance companies made out like bandits. the judge is misusing the statute allowing attorney

laura jarrett has late details. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump back in a manhattan courtroom for the second day of the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him, revealing he plans to take the stand. >> at the appropriate time, he will be. >> reporter: but it was his comments on social media that prompted a dramatic ruling from the judge after mr. trump posted a photo of the judge's law clerk posing with top senate democrat chuck schumer. the judge ordering the post on truth social removed, saying personal attacks on any member of my court staff are unacceptable. consider this a gag order. the republican front-runner again going after the democratic attorney general who brought the lawsuit. >> judge engoron has been given false and extremely misleading information about my net worth. private company. nobody is supposed to know my net worth. >> reporter: a net worth the state says was deliberately inflated to get more favorable loan rates from lenders. while real estate evaluations are subjective. attorney general letitia james also in the courtroom once again. her team calling

and gregg jarrett. mollie, you have to help me on this, i am not a lawyer.om is apointing laphonza butler to replace dianne feinstein as senator from california. but mollie. she is a residence of maryland and a registered voter in maryland. we looked up the law for this senate, you have to live in the state, expru you h-- and you have to be a registered voter. >> it look like just yesterday the woman did register to vote in california. she is a residence of maryland, voting in maryland, but perhaps to comply with that law, she registered to vote, i think she holds property in california. one of the problems with california's voting laws they are so lax lacks, they sent out ballot to every address every person registered to vote, they have a real problem with election ib integrity there. >> does she change your residents or just voting registration. >> like i said, i think she has a property in california, you were when hillary clinton ran for senate for new york, a state she never lived in. senate is a place to make a lot of money, not necessarily represent

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republican front-runner the other, a star prosecution witness at his fraud trial in new york laura jarrett has late details. >> reporter: for weeks, attorney jenna ellis fiercely defended then president trump as h falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged today, she sobbed as she told a judge she was wrong. >> if i knew then what i know now, i would have declined to represent donald trump in these post-election challenges. >> reporter: ellis in a georgia courtroom pleading guilty to a felony for helping fuel lies about thousands of dead people casting votes in 2020. >> i failed to do my due diligence. >> reporter: smiling for her mug shot just two months ago, now the fourth co-defendant to flip in fulton county's sprawling election interference case against the former president and more than a dozen others. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty, arguing he is being targeted by democratic prosecutors because he's the republican front-runner he was back in a manhattan courtroom today, facing a star witness, his former fixer turned foe michael cohen. >> this is about accountability, plain and s

laura jarrett has details. >> reporter: tonight donald trump once again in a courtroom, with the fate of his business empire now on trial. >> today in court we will prove our case. >> reporter: new york attorney general letitia james accusing mr. trump, his sons eric and don jr., and his namesake company, the trump organization, of exaggerating the value of his real estate properties including trump tower, mar-a-lago, and 40 wall street by over $2 billion to receive better loan terms from banks. >> no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> reporter: just outside the courtroom doors the former president attacking james, a democrat, for bringing the civil suit >> every time they give me a fake indictment i go up in the polls. >> reporter: and going after the judge, who's also a democrat. >> we have a rogue judge who ruled the properties are worth a tiny fraction of 1/100. a tiny fraction of what they actually are. >> reporter: the republican front-runner arguing the banks were not victims of fraud and blasting the suit a

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our laura jarrett has more on the stunning turn in the case. >> reporter: tonight, once an attorney,n a co-defendant, now a cooperator. >> how do you plead to the six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties? >> guilty. >> reporter: sidney powell one of 19 charged alongside the former president in a sprawling conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia, pleading guilty to six reduced charges in court today, just as jury selection for her trial was set to begin tomorrow. >> do you agree there is a sufficient factual basis, that there are enough facts to support this plea of guilty? >> i do. >> reporter: a remarkable about-face for one of mr. trump's fiercest defenders. >> i'm going to release the kraken. >> reporter: often pushing baseless conspiracy theories the last election was stolen. >> president trump won by a landslide. we are going to prove it. >> reporter: instead, she has now admitted to helping organize the breach of sensitive voting equipment in a rural elections office, agreeing as part of the new plea dea

>> laura jarrett, thank you. >>> house republicans chose another candidate to be house speaker today, but tom emmer of minnesota dropped out less than four hours later. garrett haake is at the capitol. so garrett, this crisis continues? >> yeah,less. as we enter a fourth week without a house speaker, republicans seem no closer tonight to finding a nominee who can actually get the 217 votes necessary to claim the job. for a few hours today, it looked like tom emmer, who is currently the number three house republican might have been that candidate after winning the nomination of a secret ballot but with nearly 30 republican lawmakers refusing to support him and former president trump coming out strongly against him, emmer withdrew tonight without ever even calling for a floor vote on his candidacy. that sent the gop back to the drawing board with another closed door meeting planned for tonight. the question still looming, can anyone lead this fractured party, lester? >> all right, garrett, thanks. >>> we're tracking the first significant winter storm of the season. it could bring more t

laura jarrett joins us. laura, the judge restricted some of what mr.mp can say. >> reporter: right, lester. the judge acknowledged the former president has the right to broadly defend himself. he can cast the case as politically motivated. but he can't launch what the judge called a pretrial smear campaign against witnesses, prosecutors, or any other court staff involved in this case in washington. now, judge chutkan said in court today he does not have, quote, carte blanche to vilify and implicitly encourage violence against public servants who are simply doing their job as it could taint the jury pool. mr. trump faces sanctions if he violates this order. meantime, lester, one of his closest allies in congress who pushed the false narrative that the last election was stolen, ohio republican jim jordan, well, he's gaining momentum in his bid to become the next speaker. the house could vote on that as soon as tomorrow. and he's winning over some holdouts. but if just five republicans vote for someone else, he'll lose. lester? >> laura jarrett, thank you

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laura jarrett is here now, so, laura, what does this plea dea mean for the prosecution's case >> it'sgnificant, tom this is now the second trump lawyer to flip pleading guilty today and receiving only probation for cooperating with prosecutors. part of what makes ken chesebro's plea so damaging to the former president is that chesebro has now admitted that one of the central parts of this scheme to reverse trump's election loss was not some legal strategy, but, in fact, was a crime. mr. trump's legal team saying tonight that this plea was the result of the state's, quote, looming threat of prison time >> and then there's some drama also in the trump civil fraud case here in new york, and it's something that started with social media. >> that's right, and it's actually not as bad as it could have been for the former president. the judge in that case handing down a $5,000 fine tonight against mr. trump for posting a disparaging photo of the judge's law clerk. now, he took one down from his social media site after the judge made him, but he kept one up on his campaign website for days mr

a jarrett, i call her of how, it is a different way of going about work. you only have so much time with a lot of work to do and not a lot of time. there is that. it is a little more pressure to play someone who is still walking the earth because, you know, you want to get it right. i loved, of course, how important thou, ms. jarrett was for the obama's in the chicago days and the kind of relationships that she did and does have with michelle and the former president, of course. their relationships are still extremely strong she is now ceo of the obama foundation. there was a very intense time in the way that, again, the limited timeframe, i am very sensitive to energy, so it gets more phonetic, which is fine for the role because that was what was going on at the time, everything was phonetic. the process for me is always the same. i dive as deep as i can. i was only in a few episodes, it doesn't matter the amount it just matters the quality of the content. i read her autobiography, there are tons of stuff that you can watch, obviously very different from

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jarrett. i don't know. i call about i just couldn't help but right. but it is as you know, it's different way of going about work because of the schedule on television. and, you know, it's you only have so much time. you got a lot of work to do and not a lot of time. so there's that. but also it it is a little bit pressure to play someone who is still walking the earth, you know, because you just you, you know, you just want get it, right? yes, exactly. but i loved of course, you know, how important and now it was jarrett was for the obamas. obviously it's in chicago days and the kind of relationships she did have with --, she does have with michelle and the former president, of course, the relationships are still extremely strong. she's now ceo of the obama foundation. but there you know, it was a very intense time. and the way that because it again, the limited frame makes them i'm very sensitive to energy it's like it gets a little bit more frenetic the and which is fine for the role because was what was going on at the time was frenetic and you kn

greg j jarrett, we have this story. you've looked at this new york fraud case against former president trump and does it violate the due process rights and rights to a jury. >> i think it absolutely does. this executive law, liz, was intend intended for consumer fraud cases impacting the general public. here, the public wasn't impacted at all and indeed no party was harmed, which is normally an element of proof in fraud cases. the banks paying more than 100 million in profits from the loans to trump. so this statute as it's being used by leticia james is turning the law on its head and gives her unfettered authority to pursue trump without having to prove the basic elements of fraud demanded by law and that deprives the defendant as a right to fairly defend himself and it also deprives him of a right to a trial by jury, both of which are due process violations under the fifth, seventh, and 14th amendments to the constitution. let me point out one other argument here. it's also unconstitutional, liz, in a different way.

read the indictment with which we have been familiar for several months, i want to bring in laura jarrettsenior legal correspondent and co-anchor of "saturday today," katie fung, our legal correspondent as well as former u.s. attorney joyce vance. laura, to you. the significance of kenneth chesebro switching his plea, following what sidney powell did the other day, switching his plea to guilty, it seems to -- my read on this one count, count 15, it's a felony of filing false documents, but it seems to me it's a very light sentence that was a minimum of one to five incarceration and he ended up with a fine, community service, a letter of apology. >> it's hard to overstate i think the significance of what we have just watched unfold here. you have somebody who prosecutors believe was at the center of the scheme to create false slates of electors to put forth to national archives and congress to overturn the will of the people, overturn the election results in georgia, who has now pled guilty to a felony. this is the first one we have seen plead guilty to a felony. in return, for his coopera

joining us now, nbc's senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. great seeing you.e big cases that the court will be facing this term? >> hey, jose, the two big ones to watch there as you mentioned, social media regulation as the justices are going to be evaluating a pair of cases out of florida and texas as conservatives have tried to regulate how social media companies decide who should be on their platforms and not. that is certainly one to watch as the tech companies are pushing back in a big way, saying, hey, this violates our first amendment rights. as for the gun case, that's an interesting one having to do with those who are under restraining orders for domestic violence and whether they should be allowed to have firearms. it's an interesting case to watch particularly in relation to one of the statutes that the president's son, hunter biden has been charged with. so how the justices decide this one about domestic violence could have implications for what happens in hunter biden's case as well. and then finally the biggest case to watch, jose, is one that ha

jarrett. i call her val. you know, it's a different way of going about work because of the schedule on television. you only have so much time and you have a lot of work to do and not a lot of time. so, there's that, but also, it is a little bit more pressure to play someone who is still walking the earth, you know? you just want to get it right. but, i loved, of course, how important val, ms. jarrett, was for the obama's, since the chicago days. e and, the kind of relationship she did have -- she does have with michelle and the former president. of course, the relationships are still extremely strong until now. she is part of the obama foundation. it was a very intense time in the way that, again, the limited timeframe. i'm very sensitive to energy, so it gets a little more frenetic, which is fine for the role, because that was what was going on at the time. everything was frenetic. the process, for me, is always the same. i dive as deep as i can. i was only in a few episodes, but that doesn't matter. it just

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laura jarrett is here to break down that breaking story for us. trump's attorney said quote, assuming truthful testimony in the fulton county case, it will be favorable to my overall defense strategy. how is a guilty plea a good thing for donald trump when prosecutors have said she'll testify for them as part of the plea deal? >> that's hard to square, chris, it's hard to see how this is anything short of devastating to the former president's legal defense when this is a person who is there for critical meetings where they're discussing, according to prosecutors, how to overturn the last election. as a part of this agreement, not only has powell agreed to plead guilty but she's agreed to write a letter of apology to the voters of georgia, to hand over documents to prosecutors, and of course as you mentioned, to testify against the former president as well as any other codefendants, and she has to do that truthfully or prosecutors could pull the deal. of course she was facing 5 to 20 years in prison for these allegations, some serious charges, and

this is breaking in this moment, laura jarrett, lisa rubin, thank you, both. >> breaking news on capitolill, the house back in session at noon eastern, likely to hold a third vote for house speaker. >> or do lawmakers already have a plan other than jim jordan. we'll go inside the talks so tense, by the way, one lawmaker says she has received death threats. says she has received death threats. pneumococcal pneumonia? i help others. but i need to help protect myself. honestly? i couldn't afford to get sick. i want to be there for this one. i can't if i'm sick. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease. you may be at risk if you're 19 to 64 with certain chronic conditions. or if you're 65 or older. don't pause a moment longer. ask your doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia today. >>> jim jordan saying house republicans will meet in the next hour to discuss a path forward as he continues his bid for speaker after two failed votes. >> got a conference at 11:00 to talk with our -- visit with our colleague there is. >> what is

. >> joining me now, nbc's laura jarrett and lisa ruben. good to have both of you here onset.said the nine supreme court justices are not exactly the key experts on the internet. >> she always finds a way to joke. >> yeah, she's good at that. but the question is does blocking an opponent violate the constitution's first amendment? >> yeah and that's the question they're grappling with. this time as it relates to two public school board officials in california and also a city manager in michigan. so we're talking about state officials but they were getting nasty comments and so as everybody does nowadays, you can block people and the question is is that violating their constituents, those people's rights by not having access to those people. part of the line drawing issue the court is engaging in is that these officials are using their private accounts or private platforms but posting about stuff related to work. so the court is trying to figure out how we're supposed to draw that line. these are not their government accounts but private accounts. >> give us more insight into t

joining us is nbc news' laura jarrett and katie phang by phone. laura, this just happened moments ago. what more do you have on it? >> unexpected. another significant plea deal. we see in court, jenna ellis, getting emotional, apologizing to the people of georgia, telling the judge she was led by others down this wrong path and saying she regretted her representation of the former president and all of the things that she did, along with others including rudy giuliani, which she is now pleading guilty to essentially making false statements in front of the georgia senate, around december of 2020, she goes forward, you might remember, one of those infamous press conferences, they were standing before the georgia senate talking about dead voters, talking about other false statements that they believe they were on a quest to try to find voter fraud but the state disagreed with them and now she's pleading guilty. this is enormously consequential because she is now fourth person to plead guilty in this case. you can see there, the others includingen ches

joining us now, nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard and "today" anchor, laura jarrett.h us. vaughn, let's start with you. remind us which case this is. the details of it, and just how much of a surprise this really was. >> right. this is the fulton county case. donald trump as well as sidney powell, they are 1 of 19 defendants who are charged on state charges. sidney powell is key. she is now the second of these 19 defendants to plead guilty. she's pleading guilty to election interference. particularly in her instance, she was around an alleged effort to tamper with voting machines here. but what is so important about this guilty plea is the fact that -- part of this agreement, she has to go and testify truthfully about all the other 19 defendants, and sidney powell was around for an awful lot. she was attorney for donald trump, was in cahoots with rudy giuliani. she was at the white house in december of 2020 when donald trump talked about appointing her as special counsel to investigate these fraud claims. she was privy to a lot and could be key to the prosecution. >>

, university of michigan law professor, and msnbc legal analyst, barbara mcquade, and nbc's laura jarretth an update from the trump organization fraud case in new york. katie, let's start where you are. walk us through exactly what happened here. >> yeah, so 450 prospective jurors ended up at the courthouse to do nothing other than fill out preliminary questions. kenneth kmeezboro, the architect of the fake elector scheme that provided the blueprints for several fake electors slates in states across the united states pleaded guilty was this was another 11th hour surprise guilty plea, although many of us expected maybe something to happen because kenneth chesebro and one of his defense attorneys were noticeably absent from the courtroom when a lot of the activity was going on, and then when, you know, around lunchtime they come back in and there's a little bit of flurry of activity because all ten members of fani willis's trial team ended up inside the courtroom and that's when the guilty plea was announced. the terms of this guilty plea were consistent with the other guilty pleas we've se

david axelrod, valerie jarrett, bill daily. he did not take that advice, needless to say. i think a good choice at the time. my point here is once again that presidents often learn the hard way that you have to empire the white house chief. obama understood this from the beginning and that was one of the reasons i think including his good choices of chiefs of staff over the eight-year period. one of the big reasons for his success. >> thank you. i just like to say, we've missed you since this morning. secretary lew spoke about the buttoned up very disciplined small circles in the administration. back and be great for running a government. not necessarily always conducive to journalists getting access. i'm curious about what the challenges of the obama administration were and what the opportunities were. >> unless one of the people in the media as my friend. and brings a tape recorder. thank you very much. i am planning to spend the rest of the semester here but i am glad to be here again for this wonderful panel. thank you for including me. and president poser for sponsori

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today," with peter alexander and laura jarrett, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" and thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. peter alexander has the morning off. boy, are we glad joe fryer is here, breaking news expert. >> no kidding. peter enjoying some well-deserved time off at his college reunion. we have a busy morning. >> we are going to our top story this morning, the surprise attack by hamas militants in israel. >> this is a still unfolding scene in southern israel, and terrifying as well. they came by land, sea and air. the militants launched thousands of rockets from the gaza strip and then entered israel. >> we understand israeli troops are fighting back within, but, honestly, still getting their arms around what has just happened here. prime minister benjamin netanyahu declaring war. we want to get right to nbc's raf sanchez on the ground for us in israel, has been watching it all morning. bring our viewers up to speed. what is the very latest? >> reporter: laura, joe, good morning. israelis woke up toda

they included david axelrod, valerie jarrett and all of bill clinton's, almost all of bill clinton's former white house chiefs, erskine, john podesta, panetta was on the phone. so is bill daley. anyway, the point of this, the it was secret was because obama want to be accused of measuring the drapes in the oval office before he was elected. but he knew how important it was to figure out who his white house chief would be unlike some other. and he and so erskine bowles, who was on this phone call call marvelously and i'd kind of unforgettably the first thing he said was listen leave your chicago friends at home they will only cause you grief. well everybody on the call was from chicago practically david axelrod, valerie jarrett bill daley and all the rest he did not take that advice. needless to say he appointed rahm emanuel who was i think a good at the time for the for the first part of the obama but my point is is is once again that presidents often learn the hard way that you have to empower a white house chief obama understood this i think from the beginning and that was one of t