let's bring in nbc's ken dilanian. what do we know about this, ken?hat donald trump's lawyers are saying is that the lawyers for the special counsel have continued to turn over material in discovery and to file motions, despite the fact that the case is stayed while this question of presidential immunity makes its way through the appeals court. and they're saying that jack smith's lawyers should be sanctioned for doing this. it is the kind of maneuvering that you often see in these very contentious cases. not sure whether it is going to succeed here, but what trump's attorneys are arguing is that jack smith's office is acting improperly by continuing to file motions while the case is stayed, chris. >> ken dilanian, who continues to stay on top of these myriad legal cases, thank you for that update. that's going to do it for me this hour. i will be back again at 1:00 p.m. eastern for another two hours of "chris jansing reports." yasmin vossoughian will pick up our coverage next. ssoughian willp our coverage next. (vo) it's your vision, it's your verizo

ken dilanian, morgan chesky, frank figliuzzi, thank you very much. can i ask my extraordinary team in new york, if we could put up the graphic of the faces the children and the two teachers that lost their life. look a that. 10 years old, 11 years ol just look at them. and look athe names. these are children, you ow lexi, that morning, had gotten an award in her school, in her class, and so her parents went early in the morning to celebrate with her. and there is that pture of her holding that recogni wh her parents. it was getting close to the end of the school year, kids were celeating, watching movies, they were huggingnd staying close to each other because they were celebrating the end of the schor and some were receiving recognitions and the parents were there. and, you know, m of them kissed their kid good-bye saying i'll see you at the end of the school day, but congratulations, and the teachers that lost their lives there as well. and the teacher who was married to one of thetims who died shortly after too. that's something we should never fo

let's bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. r: good morning, ana. the nra is obviously a powerful lobbying group. it's also a tax-exempt non-profit corporation. that means it has to follow the law which requires it to spend money reasonably. what the new york attorney general is saying here is that the nra leadership was corrupt and was,n fact, using nra resources as their personal piggy bank to fund lavish lifestyles including expensive travel, private security, clothing. for example, she's accusing wayne lapierre of taking eight private jet trips for he and his family to the bahamas in the span of three years that cost the group a half million dollars. there's also evidence that he spent $40,000 on a single shopping trip to the zain yeah boutique in beverly hills. the attorney general says that's corruption, improper. she wants the money back. >> what does this mean potentially for the organization's future? >> well, this lawsuit and the resulting internal battles have already been hugely impactful on the nra. it really has hu

with me now, ken dilanian. day's proceedings, especially after the contentious closing argument? the judge said, i will give you five minutes, after saying he wouldn't. then trump went off. >> he sure did. these are two very different types of cases. civil case in new york, criminal case in georgia. donald trump has very little ability to influence the outcome of the proceedings with his usual bravado and bluster. he tried that in the closing arguments. he was shut down by the judge. nobody thinks the attacks he made are going to have any influence on the outcome of the case, which could hamper his business affairs ingeorgia, it' hearing. it's not terribly significant. they will try to get the case tossed. that's a long shot. there's a lot of scheduling stuff that's going on. the real question is, how quickly can this judge down there get this case to trial? if it doesn't go to trial before donald trump is elected president, it's on hold. he is outside of the reach of the georgia law enforcement. it's a massive,

nbc's ken dilanian is following the story. so, ken, what happened today?rter: wayne lapierre was the heart and soul of this once fearsome lobbying organization for 33 years. today he was a witness as the plaintiffs took him through some of the spending that occurred during his tenure and there's really two issues he was grilled about here. one, he had a relationship with a vendor, a hollywood producer who got $100 million in nra contracts. wayne lapierre acknowledged he was taking vacations on this man's luxury 108 foot yacht, and lapierre was asked to testify about the yacht. it had a private chef and jet skis. to get to the yacht, he was taking a private plane paid for by the nra. he talked about the extensive lavish trips the nra funded to ferry lapierre's family around, and what attorney general alleges here is that was improper. lapierre acknowledged he a fiduciary responsibility to spend the organization's widely. he disclaimed knowledge of the details of the contracts. he appears to be suggesting, this wasn't up to me. other people were involved. ea

ken dilanian, nbc news. >>> in today's daily health, a warning about medical spas, known as medspas somes erica edwards. >> treatments can help you look and feel better. >> reporter: they're surging across the country, they're a $15 billion beauty and wellness business, offering treatments like iv hydration treatment with vitamins, advertised to boost. to break down fat, tighten skin and give a more youthful glow, now federal rag lay or thes are once again warning getting trendy medical treatments like these could be dangerous. >> unfortunately, i did get this because i went to a spa here. >> reporter: social media influencer wish she had known before getting shots back at a med spa. >> i was injected over a hundred times. >> walk me through what happened next. >> so, within 24 hours i began feeling very sick, as the days progressed, the injection sites turned into these hard little balls. >> reporter: according to her daughter, she got a massive infection caused by bacteria that can be associated with cosmetic procedures involving injections. we reached out to the owner of the medspa wh

ken dilanian is joining us with more. ken, what are the issues at play here? . >> good morning, jose. this is a continuation of one we covered where he said that some of his conduct was covered by the first amendment. so long shot motions. trump's lawyers are also ask the judge to demand sex jack smith turnover january 6 related evidence. another motion from the former president's team seeks to determine whether fani willis has shared with the defense lawyers a video of former senior trump justice department officials richard donahue and jeffrey rosen that may be used as evidence in this case. the hearing may also delve into some scheduling matters, most if not all of the defendants are expected to appear virtually. the other thing worth watching is lawyer nathan wade likely to appear, that would be the first time we've seen him since the allegations that he and d.a. fani willis are involved in a romantic relationship. unclear if that will come up though. the judge will also hear a request from defense lawyers who want to drop the co-defendant you mentioned as

nbc's ken dilanian has more. >> good morning, from the meaningful to the mundane, new laws are takingect in every state. here are some of the measures drawing attention as 2024 gets under way. after threats drove away half the state's top election officials, nevada took action. starting january 1st, those who harass, intimidate or harm election workers performing their duties in the state could face up to four years in prison under a new law that unanimously passed the state legislature. >> most people don't realize either 80% of our election workers are women. >> reporter: a campaign promise by secretary of state francisco aguillar, the law makes threats to election workers a felony. >> we cannot run elections without people. they are our unsung heroes of democracy. >> reporter: in tennessee, a new law toughens penalties for distracted driving. those cited can see their license suspended. >> if it's just one life we save a year by this law, my dad would be honored to have it in his name. >> reporter: california is requiring stores with more than 500 employees in the state to offer ge

let's go right to nbc's ken dilanian in uvalde for us, ken, what are we learning?reporter: ana, this is a massive report, the most comprehensive of several investigations into this awful incident, and what it found, first of all, it reinforces what we already knew about the profound failures by law enforcement that day, that fundamentally, the police who responded and it grew to some 400 officers did not follow basic protocols that have been developed for decades around active shooters. they didn't rush in and engage the shooter right away. a couple of police officers made a move to go into the room where the shooter was holed up. he fired his weapon, you'll recall seeing on video, and they backed off, and then a cascade of events unfolded which had them essentially waiting around. and we've seen the body cam videos, seeing those officers milling around in the hallway. what this report really underscores is that after that, they had plenty of warning and plenty of knowledge that there were dying children, wounded children in those classrooms who had been shot by th

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. >> joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian as well as analyst cedric alexander. ken, there's a lot to go through in this report. can you give us some of the key take system aways? >> reporter: good afternoon, kate. this report provided a lot more detail about the failures we knew about which was that 77-minute gap and provided really disturbing new information about failures just now coming to light. obviously the most profound misjudgment was the lack of willingness of the police to go in and confront and engage with the shooter right away. in not doing that they ignored decades of active shooter protocol and decided this active shooter in the classroom with the children was a barricaded subject. they had so much evidence to the contrary. 911 calls from children in the room, 45 gunshots while the police were in the school. one of their own officers who had a call from his wife, a teacher, wounded in a room. they knew and yet they failed to act. we knew that but this report adds more detail. the failures, one of the teachers who was left to die o

developments, but we begin on the ground in uvalde with nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilaniannt to get into this extensive report from the justice department about the failures inside the walls of robb elementary. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: good afternoon, chris, this nearly 600 page report both reinforces what we already knew about the failures that day and adds to the picture with some disturbing new information. in terms of what we already knew, we knew that those officers who responded did not do the right thing. they didn't immediately go in and try to take down the shooter. after they took fire, they retreated and then it was 77 minutes until they ultimately responded. and the report goes into pain staking detail about all of the bad decisions that were made along the way, and it really reinforces that there was no excuse for inaction, they had a lot of evidence in front of them. the shooter was shooting, there were wounded children in the classrooms, some of whom had called 911. one officer knew that his wife was in one of the classrooms shot, yet the peopl

nbc's ken dilanian joins me now. what happened today and how this might play into the case that is against trump. >> chris this is a bit of a confusing development because there is a couple of different competing interests here. this was a situation where jack smith used a search warrant to try to obtain donald trump's internal communication records via twitter. and it appears that the appeals court has rejected a first amendment claim by twitter raising some questions about that. but separately, the appeals court also said that it was improper for jack smith to have sought those records without considering the potential executive privilege claims that a former president could have made on them. and it goes on, this opinion does, for paragraph after paragraph excoriating the special counsel for doing this and the district judge for allowing him to do it. it is unclear, though, what the repercussions of that will be, whether jack smith is still allowed to use the material that he obtained through twitter. that's not c

ken dilanian is following this for us. this is expected to be the final decision or maybe not?ssarily, chris. there may well be court challenges. this may end up in the courts in illinois. the illinois state board of elections here decided it did not have the jurisdiction to rule on this question of whether mr. trump should be disqualified under the 14th amendment. their decision came after a hearing officer for the board concluded that a preponderance of the evidence proved mr. trump did engage in insurrection and should be disqualified. that hearing officer held the courts, and not the election board, should decide. it is worth noting that that hearing officer is a retired judge who happens to be a republican, chris. his ruling was in response to a petition filed by five voters, who argued that mr. trump is ineligible under that civil war era provision that bars anyone who took an oath to support the constitution and then engage in insurrection or rebellion from holding office. this whole issue nationally is probably going to be decided by the u.s. supreme court which agreed

let bring in ken dilanian. and danny cevallos. know about this decision from the justice department? >> this is an interesting move. merrick garland approved a moratorium on federal executions, but did not pre-claude federal prosecutors in seeking the death penalty in cases where they thought that was warranted. in other cases that were pending they inherited that i have continued to pursue the death penalty. this is the first time they have sought it in a new case under the biden-garland administration and clearly they believe this case is heinous enough and aggravated enough that it merits the ultimate punishment but federal executions are not happening right now and joe biden is a president who says he's against the death penalty and came to office vowing to eliminate the death penalty. remains to be seen whether this penalty gets carried out in this case assuming they achieve this result. duh it's kind of a symbolic move they wanted to impose the ultimate penalty. >> interesting, and danny, let's bring you in, this is a signif

here's ken dilanian. >> reporter: after his father died in a car accident brian conrad wanted to do something. he began pushing for a new law in tennessee that would boost the penalties for distracted drivers >> you don't realize it when your last moment is with your mother or dad. >> reporter: starting today drivers under 18 in tennessee could lose their license for a year if they're cited twice for distracted driving >> if it's just one life we save a year by this law, then my dad would have been honored to have it in his name >> reporter: in nevada a new law is designed to target those who threaten election workers after half the state's top county elections officials left their posts amid a wave of harassment and intimidation >> 80% of our election workers are women. those are our daughters. those are our wives. those are our sisters. those are our mothers. >> reporter: the law makes nevada one of a handful of states where threats to election workers are a felony meanwhile, california is now requiring stores with more than 500 employees to offer gender-neutral toy sections >> why would it

here's ken dilanian. >> reporter: after his father died in a car accident, brian conrad wanted to do something. he began pushing for a new law in tennessee that would boost the penalties for distracted drivers. >> you don't realize it when your last moment is with your mother or dad. >> reporter: starting today, drivers under 18 in tennessee could lose their license for a year if they're cited twice for distracted driving >> that's just one life a year we save, nigh dmy dad would be honored. >> reporter: a new law in nevada threatens election workers after half left their post amid a wave of harassment and intimidation >> 80% of our election workers are women. >> reporter: the law makes nevada one of the handful of states where 24threats to electo workers are felonies >>> and in california, fines imposed if a store does not offer gender-neutral toy sections >> one newspaper called it california's latest woke insanity how do you respond to that >> this bill was inspired by private sector, following that of major retailers target, and so many others already going in this direction. >>

joining us now is nbc's ken dilanian. good morning. director wray made a major announcement. >> he did. and he started the hearing by focusing on the threat of chinese hacking directed at american critical infrastructure. and as you said, just as he was about to begin, the justice department announced a major operation that they say disabled a massive chinese effort to infiltrate thousands of internet connected devices and attack critical infrastructure. officials say they took down a group of state sponsored chinese hackers that private analysts nicknamed volt typhoon that were targeting power grids and water treatment plants. take a listen. >> the volt typhoon malware enabled china to hide, among other things, preoperational reconnaissance and network exploitation against critical infrastructure like our communications, energy, transportation, and water sectors, steps china was taking to find and prepare to destroy or degrade the civilian critical infrastructure that keeps us safe and prosperous. >> on a background call about this op

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nbc's ken dilanian reports. >> reporter: after spending 33 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, keith harwood finally walked into the sunlight a free man. >> did you ever think you'd see this day? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: more than seven years later, harward now lives a quiet life in rural alabama. >> it's always a great day to be out of prison. >> reporter: but not entirely quiet. he is trying to get the word out about the junk science he says wrongly pushed him and many others behind bars, bogus bite mark comparisons. what do you want the public to know about bite marks specifically? >> that it's garbage. it's crap. you can't believe it. it doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: harward was convicted in 1983 of raping a woman and murdering her husband. a so-called forensic dentist, who had helped convict a notorious serial killer told the jury his teeth matched bite marks found on the woman's leg. >> he got up there with his 4 by 6 photographs of my mouth and i was past president and i helped bundy go to prison, i was done. that was it. >> reporter: three decades later, the

nbc's justice correspondent ken dilanian is in uvalde for us this morning. hey, ken, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. the families of the children who died inside of robb elementary still have many questions about what happened that day. including why it took authorities more than an hour to engage and kill the 18-year-old gunman. some parents believe this report is their best chance to get answers. this morning, a community still in search of truth and accountability. more than a year after a teenager with an assault-style rifle opened fire inside a texas elementary school, taking the lives of 19 children and 2 adults. later today, attorney general merrick garland will deliver the results of an exhaustive justice department investigation into one of the nation's worst school shootings. a source briefed on the nearly 600-page report telling nbc news it includes disturbing new details. among them, authorities relaying incorrect information to some parents in the aftermath of the shooting, about whether their children had survived or been killed.

. >> joining us now, ken dilanian. so those were some very skeptical judges. >> that's right. i think you plays what was the biggest highlight of the hearing which was when the judge forced mr. trump's attorney to confront the full implication of his immunity argument saying that a president can literally get away with murder unless congress first impeaches him. the hearing also underscored that this larger question of how criminal law applies to presidents has never really been decided. you know, it was assumed that nixon was going to be indicted for watergate crimes after he left office which is why ford pardoned him, but could a president be charged with ordering a military strike? even the special counsel's office today suggested the answer to that was probably not. so to me, the most interesting question out of this hearing is whether the appeals court or later the supreme court on appeal, will feel compelled to write a new doctrine on the limits of presidential immunity or whether the judges can find a way to sidestep that issue by ruling what president trump did in tryi

ken dilanian, what can we expect? which is an interesting development. we're expecting donald trump to arrive at some point. these are appellate arguments. generally the defendant doesn't show up to court. that's created a heightened atmosphere around here, a much larger police presence than i'm used to seeing at a typical appellate argument. we're going to see rather lengthy arguments here in front of these three judges because there are some weighty issues at play here even though most legal experts don't think this is a close call, the idea that a former president cannot be charged with any contact in office whatsoever. that's really not supported in our traditions and our law, particularly if you listen to what jack smith says about the matter. there is no case law or precedent here. donald trump is arguing not only is he immune, but this prosecution is improper under the double jeopardy provision because he was already impeached and acquitted in the senate. of course, jack smith responds these are different charg

nbc's justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian has our "sunday focus." >> reporter: three a temple of american democracy shockingly desecrated. hoping to keep donald trump in power, a group of his supporters attacked the u.s. capitol on january 6th, asoughting police officers and hunting for members of congress. >> where are you, nancy? we're looking for you! >> reporter: video released just this weekend showing officers defending the house chamber from an angry mob, guns drawn. >> freedom! >> reporter: trump had urged the crowd to go. >> if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: then refused for hours to tell them to leetch as the violence worsened, conduct that resulted in pending criminal charges against the former president to which he has pleaded not guilty. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. >> reporter: initially, polls showed that most americans and many republicans found the january 6th attacks deeply troubling. but three years late

. >> all right, ken dilanian, thanks so much. >>> let's stay on taxes, may be hard to believe that taxially happening starting today, that means you can start filing your 2023 tax return and hopefully get some money back in your pocket, what's new this year and how can you get the most on your return, sharyn epperson is here to break it down. what are the biggest changes people need to know about before people file. >> increases in deductions and credits people need to know about so they can get the most back and perhaps pay less if they owe taxes. the proposed child care tax credit increase, that's actually being discussed right now in congress to increase that moment. right now for 2023 it's $2,000 as a child tax credit, a dollar for dollar reduction, that's great. the other part it's refundable tax credit, that means regardless of whether or not you owe taxes you can get a certain amount back and refund. right now that amount is 1600 for 2023 and they're looking to raise it1800, 2023, again if you put in your tax return before congress makes a dix you may be able to get that money r

want to bring in nbc news correspondent garrett haake, ken dilanian, michael zeldin, former federal prosecutorpecial counsel to bob mueller, now an adjunct professor at american university's washington college of law. garrett, start us off. this new reporting breaking in the last couple of hours or so. what more do we know? >> this is something of a passion project for jamie raskin, who is the lead democrat on the house oversight committee, a staff report conducted by democrats here that found just over the first two years of his presidency, donald trump accepted some $7.8 million through his businesses directly from foreign governments. now, if this sounds familiar, this was very much a topic during the trump presidency, the idea that the then president didn't divest himself from any of his properties, didn't put them in a blind trust and weighs making money from governments like china and saudi arabia and others who were buying rooms in his hotels or floors in his office buildings and customers of his real estate empire across the country. have not heard directly from donald trump on this ma

we're joined by nbc's ken dilanian outside the courthouse along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? >> reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. there's a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president can't be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, it's belied by the fact that gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. this three-judge panel is an all-female panel with two judges appointed by president biden and one appointed by former president george h.w. bush. in addition to arguing immunity, trump lawyers are also making the argument that this produce is improper under double jeopardy. >> ken, i need to interrupt you because the hearing is starting. let's listen in right now. >> our jurisdiction was challenged by an amicus. you are not questioning our collateral order jurisdiction? [indiscernible] >> also, you have either abandoned or not

ken dilanian is for us in washington, d.c. garrett haake is in des moines, iowa, where it is very, very cold. also with us is devlin barrett, "washington post" justice reporter and co-author of the trump trials newsletter. he was in the courtroom today. ken, i'm going to begin with you. i'm going to move past right now what the judges saw today and i want to ask you now that they have this case and these oral arguments are over, what happens next? >> well, they're hearing on an expedited basis so i think they're going to rule rather quickly. this hearing reenforced there are a lot of assumptions but the issue has never really been decided. gerald ford pardoned nixon because everyone assumed nixon would be indicted for his watergate crimes after he left office. what i found interesting is that the judges and special counsel's office acknowledged there could be some sort of -- when barack obama ordered the killing of an all al qaeda terrorist, but if in berkeley california decided to bring a murder charge, you can imagine the co

joining us now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. they, did they say they didn't have the jurisdiction to rule on this? this should be in the courts? or did they say that donald trump didn't participate in insurrection? >> the former, katy. exactly right. this state board of elections is split evenly between four democrats and four republicans and they decided that they just didn't have the jurisdiction. one of the republican board members, this is really interesting. said quote, there's no doubt in my mind that he, mr. trump, manipulated, instigated, aided and abetted an insurrection on january 6th. this person also said however, having said that, it's not my place to rule on that today. and the board's decision came after a hearing officer at that courts and not the election board should decide on that. it's worth noting that was also a republican retired judge in response to a petition filed by five voters who argued mr. trump is ineligible under the civil war era provision who bars anyone who took the oath to support a constituti

joining us now from uvalde is nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian. arn from this new report? >> reporter: mika, good morning. you know, the families of the children who died inside robb elementary still have many questions about what happened that day, including why it took authorities more than an hour to engage and kill that 18-year-old gunman. some parents told me they believe this report is their best chance to get answers. this morning, a community still in search of truth and accountability. more than a year after a teenager with an assault style rifle opened fire inside a texas elementary school, taking the lives of 19 children and 2 adults. later today, attorney general merrick garland will deliver the results of an exhaustive justice department investigation into one of the nation's worst school shootings. a source briefed on the nearly 600-page report says it includes disturbing, new details. among them, authorities relaying incorrect information to some parents in the aftermath of the shooting about whether their children had survived or be