joining us now, marc elias, founder of. ocket, partner at elias law group, and birthday boy. happy birthday, marc elias. >> happy birthday. >> marc, and welcome. so you know this this has been a week of additional exposure. you have the hearings going on for fbi director and secretary of health. you've got the courts now beginning to weigh in as these lawsuits are ramping up with respect to, you know, this constitutional showdown that we see in the courts, while the backdrop you've got these illiberal, unconstitutional, unconstitutionally based appointees being leveled up. what how do you see this playing out? what should we should we see more courts now weighing in? how? just give us a sense of how effective this is going to be in terms of stopping what we're seeing, not just in terms of the funding triggers that that are going on, but the other aspects of what donald trump hopes to do. for example, eliminating the 14th amendment. >> yeah. >> look, i think. >> we need to view all of. >> this as. >> one big whole. >> rather

marc elias explains what comes next and trump's first.f tariffs set to go into effect today, hurting your bottom line in the process. illinois governor j.b. pritzker is here to respond. it is a big morning of big developing news. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> breaking overnight, nbc news is reporting that trump officials have forced out all six of the fbi's most senior executives. >> multiple heads. >> of fbi field offices across the country, and about two dozen prosecutors who investigated capitol rioters. a letter to those fired. prosecutors said their removal was based on their role in the january 6th prosecutions. in a separate memo to the fbi workforce sent out friday night, the bureau's acting director told employees that acting deputy attorney general emil bove has asked for a list of all fbi employees who worked on january 6th cases for, quote, a review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary. joining us now at the table is nbc news justice reporter and author of sed