hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
ainsley: it is 6:00 a.m., fox & friends right here on this beautiful monday morning. we are live from new hampshire. it s monday, january 22nd. and the news broke last night or yesterday afternoon, then there were two. tomorrow, is the all-important primary and this morning we have exclusive reaction from former president trump. lawrence spent the day with him. nikki haley, steve spent the day with her. and all the news on ron desantis dropping out of the race. look, he endorsed me. we have policies very similar, actually. i think those people will all come to me. i think his supporters are up for grabs. think about it. his supporters love america, they wanted a new generational leader. we give them that. steve: as you can see i went that hockey came game and the governor showed up and crashed the party. inside look on the last day. actually the penultimate day on the campaign with nikki haley out on the trail. seven stops, yesterday. all day every day. i have bee
and be sure they ll get the care they need. the group behind them is safe haven it says the boxes have been set up for mothers, who are often young and fearful, and who have given birth alone and find they are unable to cope. its founder is an anti abortion campaigner, and the boxes are found in some states like indiana which have historically had stricter abortion laws. all of this comes on the day thousands marched in washington for the annual march for life. it s what supporters described as a pro life event, it s what opponents say is anti abortion. other demonstrations have been held in other parts of the us, in favour of what those marchers say is a woman s right to chose. abortion is likely to be a major issue in this year s us election after the supreme court ruling which overturned roe vs wade, and removed the legal right to abortion across the us. let s bring in our panelists now. let s start with you, paul. and that tragic story of a baby being found in freezing
becoming more desperate by the minute. the coast guard now says noises have been detected in the search area where a titanic tourist submersible has been missing since sunday. we ll bring you the very latest on the intense race against time. another supreme court justice now at the center of controversy. new questions about a trip justice samuel alito took. we ll talk about it with one of the reporters who broke the story. china firing back at president biden after he called the nation s leader a dictator. china slamming the president s rhetoric as a provocation. we ll talk to congressman ro khanna about that and a whole lot more. at this hour, the frantic search for the missing titanic tourist submersible grows more desperate as the five-member crew s oxygen supply ticks below less than 18 hours. more help is arriving this morning, the u.s. coast guard says three vessels are on the scene to aid in the search. overnight, there were fresh signs of hope that the coast
i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack and defend. while donald trump and his allies blast away at special counsel jack smith, one of trump s former attorneys tries to explain away those classified documents. so, if they weren t originals, just copies, does that mean there s no crime? plus, the air in this city today isn t just nasty, it s historically bad. forcing the closure of everything from broadway to the bronx zoo. the thickening blanket of smoke now settling over philly, wilmington and beyond as well. so when is it going to go away? and a truly surprising decision. a pair of conservatives on the supreme court helping deliver a big win for voting rights in the deep south. we ll explain that in just a minute. we begin with federal prosecutors putting to rest any doubt about whether or not donald trump is directly in the special counsel s sights. nbc news has learned that jack smith informed trump s team on monday that their client