Ticket because, quote, the alternative is simply untenable. And remember the american soldier who dashed over the dmz into north korea . What we are learning about a plea deal for travis king, and history will have to wait at least one more day. The setback for spacex ahead of a launch that would send astronauts on the farthest mission from earth in five decades. We are live on floridas space coast with an update. Msnbc reporters have the latest development. We start with the fight over georgias election rules. Msnbc correspondent lisa rubin is with me. Lisa, explain what this is all about and how it could complicate things in november. Chris, this is a lawsuit against the Georgia State Election Board. Its a fivemember board that makes rules essentially for the conduct and administration of elections in georgia. The suit is over two rules in particular that affect novembers elections, both of which allow for local county election Board Members to do a reasonable inquiry on one hand or
And hours long session on the critical measure that could pave the way for President Bidens 1. 9 trillion relief package. Jillian Griff Jenkins has a breakdown, you always win. Reporter more exciting than watching the super bowl you can watch your senate hard at work on votearama. Theyve been at this since 2 30 p. M. Yesterday. It is a timehonored tradition where the Minority Party forces the Majority Party to endure endless amendments putting senators on the record. Any senator can offer an amendment to the Budget Measure and so far 850 have been filed and as we have seen overnight more than 30 reached a roll call voice vote on the floor. Unclear when the ends. We are told maybe in an hour or so. We will keep you posted. Some amendments pass, others fail. When it did pass, senators todd young, proposal to block Illegal Immigrants from getting stimulus checks. It was adopted but 42 lawmakers voted against it and some of the issues which range from tax increases on Small Businesses to t
Lawyers for donald trump approaching a 5 00 p. M. Deadline as prosecutors push to limit what the former president can say about the federal case against him. And after years of dodging the question, Governor Ron Desantis bluntly said, of course trump lost the 2020 election, as the former president s rival tried to reset his campaign. Plus pink is in the new green. Barbie and taylor twist and beyonce proving to be big business for the u. S. Economy. Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start today with our Law And Justice lead. Donald trump is on the clock. His lawyers have just minutes to let a judge know what they think about a request that would block trump from sharing some of the evidence in the january 6 case. Prosecutors say if trump were to start publicly talking about or posting about evidence in the case, it could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses and they point to this post trump shared on truth social on friday. Where he wrote, quote, if you go a
Their case for them. New tension in Fulton County as Da Fani Willis Weighings the timing of a possible fourth donald trump against donald trump. Take a look at this House Collapsing into a river in alaska. Its just one result of recordbreaking b glacial flooding in juneau. The floodwaters forcing residents to flee and officials to declare a state of emergency. Thats one example of the Severe Weather hammering the country today. Well start with Donald Trumps legal team on the clock. They have just a few more hours to respond to the dojs request to restrict what the former president can publicly disclose about evidence. Special counsel jack smith made the request after trump wrote on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Here is what trump attorney alina habba had to say about the request for the protective order. This is jack smith coming out as the victim here, saying its more him being afraid. The protective order in terms of witness testimony, exhibits, those
Martha we have not seen a rematch like this in more than 100 years. A former president runs against a current president. Also today, our brand new fox Power Rankings show that the american electorate is quite depressed about it. Well show you why that is the headline here. 72 say theyre dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. 60 view both candidates unfavorably and 20 said they would support a thirdparty candidate. Former President Trump has a lead in the battle to 270 electoral votes, which is what you need to win. Moments ago, peter doocy pressed the white house about the president s willingness to debate. Is President Biden going to commit to a debate with donald trump . Thats something for the campaign to speak to. Well, we know when the debates will be. We know where theyre going to be. Is he going to go . You should speak to the campaign. In 2020, once it got down to oneonone, joe biden said i can hardly wait to debate him. How about now . Im going to sound lik