Political strategist, and Mary Anne Marsh is a democratic strategist. Theyjoined me to talk about the Trump Townhall Event but i started by asking whether the School Shooting in georgia would mean guns and Gun Laws would be more of an issue in the remaining days of the campaign. Theres no question it will continue to be raised as an issue. It is always an issue. Gun reform is on the table, No Doubt about it. But ultimately, the only Way Anything will happen about Gun Reform is to elect Kamala Harris to the white and prayers from any elected Officialjust Sort of feels not just inauthentic, but wrong. And i have to say that as a mother, when we send our children to school, we expect them to come back and come back alive. And so what were seeing right now is two things at play a lack of political will from our elected leaders, largely, obviously, republicans, and then to pass sensible gun control, which is what i believe is a big problem there. But at the second on this, on the other hand
Justice department is taking this language from defended trump very seriously. The Special Counsel team cited trumps truth social post in an immediate and pressing requests for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from making public any Sensitive Information turned over by the prosecutors. From that request quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. End quote. In response, trumps Spokesperson Put out a statement, claiming the post is quote, the definition of political speech. End quote. The implication that it is protected by the First Amendment. The protective order that the quote is seeking, is in reference to trumps scheme to interfere with the 2020 election and that desperate temps to cling to power during the final weeks of his presidency. Its a ca
have for governor in kentucky, and trump endorsed one and ron desantis backed another, and biden just endorsed running for pennsylvania. danny, do we know who? won a bunch of races here. really cover all of them. i think the most recent was when we just guardian was that special election in pennsylvania? heather boyd, democrat, mps projecting that she has won that seat and that was consequently mentioned last night because that means the democrats will retain the new state house in pennsylvania. again, this is a last-minute everybody democrats. joe biden lead endorsement, the governor pennsylvania joshua pirro, also jumped into the race. now we know the democrat heather boyd has been the republican katie ford in that race. so that was a really close race? well, close is not necessarily the word i would use, but maybe 5000 votes in total in the race so far. it is about 34% 44 and last check but i think the expectation is that that will widen as the night goes. on
orders on the u.s. capitol grounds on january 6th. listen, you just hang in there, donald trump told the woman, who was found guilty on a misdemeanor charge of resisting police efforts to clear grounds. you guys are going to be okay. trump, who is campaigning in new hampshire, then agreed to sign the backpack she said she carried to the capitol complex on the day of the interruption of the congressional proceedings to certify trump s loss in the 2020 election. just hours before the ex-president and gop front-runner literally embraced an insurrectionist, you can t make that up territory now, a member of the mob that chanted hang mike pence a watershed moment took place someplace else. as we reported yesterday during this hour, the former vp mike pence testified before a federal grand jury. the new york times posted, it s not clear what testimony he provided thursday, but prosecutors were surely interested in pence s accounts of his interactions with trump, and trump ad
nationwide. then, the battle for abortion rights, after walgreens says it won t sell abortion bill pills in 21 states, also tonight, a key moment in the war in ukraine, the battle for bakhmut. ukrainian forces under intense pressure, as russia s ammunition supply runs low as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia melendez in for stephanie ruhle the showdown over who will be the republican presidential nominee, appears to be taking place between the twice impeached ex president donald trump, and as once loyal backer ron desantis. in the coming days, both men are expected to head to iowa, in front of the first gop caucus. even though desantis hasn t officially entered the race, here s a preview of what it looks like. we took a finleyville swipe at the florida governor. we are going to finish where we started we started something that was . we are gonna complete the mission, we are never going back to the party of paul rove, paul ryan,