history today by saying dante be on the presidential ballot there. it seems like a really fast 24 hours ago that you and i were having our first discussion of what nikki haley said when asked about the cause of the civil war. it really exploded since then. it is truly incredible that she, the governor of south carolina, cannot even talk about this issue without tying herself up in knots. it s truly astounding. we have your pressure david whyte with us tonight. oh he s perfect. originally booked of course as history professor as an expert on what caused the civil war, as are many high school students jean robinson s with us too, he s also an expert on what caused the civil war. but we will also get a chance to talk to professor blight about the 14th amendment, which is what is being used to knock non-trump off the ballots. he s very much an expert on that. and so much to come. lawrence, if you do me a favor, could you ask professor blight what he thinks frederick dou
for now, democratic opponent. i m paula ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. democratic secretary of state now becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally. in the 30-page decision, she didn t come to that conclusion lightly. writing, quote, i outlined people that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i m also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engage in insurrection. bells issued her ruling after a bipartisan group of former lawmakers challenge promised free position on the ballot and you should know that she s deposit decision but peeling the court. which trump said in the tens of. i ll also on thursday, california secretary of state chose to include trump s name on the list of candidates certified too run in the states presidential primary, despite a call for her not to do so from the state lieutenant governor. those decisio
castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, a break continues on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get rolling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what herenda says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, but look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why and immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over that republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge and the polls, her campaign
msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. developing this hour new report from the january six committee s questions swirl over whether donald trump will formally answer a subpoena from the panel. the former president avoiding the question in the 14-page response to the committee. a bit earlier today panel member reports trump testified live could be an option. that is going to be a negotiation i will only address that when we know for sure whether not to the president has tried to push this on to our lives. he s made it clear he has nothing to hide. so we are coming on the day we asked him to come in. he pushes off the on that we ll figure what to do next. also new today another member of the committee was pressed on why the committee did not vote to subpoena vice president mike pence. i think that is comparing apples to oranges. the former president was the perpetrator and the central figure in orchestrating the effort to ove
two deep blue states looking to capitalize on democratic failures in the white house pull off a victory. brooke singman has all of those results. brooke: good morning, yesterday s primaries setting up match ups for a big red wave in november midterm. in new york, congressman lee zeldin wins for governor, and will face kathy hochul, running for her first full term after rising to power in the wake of disgraced former governor andrew cuomo sexual assault scandals. zeldin promises to clean up the mess by their policies. she s been pandering, when tax and control spend nothing albany and pro liberal criminals incysts insist on taking our state in the wrong direction, kathy hochul didn t lead them, she got led by the far left. brooke: gubernatorial race in illinois, darren bailey is up against incumbent democrat j.b. pretzger. bailey says she is the change needed. illinois is a lot worse off than it was 40 years ago and time for something different. brooke: moderate de