border measure, blasted by trump. new york governor kathy hochul joins me live, to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state. and, about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and, dynamic duo. my conversation with the actors who betrayed dr. martin luther king junior and malcolm x, in a new series that gives fresh insight into the civil rights icons, and their lives. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. we begin tonight with the tale of two candidates and the court system. president biden was dealt both a legal win, and a political blow by the special counsel s classified documents investigation. special counsel robert hur, a republican, declined to file charges against biden, but accused him of memory lapses and, quote, willful willfully disclosing government secrets. top democrats have slammed special counsel hers report, especially his description of biden as a, quote, elderly man with a poor memory. vi
christian will discuss what these developments could mean for both men. rare, working weekend. the senate is in session trying to pass the far-right bill, after republicans kill that bipartisan border measure blasted by trump. new york governor, kathy hochul, joins me live to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state, and about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and dynamic dual, my conversation with the actress that portrayed martin luther king junior, and malcolm x, in a new series that gives special insight in the civil icons, and their lives. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show! we begin tonight with a tale of two candidates in the court system. president biden was dealt both a legal when, and a political blow by the special counsel s classified documents investigation. special counsel, robert hur, a republicans, declined to file charges against biden, but accused him of memory lap
tonight, the 2024 primary is officially underway. last hour in south carolina, the first democratic contest in the nation closed, president joe biden easily secured a victory there, flowing his rival out of the water. all eyes are on the number of down the a total of 55 are up. those will be awarded remember of course that they need a total of 2000 to capture the democratic nomination. a short time ago the president issued a statement thanking the voters of south carolina saying in part quote, in 2020 it was south carolina who proved p- breaking news coming out of the middle east in the united states launched strikes targeting the cuties in yemen, they hit 36 targets across the country. an official told nbc news today that the strikes in yemen and yesterday s attacks on more than 85 targets linked to iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria are not related. let s go back to politics, and the primary results we re getting out of south carolina. msnbc correspondent trema
presidential race. president biden has pulled ahead of former president donald trump in one new national poll but still trails nikki haley. this hour we are releasing the latest fox news polls showing where the candidates are in key races in a couple of key swing states in wisconsin. it is tied between the former president and president biden in georgia former president trump is up. we will bring you more of that in a bit. also movement tonight on one of the major election issues. immigration. we have a live report from capitol hill. but we begin tonight with how the president is handling another thorny topic. the israel-hamas war. and the reaction from his base. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. in a state biden needs to win this november, his revel to call for a cease-fire in gaza is costing support among key parts of his base. the abandon biden campaign also opposes trump. b
of south carolina, saying in part, quote, in 2020, it was the voters of south carolina who proved the pundits wrong, breathed new life into our campaign, and set us on the path to winning the presidency. now, in 2024, the people of south carolina have spoken again. and i have no doubt that you have set us on the path to winning the presidency again, and making donald trump a loser, again. of course, we are also watching breaking news coming out of the middle east. after the united states and the uk launched a new series of strikes today, targeting the houthis in yemen. the attacks hit at least 36 targets in at least 36 locations across the country. a senior biden administration official told nbc news today that the strikes in yemen, and yesterday s attacks on more than 85 targets linked to iranian-backed militias in iraq and syria are not related. but let s go back to politics, first to those live primary results we are getting out of south carolina. our team of correspondent