and some late breaking criticism of donald trump. let s cut taxes on the middle class, and simplify those brackets. donald trump is running for his issues, haley is running on the donors issues, i am running on your issues. ron doesn t defeat biden, trump s head to head with biden. monday matters. your voice matters. i trust you. i think there s two america first candidates in this race, donald trump and myself. donald trump was president for four years, he did not make a dent in the administrative state. i know why you are excited, no more commercials after four days. haley, referring to the multi multi million dollar onslaught of ads that s been greeting islands. she made a joke, desantis has become a joke. don t believe a thing nikki haley says. ron desantis, losing and lying. haley even opposed trump s wall. haley disparages the caucuses and insults iowa. now, the intense wrangling between those two candidates reflects a bet about this republican
republican caucuses. the remaining contenders are brave and the snow and cold to make their final pitches this weekend. ironically the voted will take place of martin luther king day. so many of the gop candidates have to split a questionable commitment to the ideals of democracy and equality that the great late civil rights leader fought and died for. reverend kings spirit fills tonight s show and we are joined by his eldest son and namesake, his daughter-in-law arndrea and his granddaughter yolanda. they ll have plenty to say about the state of dr. king s dream. and a moment when racial tensions and the threat of political violence seem more real than perhaps any time since the height of the civil rights movement of the 60s. all of this tonight on this kicked a weekend edition of politicsnation. the king family will join us in a moment. but we start with congresswoman robin kelly, democrat of illinois. congresswoman kelly, thank you for joining us and let s start in your ne
today smith submitting a scathing replay to trump s request to slow walk the case which he called misguided. he writes, this case is so important to the public that it requires a, quote, immediate and definitive decision by this court. emphasizing, quote, the charges here are of the utmost gravity. smith reiterating how extraordinary and essential this ruling is writing, quote, this case involves for the first time in our nation s history criminal charges against a former president based on his actions while in office. and not just any questions. alleged agents to perpetuate himself in power. in preparation for this titanic matchup, both parties are beefing up their legal teams. smith is stackk his roster with a real heavy hitter. reportedlyriing in, quote, one of the most accomplished modern supreme court advocates who has argued more than 100 cases at the high court. meanwhile, trump has added three lawyers, including a veteran of the conservative legal community who has su
special coverage of this escalating trump probe in new york and tonight right now you re watching a special live edition of the beat. we re following the pressure donald trump which actually exploded from the arrest talk this weekend to today s blockbuster testimony before the grand jury? some out of court-statements that broke within the last hour. moments ago this trump-aligned witness speaking out. my only mission there today was to tell the truth about what michael cohen was saying at any point in time. michael cohen decided on his own, that s what he told us, on his own to see if he could take care of this. is that what he told us? was all of the remarks made factual? mr. michael cohen is here to respond in a moment. this is not just journalism. this is aspects of the probe spilling out because mr. costello did speak to the grand jury today that s why he was so newsworthy. mr. cohen remained a key grand jury witness in a case that donald trump now says will lead to
thanks for sticking around. it s friday. we have a lot going on a major show the d.a. who made history by indicting donald trump is under a lot of scrutiny. he has a very interesting record, a record that includes beating trump in court previously did you know that? we have been working on one of our special reports around here, and we are going to air it for you live tonight on manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. that s coming up we begin on the federal side of thing where is the criminal probe of trump continues he is a criminal defendant in new york but the federal case involves a star witness who was also targeted for harm or assassination by then sitting president donald trump when i say those words out loud here, it almost sounds like extreme or hard to remember, but that is really what happened you might think if you were defending yourself in the case where you re accused of causing harm to your own vice president, you d want him to testify and say on your be