Race. Recent from a clear trump the advantage to no clear leader plus donald trump caught between a rock and a hard place. His track record on abortion, he would veto but abortion ban that was sent to your desk well, what s happening is you re never going to have to do it. And voters support for fertility treatments. I kept hearing that i m against it and i m actually very much forward. And triggers conservative theory in the process. And what she left unsaid same old, tired playbook. Next question harris declines to enter the chat why she s ignoring the debate over trump, race, and gender live at the table. Nayyera huck mike dubke chuck rocha and shermichael singleton. Welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening. I m audie cornish in new york. Abby phillip has the night off, so let s get right to what america is talking about. Where exactly does donald trump stand on abortion? the answer would depend on whether you asked him yesterday or today for example
Or sleepier . Dana i would have gotten 10 hours of sleep if i went to bed like i felt like it. If you have any tips or tricks for the new schedule. Bill dana is here in the morning and evening and doing it all right now. Dana i went to bed earlier than most children last night and our Line Producer went to bed. Bill more caffeine. Eight hours. Dana we have a capitol hill watch with jackie heinrich. The Senate Moving Forward on covid relief without republican support . Thats right, dana. President biden reportedly told democrats to move forward with his 1. 9 trillion proposal not long after sitting down with Senate Republicans to try to hash out a bipartisan deal. 618 billion proposal was swiftly rejected. Democrats cleared a procedural hurdle to go forward with Budget Reconciliation to pass bigger bill with a simple majority. Republicans can join us but dont try to go against us. We have the majority and we arent backing down. Our members who were in the meeting felt that the president
Trump legal battle this hour. In florida, former president is in court as we speak and his legal team is arguing special counsel jack smith classified documents case should be thrown out entirely. Meanwhile, over in georgia, were awaiting a judges ruling on whether or not to disqualify Fulton County day fani willis from the States Election interfere case. This is outnumbered, im kayleigh mcenany, here with my cohost Harris Faulkner and emily compagno, joining us former n. F. L. Sideline reporter, Michele Tafoya and attorney and retired nypd inspector paul mauro. We also have this, emily, ill get to you on audio in a moment. Before that, this Wall Street Journal columnist Claims Lawfare to take down donald trump. Latest oped reads if democrats limited their initiative to jack smith, conservatives would have absorbed it, however degraded that benchmark, american left never knows when to stop, it is raging gettrump legal assault on every imaginable front. He noted it has backfired politic
Were happy youre here and enjoying the morning. And theres a lot going on on. Rachel just a little. Will would you say what we exhibited privately behind scene was act of discipline or lack of discipline . Excellent discipline. We did a segment on Mark Zuckerberg fighting and we have a quarter founder, cheese burgers, fries, nuggets. Trying to tell me you didnt eat it. We didnt eat all of it. I thought i was asking you. Like half of the quarter founder and then disciplined or not disciplined . I saw him eat half a burger and put it back down. Pete pretty good. Rachel youre training for this. Will horrific. Rachel why good for zuckerberg but bad for pete more weight to be put on more were trying to look naturally sync. If you take your shirt off it is rachel hash browns down there . Pete sausage egg and cheese we would have been done. We are selectively disciplined. Will two weeks away pete and i will be swimming from new jersey to manhattan with stops at the Statue Of Liberty ending at
Today on inside politics, more problems, more money. Donald trumps donors foot an enormous legal bill and the trump coconspirator accused of trying to destroy evidence for the boss sees the inside of a federal court. The polls. All of them. All for donald trump. Republican voters fall in line behind the frontrunner as ron desantis reasons for running appear to fall flat. And the president corrects how he counts. Joe biden acknowledges his Seventh Grandchild for the first time and now he hopes it returns to being a private matter. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Saving America or saving his skin. Today we see on paper how much money from donors donald trump spent on legal bills. Sources put that number north of 40 million for his own defense and the defense of those who are sticking with him. This morning, cnn cameras captured the glimpse of one of those individuals Carlos De Oliveira, the man federal prosecutors say schemed with mr. Trump and w