You good morning, everyone. We are so glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. Out east. There is a lot happening around the world and in the political world, that is for sure. Former President Trump bracing for possibly more indictments, but we are learning that his Political Action committee is nearly tapped out of money. It had more than 100 million at the start of last year. Now it has less than 4 million. Most of that money went to legal bills. And the u. S. Punching their ticket to the Knockout Stage at the womens world cup. It wasnt pretty and it was pretty close. Carli lloyd called it uninspiring and disappointing. We will have highlights. And a Concertgoer Filing a report against cardi b saying they were struck by the microphone she threw from trt stage. What may have happened before cardi b was hit with a drink that was thrown at her. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good morning. Brandnew this morning, i hope you are all awake at 3 00 a. M. The u. S. Womens soccer team was
Any more electionselections. Voters are not just choosing between the candidates but making critical decisions about the basic fundamentals of the democracy. Polling in the last knew 2024 primaries show us everything show us that donald trump will defeat nikki haley by significant margins. And Super Tuesday will perhaps mark this days away from Trump Clinching the republican nomination officially. That means today will, if nothing else, crystallize the choices that americans face in november. This between two president s, one current, one former. One president who has an agenda that commands broad public support. His commitment to our democracy and our institutions has never been in doubt. But hes dogged by some lackluster polling that doesnt match up with support for his policies. And the other, well, you know the other. Four times indicted, twice impeached expresident who currently faces 91 Felony Counts in four jurisdictions. Hes been found liable for sexual abuse. Set to pay hundre
Percentage of the vote from his party that donald trump is getting from his party. Nbc news projects that President Joe Biden is the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary and that donald trump is the winner of the Michigan Republican primary at this hour. Joe biden has 79 of the vote and donald trump has 66 of the republican vote. Oh lets go straight to Steve Kornacki latest board for the big numbers. Yeah, lawrence, lets start with republican primary, because a fifth of the, vote one in five votes are now tabulated here. And you see the counties lighting up in trumps color. I think the headline level inside is obviously that trump wins, but remember what hailie has been getting so far. In New Hampshire, she got 43 vote. In South Carolina just last saturday, she got 40 vote. She made that idea of 40 kind consistently a centerpiece of his speech setting a night. Here we are in michigan. Same rules South Carolina had, no Party Registration in michigan, Nobody Registers as a democrat,
there was an unprecedented amount of obstruction iner the investigation into hunter biden s finances. watch. are you convinced, lookingck a back at this now, that this was an effort to protect president biden and his family ? i mean, we were conducting w investigation of hunter biden and we were tryingere tr to fole the normal process. we were trying to get to the bottom of it. itand ultimately, you know, if was going to lead to another individual, you know, we should follow that to to determine what was actually happening. but, you know, there werew ther definitely hindrances that i ve never seen before in my 14 y years concerning this investigation that didn t allow us to followea through an investigation of of of anyher in other individual to include president biden. so this guy seems credibldie according to the whatsapp messages. in 2017, hunter biden demanded that chinese energy company cfcc pay the bidensom more than doube what the ccp billing company was already of
most significant of our time. it s about who can hold office in our country. a foundational statement on what are the basic qualifications to be president. of which there are three. an american-born citizen, age 35 and older and not an insurrectionist. that question right now is how that last part, the shall not be a traitor part, is defined. as you know, colorado has inked their definition, kicking donald trump off the ballot there. now the supreme court is considering it, and trump s legal team is officially weighing in. they ve submitted their brief to the justices, warning disqualifying the former president from the ballot in colorado would result in chaos and bedlam, their words. the words in question, are all in article 14, section 3 of the constitution. a word salad of an amendment that was ratified in 1868 in the que, no personha be a l war. senator or representative in congress o elector of president and vice presidt or hold any office, civil or military under the un