From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
Right now. Martha thank you very much, guys. Good afternoon. Im Martha Maccallum on this monday. This is the story. Nikki haley will join us live on this day before Super Tuesday. Lots to speak with her about today. Also john kirby is here as the white house faces huge chal challenges electorally, israeli and the border. But first, former President Trump celebrating the Supreme Courts unanimous decision rejecting State Efforts to keep him off of the ballot. You cannot take somebody out of a race. The voters can take the person out of the race very quickly. But a court shouldnt be doing that. The Supreme Court saw that very well. I really do believe that will be a unifying factor. While most states were thrilled to have me, there were some that didnt. They didnt want that for political reasons. They didnt want that because of poll numbers. The poll numbers are very good. Were beating President Biden in almost every poll. Martha okay. Well talk about a lot of these polls. These are the n
i ll tell you what that would actually look like and i ll ask jacksonville s mayor elect donna deegan how she pulled off a stunning upset with a much different brand of politics. plus, fulton county district attorney fani willis signals that something big could becoming an august. i have some unsolicited advice about how drunk donald trump s republican rivals might want to message around that. meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican hostage takers joins me live. and later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker. we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism in washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. . both florida governor ron desantis is set to officially enter the race for president this week. and let s be honest, he s definitely work in progress when it comes to retail
new democracy party are ahead of the main rival, the leftist syriza party. it s unlikely either party will earn a majority. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, will recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african union
meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican house speaker s joins me live. later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker, we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism and washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. well, florida governor ron desantis is said to officially enter the race for president this week. let s be honest, he is a work in progress when it comes to retail politics. i saw, that you have, like, a 1955 portion there. that once nice. how much is that worth? oh, we won t even talk about that. so, it s safe to say there is some unknowns when it comes to the type of candidate he ll be the what there is very little doubt about is where he stands on policy issues right now. look no further than the last chapter of his book, he wrote it all there, make america flori