looks forward to celebrating the l s u tigers on their championship win. at the white house. now as you know, angel reese had already been in the headlines for making a certain hand gesture during the game at an iowa player, and that has caused some debate about whether she has been subjected to a double standard based on her race. so this game, really making a bunch of headlines for reasons not really related to the game itself, sarah it certainly is. thank you so much. mj lee there at the white house . john the hunt for a green jacket gets underway this week at the augusta national golf club. even our title of our show is warning. the green jacket news central talking about the masters here. scottie scheffler, roy mcilroy, jon rahm, all among the favorites to win not favored to win tiger woods. but that cannot stop the circus. always the center of attention. cnn sports correspondent don riddell joins us now from augusta in don tiger is chasing his what would be record tying sixth gre
political prosecution, whether it s merited or not, to all kinds of accusations, and the d a. mr greg will be personally turn turn apart in the media by republicans and conservatives. he has to have tough skin. he has to be 16. it s gonna happen . he has to rely on the strength of his case. if this case holds up, he has vindicated. if it doesn t hold up, the criticisms might be valid. now mr trump will be the center of attention the focal point in national news here in the united states this week. how do you expect this to be received across the nation? you know, it s such an odd thing that there is and i hate to put it this way, but in entertainment value that is to say that people are going to be fascinated by the process by the charges by the arguments. pro and con, guilty innocent and so it has a bit of a circus that
valid. mr trump will be the center of attention. the focal point in national news here in the united states this week. how do you expect this to be received across the nation? you know, it s such an odd thing that there is and i hate to put it this way, but an entertainment value that is to say that people are going to be fascinated by the process by the charges by the arguments. pro and con. guilty innocent and so it has a bit of a circus that was here that might occur, but i think it also has an incredibly important educative function that it might serve. we might highlight the importance of the rule of law, importance of accountability, even for a president or former president that no human being no politician. no powerful individual is above the law. and if that message comes across that s a great message to send to america and to the world.
now. trumpis such a strong and dominant force in the party which is why you see all these republicans rush to his defense, even in the middle of this scandal and controversy. it s a con stra strategy we ll see if it works out for asa hutchinson chris sununu might try to take that lane as well. carlos, in many ways so far it s been actually positive for trump. the trump campaign said they ve raised more than $5 million since his indictment news broke. desantis says he s raised $30 million in the last month. is this a situation where with every single day going forward all 100% of the political oxygen is taken by trump jose, this is when donald trump is at his best whether you love donald trump, whether you hate him or despise him, you have to recognize that when he is making headlines, when he s the center of attention, he exploits those opportunities. he relies on the intensity of
going on here. they just missed being the lioness. they just be missed being the center of attention, which for the bulk of 2022, we spent the bulk of the week talking about donald trump and his activities, and marjorie taylor greene s visit with january 6th prisoners, and even tonight, someone just texted me about the rally tonight began with donald trump and a january 6th choir singing the national anthem, whatever the hell that terrorists require is. here we have the two maniacs, sinema and manchin, what about us? we re still here. you should be talking about me. so, clearly, this is their desperate plea to just have everybody stand there and go, oh, let s take a minute, talk about these two people, because they missed being center of attention. do you know, correct, i think, i feel like that s a little bit of but, hayes, i m reminded of what you said a little earlier in the segment about the fact that what manchin said this week could help him, if he decides to run for reelecti