reiser live from msnbc headquarters in new york on a busy saturday evening. happening right now, a man hunt intensifying in texas for the suspected gunman accused of killing five people, including an eight year old. after authorities say that they asked him to stop firing his gun in his yard. the search underway right now for the suspect. we are following extreme weather coast to coast from heavy rain to snow to dangerous heat. while the midwest faces flooding from the mississippi river, a result of melting snowpack. we will get the latest from iowa. plus, president biden s reelection pitch. she is in the fear of maga republicans to court democratic donors. and a live look at washington where nerd prom is about to be underway. it is the one night every year where you could find the president, top journalists, and hollywood elite all in the same room. we will have a preview of the white house correspondents dinner ahead. we begin in texas where moments ago authorities delivere
about the policy and opportunities. i think the delineation between both candidates and both parties will be clear this upcoming election. do you want to respond before i ask you about gop contenders? a lot of republicans, especially the major donors, are gearing up for this. a lot of the meetings that have been had recently have been on donor strategy, and how they are going to get the republican platform pushed through. it is a delicate dance because as you know, you have got the maga republicans and then you have got the, let s just say the regular republicans. so the infighting has not gone away and with us approaching the presidential primary, that infighting has got to be put to rest. also, this week, disney sued florida governor ron desantis over control of disney world south governing district. do you see the attack on the
highest ranking official to appear as a witness. pence spent more than seven hours at the federal courthouse, the new york times reports the justice department is also taking a closer look at trump s fund raising tactics in the immediate after matt of his loss. they re trying to determine whether mr. trump and his aides violated federal wire charge statutes, carrying money thing to needed to fight election fraud when they knew that there was no evidence to back those claims. joining me now, contributor and former watergate prosecutor jill wine-banks. she co-hosts the and its offer of the watergate girls. thank you for being with us tonight. obviously, that failed, why mike pence s testimony might be particularly damaging or interesting to the grand jury? thank you lindsey, it is a great question. pence s testimony is important because it is one-on-one. he had the conversations.
i ve got to be clear with you we have less than a minute. do you agree that some of these contenders are potentially in it for that? at what point do you think they will have to take on trump himself? there are two things to look at. first of all if you criticize donald trump, you are probably not going to be on the short list for a vp. second of all, if you criticize donald trump, we all know that he s very politically vindictive. so you do not want to be on the wrong side of that either. desiree thames, that is all the time we have today, but thank you for joining us. it is a big night in d.c., tonight journalists ditch the pad and pencil for the red carpet. it is iain ewall white house correspondent association dinner and president biden will speak. he s expected to address the importance of press freedoms, and his commitment to bring detained american journalist back home. julia joins us now from the red carpet. what can we expect from the presidents speech, what have you see
someone who has interest before the supreme court, i think that something must be done to get the supreme court to abide by the same rules that would govern any other judge in america. and it is not a question of separation of powers anymore. it is a question of candy supreme court survive as the final arbiter of the constitutional principles if it is not following ethical principles, and it is not right now. all right, we will have to leave it there, thank you. still to come, a u.s. begins its first evacuation of american citizens from sudan. and we will have the latest on the missile strikes in ukraine that have nearly two dozen dead including several children. what russia is saying about the attacks. a is saying about th attacks. attacks. you also need consumer cellular. get the exact same coverage as the nation s leading carriers and 100% us based customer support. starting at $20. consumer cellular.