today we re going to tell you about that, and if you can t win, change the rules. that is what republicans are doing to try and sway states in the 2024 election. i m ayman, let s get started. all right, mark your calendars. this week judge tanya chutkan set a date for trump s trial. we now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. if that does sound familiar to you, that s probably because you re familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any presidential primary season. super tuesday. on march 5th, republican voters in over a dozen states are set to cast ballots for their 2024 pick. in total, you ve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. that s more than any other day on the primary calendar. meaning the parties presumptive nominee could very well be decided right then and there, on that day. and since trump s lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced
six committee that their lives were turned upside down by those allegations. now, i will not even introduce myself by my name anymore. i get nervous when they bump into someone, and that i know in the grocery store who says my name. i am worried about who is listening. i get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. i am always concerned of who is around me. i lost my name, and i lost my reputation, i ve lost my sense of security. a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. telling me that i will be in jail with my mother, and saying things like, be glad it is 2020 and not 1920. a lot of these threats, and vile comments were racist in nature? a lot of that more way says. a lot of them were just hateful. giuliani conceded in the court filing last month that he had made false statements about caitlin and moss. and had produced no evidence in the case, which led to the judge s defamation ruling. they said the ruling brings them one step closer to rebuilding the
just entered a not guilty plea in the georgia election interference case. we are following a busy day of new legal filings and awaiting a critical ruling that could come at any time. also tonight, one of the longest prison sentences yet connected to the january 6 riot. a proud boy who led members of that far right group to the capitol was just ordered to serve 18 years. and we re tracking a huge manhunt for a convicted murderer on the loose after escaping from a pennsylvania prison. authorities now warning he is extremely dangerous and likely heading toward mexico right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i mal i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. first this hour, rudy giuliani is now the most prominent trump co-defendant to enter a not guilty plea in georgia. besides the former president himself. let s get straight to jessica schneider. so jess, we have seen a series of new not g
leader mitch mcconnell while he was answering questions from reporters. how his team is responding to growing concerns about the republican s health, including from some leading republicans. also ahead, rudy giuliani s lies about the 2020 election are catching up with him legally and financially. we ll explain yesterday s ruling by a judge. meanwhile, two of donald trump s co-defendants in the georgia election interference case now are requesting separate trials. we ll have the latest on a possible timeline in that case. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 31st. i m willie geist. with us this morning, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. we do begin again this morning with tropical storm now idalia. it weakened overnight but still making its way through the carolinas, dropping massive amounts of rain, flooding streets, causing widespread power outages. charleston, south carolina, recorded its fi
in a defamation suit brought by two georgia election workers. political advisers saying giuliani was wrongly accused in the matter. up next, though, a civil trial that could see trump s former personal attorney held financially liable. joining me now from fulton county is blayne alexander. what more can you tell us about the upcoming arraignments and what this separate motion means for the trial as trump s attorneys, they re seeking to completely sever his case from the other codefendants. well, alex, let s start with the arraignments. we know that september 6th, next wednesday at 9:30 a.m., the former president will not be appearing before a fulton county judge. he s waived that arraignment appearance as is his right, and he s entered a not guilty plea, so that certainly answers a lot of questions we had as to whether or not we would see the same kind of extraordinary show of him coming down to georgia, going instead inside a courthouse, and facing a judge we will not see.