from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with two major developments both of which could impact the election interference cases against donald trump. first up, we have the supreme court rejecting the special counsel s request for an early review of clumps claims that he should be immune from facing prosecution. a newly discovered recording of trump pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election. we are going to go right now to nbc s erin gilchrist here that the white house fourth. aaron, welcome. what does this mean for trump in the cases against him? alex, to potential impacts. hear this phone call could turn into damning evidence in one of the four cases against trump. now at the same time the supreme court could be just the kind of speed bumps the trump legal team could be looking for. reporter: the setback for government lawyers trying to fast-track the prosecution of former president do
Today were going to tell you about that, and if you cant win, change the rules. That is what republicans are doing to try and sway states in the 2024 election. Im ayman, lets get started. All right, mark your calendars. This week judge Tanya Chutkan set a date for trumps trial. We now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. If that does sound familiar to you, thats probably because youre familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any president ial 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, youve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. Thats 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 trumps lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced ex president could o
The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. If you love shakespeare, that passage might be on your mind because this week, we saw maga faithful republicans make the latest trump pilgrimage, showing felty at the trial of a man accused of Making Hush Money payments to stormy daniels, former Adult Film Star actress, to stop her from going public with their alleged affair in the 2016 election era. We saw these republicans, indoctrinated by trump, do this not once, not twice, but three times. Three times point monday, tuesday, and yesterday, three groups of the red tie brigade, most, members of the legislative branch of our federal government, skipped out on their day jobs to do Donald Trumps beatings and attacked this nations criminal Justice System. Weve never seen anything like this. While this Performative Display of devotion to trump is a lot of things, unethical, antidemocratic, demoralizing, and karen g, is also, and this isnt exactly a journalistic way o
That is our show for tonight, now it is time for the last word with my friend, good evening. Excellent show, nice to see you and have yourself an excellent weekend. Thanks, alex. Men at sometimes are masters of their fate, the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings. If you are a lover of shakespeare, that passage from Julius Caesar might be on your mind right now because this week we saw mega faithful republicans make the latest trump pilgrimage, at the trial of a man accused of Making Hush Money payments to the former star, Stormy Daniels to stop her from going public with their affair during the 2016 election. And we saw these Republicans Indoctrinated by trump, do this not once, not even twice, but three times. Three times. Monday, tuesday and yesterday, three different groups of the brigade, most of the members of the legislative branch of our federal government skipped out on their day jobs to do donald trump spitting and attacked this nations criminal J
Remember that we are actually all on one team. This is an intermural scrimmage. Were not democrats first, were not republicans first, we are americans first. We are patriots first. We all want whats best for this country. Good evening, words from president elect trump from secretary clinton and from president obama. A weve got much to talk about tonight. The race for president and the race for governor top the list, but there are others well also get to. Before we do, many have asked, how do we get here . How did he win . What did we miss . Well there is somewhat of a central theme, and for that, heres our Capital Bureau chief laura leslie. Reporter the Election Results show that democrat roy cooper won all the counties Hillary Clinton did, plus four donald trump. Coopers home county of nash, plus grantville, jackson and new hanover which was hit hard by the end of film incentives. Republican pat mccrory got a few less votes than trump in many counties, 63,000 votes statewide while coo