you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart is next, at its new time, six pm eastern. jonathan, i know you have the latest from new hampshire on the final stretch of the primary campaign, plus congresswoman becca balint on house speaker johnson is kicking the can down the road by keeping the government open. so you take it away. all right rev, thank you very much. crunch time. we are live in new hampshire, as nikki haley sharpens your tax on donald trump ew hampshire as nikki haley sharp in what coa make-or-break presidential primary for her. but with just three days to go, it could be too, little too late. under pressure, house speaker mike johnson may have to fight with frustrated far-right republicans to keep his job, after relying on democrats to keep the government open, again. for now. congresswoman becca with the budget committee joins me live to discuss the latest congressional can
the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now in a
but some hard right republicans are poised to stand in the way. house minority leader kathleen clark joins me to talk about what the heck is going on. and on this mlk holiday weekend, my emotional conversation with former attorney and speech writer for dr. king jr.. misses most about his dear friend. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. we are in the home stretch. in 26 hours, republican caucus goers and iowa will begin choosing their nominee for the white house in the first major contest of the 2024 presidential election. right now, the candidates are spread across the state, making their closing pitch to voters. gop front runner donald trump addressed his maga supporters at an in-person earlier today. at this hour, holding a tele-rally after canceling his in-person events due to extreme weather conditions. three other candidates are also raising to the finish with campaign events later this evening. iowa republicans will be participating and one of th
defense lloyd austin after austin failed to tell the president that he was in the hospital in intensive care and temporarily off his job. days after the revelation we still don t know why secretary austin was hospitalized in the first place. leaving this hour, president biden goes to south carolina bringing his campaign back to the state that he hopes can save him again and he went to emanuel church in south carolina, that was the site of the 2015 shooting fueled by white supremacy. his speech interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in gaza. ceasefire now! you hear the crowd afterwards, folks tried to drown out the protesters by chanting four more years. there was nothing subtle about the contents of president biden s speech in an attempt to tie the ideology behind those racist murders in mother emanuel church in 2015 to donald trump and the maga movement. a mob attacked black officers, black veterans. maga republicans led by a defeated president is trying to
this is dateline. the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together, we were always together. our kitchen back door was opened and the glass was broken. i need an ambulance now. my wife, oh my god. it was him who found her. i said i don t know how to handle that. i wish i could ve been there to protect her. a wife murdered, and later, a husband under suspicion. he was such a nice guy that you would ve never guess that he would ve done something like that. you think he faked that burglary and killed his wife? yes. he wanted the house, he wanted her money, and if he divorced her, he would lose everything. in court, a stunning verdict. this could not be happening, i did not kill my wife. but more stunning still was what came after, a mysterious witness with a secret. this is a woman who essentially says i saw the murderer. and it wasn t tom folly. would her story be the ultimate twist? hello and welcome to dateline.