Challenged former President Donald Trump to join him for two president ial debates with new terms. Take a listen. Donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then he hasnt shown up for a debate. Acting like he wano debate me again. Well, make my day, pal, ill do it twice. Pick the date. I hear youre free on wednesdays. Joining us, monica alba and Vaughn Hillyard and amna nawaz, an msnbc contributor. So, monica, the president just accepted an offer. What is he now proposing . Reporter we understand that former President Trump has also committed to this date as well. Were learning june 27th will likely be when this debate takes place between former President Trump and President Biden in atlanta. It will be hosted by cnn, which Just Announced the terms have been agreed to in terms of, again, date and location by both campaigns. There is still a lot of open questions about some of the other components to a debate like this, which is taking place far earlier than other General Electi
Thanking for spending time with us. As mentioned you can find the entire full interview with robert f. Kennedy now. You can watch it for free on msnbc. Com ari. Or our youtube playist if you have any reason you want to watch it. If not, join me here tomorrow. The last word with Lauren Odonnell is up next. They want to keep me off the campaign trail. It is one of the many lies Donald Trump Tells me about his criminal hush money trial. It is a lie because there is always one day a week donald trump is free to campaign. That day is today. Wednesday. But donald trump doesnt have any Public Campaign events scheduled for his day off from court. Instead, he is spending the day at maralago. According to axios, quote, trump flew home to palm beach florida where he is expected to join supporters who bought at least 47 trump n ts at 99 each. According to a copy of the Dinner Invitation reviewed by axios. The Company Selling trump nfts isnt connected to his campaign. Last year, trump reported maki
Infighting on the right as tensions explode. And tonight, republicans have no clear way out of the mess of their own making. A new Government Shutdown threat just over a month away, and very real questions about funding the military and the war in ukraine. Already, as republicans are searching for a new speaker, the same magafueled turmoil that took down mccarthy is on display. Multiple republicans already announcing bids, including jim jordan and Steve Scalise. Some on the far right and Foxs Sean Hannity floating Donald Trumps name as speaker. One republican senator giving his gop house colleagues some advice. This ousting of Speaker Mccarthy and now we have a pro tem as speaker. I dont have a lot of advice for my house colleagues, other than this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Id also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Take your meds. Now, thats a republican senator giving that advice. Kevin mccarthy now has two historic bookends to h
Good morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Right now testimony has resumed in former president Donald Trumps new york hush money trial. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is back on the Witness Stand Being questioned by trump attorney boefy. Prosecutors wrapped up their questioning yesterday by asking about the tabloid purchasing the story of Karen Mcdougal, another woman who claims to have an affair with trump. Trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. Pecker testified about how trump sought to block stories that could hurt his campaign. With us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard outside the courthouse in lower manhattan, Glen Kirschner, former federal prosecutor and host of the Justice Matters podcast, Kimberly Atkins store, boston globe columnist and cohost of the sisters inlaw podcast, and danny cevallos, criminal Defense Attorney. Glen, kimberly and danny are msnbc contributors. Vaughn, what has been
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a deadlock in congress and a stalemate on the battlefield. the excruciating reality facing ukrainian president zelenskyy as he comes to capitol hill looking for help. could he wind up going home empty-handed? plus, a question the supreme court has never had to answer in the course of american history until now. can the former president face federal prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office? the massive stakes involved, and the new implications that the court could be ruling to decide things once and for all. and a new nightmare emerging in gaza. word that fully half of the population there is starving. the latest on that and new calls from the heads of multiple global organizations for the u.s. to step up and put a stop to, quote, the humanitarian nightmare taking place. i ll talk to one of the women in charge coming up. but we start with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy