Alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. We begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. His legal team has six hours to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. The request for a special order came after the doj said trumps social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Campaign called the postpolitical speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the Special Counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian and tali farh
On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for
Aide is at a florida courthouse, potentially to go before a grand jury, investigating trumps handling of classified documents. Overseas, pope francis in the hospital and scheduled to undergo surgery. What we know about his condition. Back at home, another Mass Shooting, this time outside a High School Graduation in virginia. And we are Just Moments Away from yet another republican officially entering the 2024 president ial race. It comes just hours before former Vice President mike pence does something that hasnt been done in more than 80 years. And we begin with Breaking News on the investigations into former President Donald Trump this morning. A key trump aide who runs a protrump super pac entered the federal courthouse in miami to potentially testify before a grand jury Hearing Evidence in the investigation into trumps handling of Classified Information. This comes as two people briefed on the matter tell the New York Times former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows testified b
right now on ana cabrera reports, new heat in the race for the presidency this morning. president biden heading to michigan today for his first visit of 2024. the high stakes for him in that critical battleground. plus, fresh polling out of south carolina bringing new warning signs for nikki haley as she and donald trump wage war for campaign cash. also ahead, breaking news from the pentagon this morning, defense secretary lloyd austin set to have his first news conference since the controversy over his resent hospitalization. millions under flood watches bracing for the pineapple express. the atmospheric river that could dump up to 10 inches of rain on california. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with a flurry of new headlines in the race for the presidency. president biden making his visit, the first one of the year to the key battleground state of michigan. he ll meet with the united autoworkers union following their recent e
can nikki haley pull off an upset and prove that she insisted this primary isn t a coronation of donald trump. or will trump win new hampshire and win big as he signals he s ready to move past the primary and on to the general? and i think one person will be gone probably tomorrow. and the other one will be gone in november. our goal is to be stronger than we were in iowa and then keep going to my sweet state of south carolina. so the focus is you just keep going and you keep building. let s keep in mind we don t do coronations in this country. thank you so much for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we have special coverage of the first in the nation primary, the first big one on one contest between donald trump and nikki haley. right now, the polls are open across new hampshire, where voters are fiercely independent and tough to predict. haley stopped by a poling location in hampton this morning alongside her governor chris su