Parties are headed in and how they will stack up this november. Consider the scores of down ballot races. Microcosms of a country at war with itself over its priorities and its politics. The Premiere Matchup in california, where leading the volatile u. S. Senate race polls moderate adam schiff against the Liberal Democrat katie porter and republican exballplayer steve garvey, who has surged in the polls, even while barely campaigning. In North Carolina, maga voters could elevate a trump endorsed Culture Warrior in the fight for governor. And one of the countrys few true battleground states. Texas voters, ground zero for what is increasingly the top Campaign Issue in the country. What to do about the border. And across the country, 115 congressional primaries are being decided as we speak. With democrats needing to flip just four seats to take control of the house. All of that providing valuable exit polling data, informing Campaign Strategies with extraordinary stakes that include the
the world on january 15th. seven days left before iowa, and the gop field is warning voters, your first chance could be your last chance. i don t think donald trump ultimately can win an election. these polls are garbage. if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, it s over, guys. reminding iowans, they set the pace. iowa knows how to do this. you tell the country where we should go. but did those warnings come too late to knock out the runaway favorite? we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. we have to put big numbers up, really big numbers. no one knows until the first ballots are cast, so with the days dwindling, now is the time for closing arguments. we have reporters all over iowa with what voters are thinking and the sharpest campaign minds on what the candidates are promising. what will work? this is how to win 2024. good to be with you, i m katy tur in for chris jansing, the iowa caucuses are one week from today. let us remind yo
it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, a decision that dramatically reshapes the future of presidential power in this country. the supreme court ruling donald trump is partially shielded from prosecution in the january 6th case. the historic opinion by chief justice john roberts. plus, the scathing dissent from sonia sotomayor, calling the decision a loaded gun that basically makes the president a king. plus, what this all means for special counsel jack smith and when now might this case finally go to trial. our legal experts are standing by. we re also getting new reaction from the trump and biden campaigns. how will today s decision impact an already tumultuous presidential race. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s get right to nbc news legal correspondent lisa rubin. give us the big picture, what this means for presidential power and equal responsibility under the law? chris, t
we have new polling on what that message might do with a key bloc of voters. plus, what a raging wildfire in california is warning us about this summer s fire season. and two days after the supreme court rules to make it easier to rapidly fire a gun, a man shoots nearly 30 rounds at families using a community splash pad for kids. nine injured, including children. some seriously. an 8-year-old boy who has a gunshot wound to the head. he s in critical condition. those stories in a moment. first, let s begin with politics. the new more aggressive strategy from team biden to go after donald trump as a convicted felon. the new $50 million ad campaign is going up in battleground states, framing the election as a choice between a convicted criminal, that s in a quote, and a president who is, quote, fighting for your family. it was juiced over the weekend as george clooney, julia roberts, jimmy kimmel and former president obama laid out the stakes for november. the next pre
and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga