judge s gag order still in place, so he can t speak about certain things. he has to be so careful. that is so unconstitutional, in my opinion. we have first amendment rights. we have rights as attorneys. sixth amendment rights. those are all being violated, and he still wants to take the stand even though my advice is, at this point, you should never take the stand with a gag order. but he is so firmly against what is happening in this court. trump lawyer alina habba previewing the former president s testimony in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. now, it appears trump will be a no-show. we ll show you what his legal team is saying about the last-minute reversal, and who will take the stand. plus, the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. an area where the u.n. has warned about dire humanitarian conditions. it comes amid new reporting that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu no
the republican party slow march into autocracy, led by donald trump. the one day dictator wannabe. in a speech last night at the new york young republicans club gala, the gop front runner did not back down from his comment last week that he would only be dictator on day one of a possible second term in office. instead, he doubled down on it. baker today, in the new york times, he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn t say that. i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said, and you know why i want to be a dictator? because i want a wall, right? i want to wall, and i want to drill, drill, drill. reporter: for all the lying that he does, there is no reason not to believe him when he says he wants to be dictator for one day, what is unbelievable about it is that trump, who is not known for his restraint himself discipline, we only want to be dictated for a day. it is significant and disturbing escalation of rhetoric even for donald trump, becau
the humanitarian crisis worsens in gaza as the united states urges israel to do more to limit civilian casualties, but blocks a u.n. cease-fire resolution. former nbc news correspondent, martin fletcher, is here to discuss the latest in the israel hamas war. and courtroom clash. special counsel jack smith wins a key victory in special election case against donald trump, spelling out the evidence he plans to use against the twice impeached four times indicted on 91 counts, disgraced, former president. i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. with the iowa caucus is less than six weeks away, donald trump leading in the polls, alarm bells of another trump term and its implications for american democracy are growing louder. this week at the new imes issued this morning. a second trump presidency may be more radical than the last one. noting that the forces that somewhat contained his autocratic tendencies in his first term would, quote, all be weaker. a new special issu
politicsnation. tonight s lead, insecurity. right now, with liz then three weeks remaining in 2023, nation s security commitments hang in the balance. after senate republicans this week blocked a spending package that tucker s israel and ukraine aid with hopes of border security. the clock is running out to get something passed and then an election looms. and last, not republicans in georgia just gutted another congressional district led by a black democrat ahead of 2024. the democrat, georgia congresswoman lucy mcbath joins me shortly with reaction this week to what happened to her district and washington. just days after a mask shooting in las vegas. a kind of gun violence she spent more than a decade protesting against. we ll discuss that. later, i m joined by the eldest loving daughter of the late, great nelson mandela. here in studio. her new biography on her father looking at his human rights outcome from an internet angle. i ll ask her what she ate make of curr
here on the campus at unlv, students and faculty are still in shock after a mass shooting left three people dead. norah: the news from the white house, where do negotiations stand for another pause in fighting in gaza? congress opens an investigation into harvard, penn, and mit after their presidents testified about anti-semitism on campus. america s border crisis. we re there as migrant crossings reach near record levels. this is the breach in the wall that the smugglers have cut through, and this is what the border patrol is up against. the land here has blood, sweat, and tears of my ancestors. on this georgia barrier island, time, taxes, and zoning laws may have caught up with a piece of unique african american history. we have thrived and we want to continue to thrive but we cannot if it s snatched away. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and we have breaking news tonight. more legal troubles for hunter biden, president biden s son. hunter bi