something a more limited escalation from the east. he turned out to be wrong. the u.s. intelligence agencies turned out to be right. i think that s something he s going to have to answer for later in the war. those questions are already bubbling up into ukrainian society. so far they ve left it until after the war to have a reckoning on those questions. the showman, inside the world that shook the world and made a leader out of volodymyr zelenskyy. simon shuster, thank you for coming in this morning. that does it for us. on ana cabrera reports, donald trump back in a new york city courthouse. just moments ago the judge delaying this second e. jean carroll trial. it s on the day trump was possibly going to take the witness stand, now set to happen on the day of the new hampshire primary. the desantis departure. new nbc reporting on the final hours leading up to the end of the florida governor s president campaign. and then there were two. nikki haley finally gets
loif. again. the justices say affirmative action is wrong. the conservative majority s ruling will change how college admissions decisions are made everywhere. plus personal and pointed. the two black justices on the bench use their opinions to litigate a fight over the role of race in american society. and the ruling is making waves already on the 2024 campaign trail. president trump calls it a great day for america. president biden set to speak in minutes from the white house. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. the supreme court undoes decades of law and precedent. the justices today ruled to gut affirmative action, and it will scramble how colleges pick and choose who gets into their schools. it will also likely force students, especially black and brown students torks rethink where they even apply for college. i want to get straugt to jessica snider in washington. so jessica, this is a major, major ruling. it is. and at this point,
rubin will join the program. we will begin with e. jean carroll s testimony so far. today she told the jury one of the most powerful men on the planet assaulted her, lied about it and ruined her reputation. to have the president of the united states, one of the most powerful persons on earth call me a liar for if three days, 26 times, i counted them, ended the world i was living in. hateful messages popped up on facebook, hundreds a day and some using the very same words trump used to defame her, carroll said. all of it hd because trump lied about her. quote, he said i made up an accusation to sell a book. is a lie. she said i made up the accusation for publicity s sake. that is a lie. he said my accusation damaged the real victims of sexual sault, that is a lie. he said pple like me who make false accusations are very dangerous and on very dangerous territory, that i shouldn t have done it for the sake of publicity. that is also a lie. her attorney asked her, have you paid d
[ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. . four days until the vote in new hampshire, why the outcome there could be quite different from iowa. plus. she would not be able to handle that position. she would not be able to handle the onslaught. donald trump worried about nikki haley? could she turn third place into something bigger on tuesday? and. he doesn t want to be the next herbert hoover, as i he would him, he s already hoover. joe biden on the attack, taking the former president to task for saying he wants the stock market to crash. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt, it s friday, january 19th. happy friday. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington, and 5:00 a.m. in new hampshire, where donald trump, nikki haley, and ron desantis are all on the ground today trying to make the most of the four days that are left until the state s first in t
he understands the role of attorney general is to serve and protect the people of the united states, and that is exactly what he will do and do better than anybody else can. jeff sessions was a disaster as attorney general. he s not qualified. he is not mentally qualified to be attorney general. we hope bill barr going to be as good as we think because he is a great gentleman, a great man. by the way, when bill barr, who is a coward. you know, bill barr was a coward. he didn t do what he was supposed to do. i fired him, and he has great chairman. for the joint chiefs of staff, general milley will serve as my top military adviser. i have absolute confidence he will fulfill his duty with the same brilliance and fortitude he has shown throughout his long and very distinguished career. he was, frankly, incompetent. the last one i d want to attack with as my leader would be milley. general kelly has been a star. he s done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a g