and i aced it. i think it was 35, 30 questions. and let me tell you, they always show you the first one, like a giraffe, a tiger, or this. a whale. which one is the whale? donald trump is again bragging about acing the dementia test. while claiming that presidents should have full immunity for any crimes they might want to commit. former u.s. attorney general eric holder joins me on that. and on a big victory in louisiana, where a new legislative map with two majority black districts is advancing in the state legislature. plus, with a border deal on the table, which senate republicans say is a great deal, trump s maga caucus in the house is saying no. because they want to continue to stoke fear ahead of the fall election. but we begin tonight with donald trump. the leading candidate for the republican presidential nomination telling americans very clearly that he should be able to murder and jail anyone he wants to, and no one should be able to stop him. not a single pe
most significant of our time. it s about who can hold office in our country. a foundational statement on what are the basic qualifications to be president. of which there are three. an american-born citizen, age 35 and older and not an insurrectionist. that question right now is how that last part, the shall not be a traitor part, is defined. as you know, colorado has inked their definition, kicking donald trump off the ballot there. now the supreme court is considering it, and trump s legal team is officially weighing in. they ve submitted their brief to the justices, warning disqualifying the former president from the ballot in colorado would result in chaos and bedlam, their words. the words in question, are all in article 14, section 3 of the constitution. a word salad of an amendment that was ratified in 1868 in the que, no personha be a l war. senator or representative in congress o elector of president and vice presidt or hold any office, civil or military under the un
governor ron desantis is wrapping up events in the granite states. nikki haley will hold a rally there tonight. donald trump is also expected to head to new hampshire after spending the day in court in new york. let s bring in former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. he finished sixth in the iowa republican caucuses. governor, i want to start with the fact that the democratic national committee put out a snarky statement about you suspending your campaign, saying this news comes as a shock to those of us who thought he already dropped out. a number of democrats said you were telling the truth about donald trump and standing up for democracy. i understand that president biden s chief of staff called you to apologize. well, that s correct. of course, i didn t pay much attention to what the dnc said, but it s actually gratifying to see a bipartisan rebuffing of this snarky tweet, as you say, or comment. to me, it just doesn t reflect the best of america whenever you have ridic
i would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win. chris christie drops out with no endorsement. anyone who is unwilling to say that he is unfit to be president of the united states is unfit themselves to be president of the united states. as the rest of the field panders to maga. don t just build the wall. bill both walls. anthony, you are fired. tonight, what christie s departure means to the race in our party led by an indicted front runner. sits here with a smug look on his face and runs away when it s my turn to talk. how the tent collapsed on the margaret circus, with congresswoman jasmine crockett, and george conway on how trump attorneys walk into a trap at a d.c. courtroom. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. a major development tonight in the race for the republican nomination. chris christie, the only candidate telling the truth about trump from the republican side and his attempted coup was
good evening, everyone, i m abby philip in washington. and i m kaitlan collins in miami. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. there is really in a way to overstate the importance of this day in american history. it is the very first time that a former president of the united states has been arrested and arraigned. this time, 37 federal counts of allegedly mishandling classified documents. but in typical fashion, donald trump is downplaying the severity of those charges that have been mentioned against, and calling them fabricated and quote, an evil and heinous abuse of power. returning tonight to his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, where we should note that there was an audio recording of him talking about classified documents while he was there two years ago. tonight, holding a campaign fund-raiser and addressed his cheering supporters with a litany of lies. we begin the coverage with evan perez, senior justice corresp