says you so much talk on tv, knows i love you. and then you re still no sir. it s a hair thing that gives it away. by the way, a muppet friend of ours, a mutual friend says hello. he knew i would be on today. so he s looking forward to spending some time with you at one point. i cannot wait, tell him i m really proud of how you continue to grow in your analysis, your hosting, your guest hosting, your weekend ensemble. there is nothing you can t do michael, see you soon. you ve got it my friend! respect, all right thanks to my friend michael steele. and were queuing the election music. because you know what time it is. we are on the eve of the big vote in new hampshire. this is the first primary of 2024. but this is also the first and greatest major disruption we have seen in the republican race. a primary that began with the former president running earlier than anyone in history. and facing those other candidates they spied on the big stage that donald trump boycot
msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton, thank you so much, let s begin this saturday with mifepristone and what happen now, supreme court i temporarily protecting acces to the most used abortion drug in united states two of the nine justices justice clarence thomas an samuel alito dissented friday, saying they would have allowed the original ruling, you know, the one by judge matthew kacsmaryk, to stay in effect which invalidated the fda approval of mifepristone this is thanks to the bide administration, the high court got involved in the firs place. this late quote, fridays stay sends long message to the lowe courts that scotus will no entertain the cynical attemp to impose new nationwide restrictions potentially even a ban o abortion if you feel like it is a littl too early to breathe a sigh of relief, well you would b right. mifepristone remains available in certain states wher abortion is currently illegal. that is until the fifth circui court of appeals rules o
way, while trump remains the top pick for republican voters. well, that s exactly right. the entire premise for everybody not named donald trump running for president now is that they are basically offering the republican base trump-ism without trump. we ve seen how unsuccessful that strategy is. 60% in the national polls, he s at an unprecedented lead in iowa, in new hampshire as well. as i ve said before, i still feel the same way. his nomination is over. the only person that can take this nomination away, alicia, from donald trump, is donald trump. but the problem is that right now, his candidacy is an ex-essentially tied event with his legal problems. in order for him to continue to raise the millions of dollars he s going to need for legal defense, he s going to have to continue running. so he s not getting out of the race, and right now, what we re seeing with vivek ramaswamy, it s the ban carson. there s always a new flavor of the month that gets a little
primary, and who the party and their voters are going t nominate right now it is, i guess you could argue, an open question. but poll after poll after poll not just in recent weeks but i recent months, there has been clear trend that if any of the flooded trump in the wake of the 2022 midterms, glut afte glut of them have come back to him. but when you talk about th elite operative class, and the elite republican donor class and the political class. they re of course has been ove at least the past year certainly more than that, gravitation towards desantis because they are 1000% convinced that, okay, he shoul be our guy because he is trump-ism without trump. he doesn t have the baggage or the relentless scandals or the ostentatious a list from lines of a donald trump. so let s make him our guy. they have spent months after months after months investin