Trace thank you, good evening, im trace gallagher. Its 11 00 pm on the east coast, 8 00 in los angeles and welcome to our special Super Tuesday Election Coverage, the biggest night yet in the race for the white house. Polls closing right this minute in california and utah but as it stands, as you saw, donald trump having a very good night. Already sweeping the majority of the states in place so far. It looks like about 11. We will get to that as the night goes on. After tonight, winning a windfall of delegates, the former president is expected to be a stones throw away from clinching the gop nomination. Meantime from the Nikki Haley Campaign, we are hearing crickets. We are now being told that she will not be making any public remarks tonight and of course if that changes we will bring you that. The president also not speaking. But we will be speaking for the next two hours. We have team fox coverage. Live at the Trump Campaign headquarters in florida. Bill in South Carolina with how n
Reporting on what the former first lady is saying. Plus, the major announcement shaking up the battle for the senate. And taylor swift getting political. Her super tuesday message to her 282 million instagram fans. Also tonight, the Plane Crashing in a ball of flames along a highway in nashville. Five people killed. Youll hear the pilots desperate call for help. The fiery explosion at a vaping Supplier Turning Canisters into flying projectiles. 19yearold Bystander Hit and killed about a quarter of a mile away. What caused it. The massive outage for facebook and instagram. What Parent Company meta is pointing to as the cause. The new cap on credit card fees from the Biden Administration, and now the industry is fighting back. And a piece of tv history on the auction block. How much did someone pay for the booth from the Series Finale of the sopranos . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone and welcome. As we come on the air tonight, it is super tuesd
And very nice glasses. Ill be back later today with kate bolduan, 04 00 p. M. Eastern for special coverage of Super Tuesday Inside Politics with dana bash, start right now on inside politics, its a tuesday to remember americans in more than a dozen states across the country are casting their ballots. This super tuesday, the decisions could end the primaries ease and then all but hand the republican nomination to donald trump, or a Third Straight election plus, is this nikki haleys last stand . Hes on the verge of mathematical elimination. So whats her next move and more importantly, where well her supporters land. And four years ago on super tuesday joe biden pulled off a staggering political comeback. This time, hes an incumbent president preparing for a rematch with monumental consequences, will look at Morning Sirens for both men with eight months to go until the General Election. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics first up is the biggest primary day of 2
Donald trump off of the ballot. Other states that were considering it, dont think about it. A unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court today to put the kibosh on that. Didnt put the kibosh on other cases that are developing as we speak. Im neil cavuto. This is your world with Shannon Bream on the significance of what happened today. Hi, shannon. Neil, great to see you. So yes, theres a number of controversies and cases the Supreme Court is dealing with this term that have the potential to impact the campaigns and the election. For today, a big win for the trump team for the former president. Heres a business of what the opinion said. Were treating this like the majority opinion. It says here, responsibility for enforcing section 3 against federal Office Holders and candidates rest with congress and not the states. Meaning none of the states can take this action. What we found out in this opinion is while there were no dissents, there was definitely a Division Within the courts. Other ju
greg: he s getting impeached for a border that s breached. the house gearing up for a vote on the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and we could get that very soon. republicans accused mayorkas of failing to enforce the law and lying to congress. while republicans blame mayorkas, joe biden is now trying to place the blame for his border disaster on, you guessed it, trump. joe is pushing congress to pass the proposed senate deal for border security, that, as of right now, is deader than a hair follicle on jesse s scalp. all indications are this bill won t even move forward to the senate floor. why? a simple reason. donald trump. because donald trump thinks it s bad for him politically. he would rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it. frankly they owe it to the american people to show some spine. republicans have to decide who do they serve, donald trump or the american people. every day between now and november the american people are going to kno