if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
good day from msnbc worl headquarters in new york welcome to alex witt reports i m lindsey reiser developing this hour, a ne poll suggest that donald trump s indictment may b causing political damage a majority poll think th former president intentionally acted illegally. 20% believe he did nothing wrong. now just 25% of will be 61%, unfavourably. earlier today, trump s lawye in another probe said th former presidents legal team will likely fight to dismiss the manhattan da s case. we ve been through this if there s an actual legal basis for disqualification they will pursue it. i think there will be some ver well placed motions to dismiss based on the legal frailties o this kind of mental gymnastics indictment that allen is tryin to piece together. new today, to tennessee state democrats could be on path to reinstatement this wee after being ousted b republicans. it comes as followed grows ove their obstacle shun, and despairing of their whit colleague for protesting g
mississippi, where he ll visit rolling fork. that s 1,200 miles from the courtroom where president trump is expected to be arraigned early next week. according to district attorney alvin bragg s office, we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his is your repbder to the manhattan da s house on supreme court indictment which remains under seal. details will be provided when the arraignment date is selected. since it is under seal, we do not know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating for alleged payments being made leading up to the 2016 election including $130,000 for stormy daniels. the president has denied any wrongdoing and has responded with outrage writing within a lengthy response, quote, this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. he also called da alvin bragg a disgrace writing he s doing joe biden s dirty work and the american people realize what the radical left democrats are doing here. trump s attorney s
neil: here we go. you are looking live at lower manhattan. quiet now. come next tuesday, likely anything but. that is when donald j. trump comes to the big apple for the big arraignment. what we re told could be a 34 count indictment. there he will be booked, read his miranda rights, fingerprinted and have his mug shot taken. he will not be handcuffed. an allowance for being a former president. regardless, it s a first for a former president or for that matter any president. a good time to talk to a former vice president. in fact, donald trump s vice president, mike pence. he s here. what he makes of this indictment. john yu on why so many counts to this indictment. charlie gasparino on how big donors are playing this indictment. historian dougly brinkley on how everything just changed with this indictment. first, fox team coverage with bryan llenas outside the manhattan da s office with the latest on the charges. jonathan serrie at mar-a-largo on how team trump is respondi
the public reaction to the pardon but also to wha preceded net the supreme court going essentially up against nixon directly on things lik the white house tapes which le to his resignation was the public reacting to those things in a way that showed him sympathy or inclination towards one side o another in those previou fights the country - one month to nixon resigned in august of 1974 he d been quite popular. his parole rating has droppe about 20 or 25% people were so angry. thursday there s some people who think that nixon and for made a deal where nixon woul leave office and fort wort respond by giving him th presidency some people even think tha ford russo frayed of what nixo might have on him or be able t retaliate and other ways they did this out of fear of nixon and wanted to make sur that he did not have nixon as dangerous enemy may be the bottom line is not like very bad people to be president. and if you do, make sur there s a big legal proces we re seeing i