good day from msnbc reports. welcome to alex reports. i m christine romans in for alex today. we begin at a live look at the beautiful snow scene in pittsburgh new hampshire. the big story today, of course, as the countdown to tuesdays first-in-the-nation primary. it is a busy day for republicans as well as democrats making closing arguments for voters. they re nikki haley and donald trump are holding in-person events this weekend and new hampshire while rhonda santas is putting more of his chips on south carolina. from the democratic side, president joe biden is not on the ballot. his supporters are staging a write in campaign. his challengers, congressman dean phillips and author mary and williams are stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. nikki haley s camp just got some good news today. a new polls shows her as a republican favor in new hampshire a head to head general election match with president biden. trump is expected to win the repub
you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart is next, at its new time, six pm eastern. jonathan, i know you have the latest from new hampshire on the final stretch of the primary campaign, plus congresswoman becca balint on house speaker johnson is kicking the can down the road by keeping the government open. so you take it away. all right rev, thank you very much. crunch time. we are live in new hampshire, as nikki haley sharpens your tax on donald trump ew hampshire as nikki haley sharp in what coa make-or-break presidential primary for her. but with just three days to go, it could be too, little too late. under pressure, house speaker mike johnson may have to fight with frustrated far-right republicans to keep his job, after relying on democrats to keep the government open, again. for now. congresswoman becca with the budget committee joins me live to discuss the latest congressional can
with his attempt to win the nomination, the courts say his name belongs on the ballot. secretary of state asked the states highest court to review her decision to remove trump from the republican ballot. the same judge already paused her decision until the u.s. supreme court rules on a case out of colorado. joining the conversation is marc elias, founder of the democracy docket, he s also a partner. thank you for joining us and person. you have argued in front of the supreme court more than most people i now, except for neil i have had my few. i have won all of them. look, we re not going to step on the screen, but thursday, trump s team, there was illegal bridge out of the supreme court. his lawyers wrote about this disqualification effort. quote, they threatened to disenfranchise americans who promised to unleash chaos if other supreme court follow colorado s lead. what do you make of this legal argument? what do you think the supreme court is gonna do? i think that
hampshire s primary contest, where he was projected to finish while behind both former president, donald trump, and former u.n. he opted not to break the news on this stump before his supporters that worked for weeks to keep his campaign alive one way or another. instead, he ended his never back down campaign, that s what it s called on twitter, and through his support behind the man he has spent so many years working to emulate. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources, we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden, that is clear. i signed a pledge to support the republican nominee, i will honor that pledge. it s my endorsement because we can t go back to the old republican guard of yesteryear, are re-package form of corpor
in for ari melber. trump questioned by the attorney general s office for seven hours. transcripts of the deposition were released last year, but this is the first time we re able to watch the exchanges play out on video. headline-making moments like this when trump is asked about his role within the company since becoming president. i d rarely have anything to do with anything having to do with the company. i really wasn t interested, believe it or not. i was interested in solving the problem with north korea, which was ready to blow up. i considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives. i think you would have had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with north korea. i think you would have had a nuclear war if i weren t elected. attorney general letitia james claiming trump and his namesake organization inflated assets by billions of dollars, seeking over $350 million in damages. averdict is expected in the coming weeks. this case could effe