Today. Nuclear. Did you see maduro, venezuela unbelievable. Even argentina, they went maga. You know, argentina, great guy. Were a recent that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia will be oh. What . Donald trump slurring his words once again, and unable to remember who the current president is. Displaying his cognitive unfitness just in time for the Supreme Court to hand him another big victory on his way to the republican nomination. Also tonight, trump left highly sensitive classified documents unprotected behind a cheap Shower Curtain in his bathroom at maralago. Now, as the likely republican nominee, were facing the scary prospect that he could start receiving classified briefings again. Plus, after calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, Vice President Kamala Harris meets with netanyahus chief political rival. While trump says very little about the situation in gaza. But we begin tonight with todays date, march 4th. Today was supposed to be the first day of Donald
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
Have you heard of the Rosemary Woods stretch . It is named after this woman, Rosemary Woods. The longtime secretary of richard nixon. Woods became her career with nixon in 1950, went long before his time with the white house. She was so close to the family the nixons daughters referred to her as aunt rose. In 1974, route woods was thrust into the National Spotlight during the watergate scandal when investigators discovered a Mysterious 18 and a half gap on one of the tapes handed over from the nixon white house. The tape was believed to contain a conversation between president nixon and his Chief Of Staff three days after the watergate breakin. Woods took responsibility for that gap. She tried to explain it away as an accident. As she tells, it she was simply transcribing the tape at her desk when the phone rang. As she reached for the phone, she mistakenly struck the wrong key on the recorder while her foot was on the machines pedal. The motion ended up somehow destroying the tapes co
good to be with you, i m katy tur. it is getting spicy inside a new york city courtroom where the judge overseeing the second e. jean carroll defamation trial against donald trump is forcefully admonishing his lawyer lawyer. and it s clear he does not like what he s hearing. reporters inside the room say trump has slammed the table with his hands and ranted loudly enough for the jury to hear saying things like now she seems to have gotten her memory back. and carroll s statements are false. he said this as the jury was being dismissed, and quote, this is really a con job. judge kaplan was not having any of that and on his second warning, he told donald trump he might have to consider kicking him out. i understand you are very eager for me to do that. to which trump put his hands up in the air and said i would love it. i would love it. i know you would judge kaplan said back because you just can t control yourself in this circumstance. you just can t. it sounds like an episode
the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh