Can virginia voters help her stop a trump Super Tuesday sweep and keep her in this race . Tracking the protest vote. How the president s handling of the war in gaza could affect todays primary in minnesota. And big clues for a battleground. Why the race for governor in North Carolina could offer a preview of the president ial matchup. Our nbc News Reporters are fanned out across the country as millions head to the polls on the largest day of voting outside of the General Election. And we start in california where high stakes swing races could determine the Balance Of Power in congress. What are you hearing there . Reporter weve moved to downtown los angeles. Its a big, big day for california politics, but not so big when it comes to turnout. Something we were expecting on primary day. Its going to get very dark because this is, Black Box Theatre here, but come on in. This is where the Polling Location is. Most of the people weve seen today come in and drop off ballots. California does
Friend, liz mac donald. Elizabeth thank you so much is, larry. Its good to see you again. Lets get right at it, bring in tom dupree and former doj attorney hans von spakovsky. Gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. First to you, tom, it got really heated in the closing arguments today to disqualify Fulton County t. A. Fani willis due to misconduct charges. Tom, where do you think it leads . Well, liz, today was an explosive ending to what has been an explosive proceeding. The testimony that we heard, the evidence that we saw was stunning. I think whats going to happen next is the judge said he wants to take everything under advise isment. Thats judge speak for he wants to look back over the evidence, the testimony and figure out what the law requires. Hes going to rend or a decision in about two weeks. My hunch is he was probably very disturbed about a lot of the testimony he heard both from fani willis, from mr. Wade and from the other witnesses because so much of what they said
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we start this morning off with a fox news alert, the u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. pete: the pentagon confirming strikes on at least 36 targets and more than a dozen different sites including weapon facilities, missile launchers and air defense systems. that s what we re today. while the british with military says it struck a ground control station near yemen s capital. rachel: the u.s. and coalition forces are putting out a joint statement saying we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. will: meanwhile, the houthis are vowing to respond saying, quote, the american-british aggression with against yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meters calculation wees calculation. pete: the
call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
welcome to a special edition of jesse waters prime time. i m will cain in for jesse. and we start with the fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shut down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6 case, handing trump a christmas gift. time jack smith. the overzealous prosecutor with the scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york will be taken off of the campaign trail again, meaning no rallies, no fundraisers, and will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday, when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy a