now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the major twofold test for president biden as he travels abroad but with big political implications back home. can he showcase unity among western allies over the wars in ukraine and gaza while u.s. voters are increasingly skeptical, and how much will the push to preserve democracy really resonate come november? plus, more high drama in delaware as hunter biden s ex-wife takes the stand in his federal trial, what she just finished telling the jury, her brief testimony under subpoena including talk of drug paraphernalia, rehab, and infidelity and whether it s likely to help or hurt her former husband s defense. a pair of critical races taking place 2,000 miles apart, but providing new clues to one of the most consequential political questions of 2024. will democrats hold on to the senate, or can republicans take it back? we ll break that down in the senate contests in montana and new jersey
so look, the sources that we re talking to at least five of them are telling us that vetting materials have been set out to top contenders. we don t know the exact last of who these have been sent to, but they have been sent out. that was a big part of the process moving on. as the trial came to a close, the search heeded back up again, and if you remember, the trial has also been kind of an audition of sorts for these contenders. you ve had people who were interested in this position, or even in cabinet positions showing up in front of the court supporting the former president on social media, doing the media circuit as surrogates for the former president, and these four men have been prominent on that circuit. doug burgum, especially has been spending a whole lot more time with the former president and the sources that we re speaking to say, yeah, it s really been honed in on these four men, with always the caveat that it s mr. trump, the former president, a
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came forward to hurt my campaign all of these liars will be sued after the election is over if they can fight somebody like me who has unlimited resources t they can do to you trump became sort of a hood ornament for male entitlement. he sent his wife melania out on a media circuit to defend him. she claimed women approached trump with inappropriate stuff all the time, and didn t they know he has a wife how dare they. amazingly, shockingly none of this stuck to trump. he used his money and accusations to sweep this under the rug and move along and used his bully pulpit to warn, hey, guys, this could happen to you, too if i go down for this they will come after you, too. and apparently this all worked he won the presidential
representative is in the middl of your screen right, now as we know, he s in memphis, in his home distric preaching at a church. a lot to follow. obviously, those two lawmakers have said that if they are reappointed, they ll take thos jobs back. they ve been very outspoken, they ve done the media circuit we heard them earlier this morning on the political tal show, and are chuck taught o meet the press managed to spea with those lawmakers he said, he dug deeper about the culture of the tennessee state legislature. here is what he told them. take a listen. representative pierson, d you feel like, you ve been jus elected to the state house did you ever feel welcome, o did you feel unwelcome when yo got there? yeah, it is always been a toxic work environment to work in the tennessee state capital when you have people who mad comments about hanging you on tree, and hanging black people on a tree as a form of capital punishment when you wear a dashiki on the house floor, and a member ge