SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
Money. He has a long history of allegedly not paying officials where trump holds he rallies. To quote wall street journal, hes left a trail of unpaid bills in his wake, but theres just some you cant weasel out, at least without posting a massive bond first. Thats a lesson donald trump is learning the hard way, when it comes to the 464 million judgment in the Civil Fraud Case brought by tish james. With a deadline looming, today trumps lawyers said its not going to happen. They claim are Feigneding Insurmount appear difficulties, calling it a, quote, practical impossibility to get a bond for that amount, says trump went to four brokers, and everybody turned him down. Its a scenario new York Attorney general tish james saw coming, and shes absolutely clear on what shes prepared to do if and when trump comes up empty. If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, a Judgment Enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will have the judge to seize his assets. W
Bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And with donald trump strapped for cash, the New York Times is reporting he met with the worlds richest man, elon musk. Did the man behind the book Think Like A Billionaire convince this billionaire to help him out . Plus, what this epic rematch means for Down Ballot Races including control of congress as Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell endorses the former president. Weve got all of that coming up. But we begin with the next critical 31 hours for president joe biden, now putting the finishing touches on a speech hell likely have the biggest audience between now and november. The State Of The Union is tomorrow night, and its right on the heels of donald trump becoming the Presumptive Republican nominee. The president is expected to contrast his vision for america with trumps apocalyptic view. They want open borders, and open borders are going to destroy our country. We need borders and free and fair elections. Our cities are
Nominee. How it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. And the record busting billions that president ial campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. Can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise . Msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. We start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didnt want. Joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. To candidates, older than any in history, both extremely wellknown yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their partys nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. Trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her Campaign Congratulating but not endorsing trump with a warning that seemed to directly target him. Our c
doubled to 28%. and in ohio, more than one in four is chronically absent, and the lawmaker insists it s worth the cost of the payments. fit works, it s a win-win, changing the culture of attendance. if it doesn t work, we need to be trying other things because this is an emergency. but critics, of course, say paying parents for school attendance is like paying someone to obey the law. this is just a state bill that s been proposed. it still has to go through committee. unclear whether it will actually pass, john. back to you. john: sounds like the slippery slope there that you just articulated. almost makes you want to go back to school. now this. one aspect of the plan to stop the houthis is have china pressure them to stop. does the administration have any indication that china has sway with the houthis and interest in applying such pressure? china has influence over tehran, in iran, so what we have said we would welcome a constructive role by china. using the inf