machine, according to their report. and the 2020report. four gop field got even bigger. both former vice president miker pence and the very unpopular former new jerseyt governor chris christie. i think he left office with about a 14 percent approval rating in his case, ra. have now entered the race. we have full analysis of all this straight ahead tonight. but we begin with this foth w news alert. sources have now confirmed te to fox, the doj special counsel investigating former president trump s handlingg fo f classified documents has now convened a second grand jury, this one not in d.c.fl, but in b south florida. e samethat would be the same dia where mar-a-lago is and based on what we are hearing, the special counsel is now poised to wrap uiseded tp that . and there are many reports thatb charges could, in fact,e be imminent. at the very same time, we are learning that in an indictment against hunter, biden could also be forthcoming. but don t expect expect hunter s
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against florida governor, ron desantis. he tried to stop him from making matters worse. it is not the only lawsuit that the florida governor is facing. how much legal trouble is he in? later, another trump rally, another not to qanon. we will show you what happened when trump took the stage last night in north carolina. it is what appears to be the ramping up of his support for the far-right conspiracy theory. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. the january six committee just scored a legal victory in its investigation of the so-called, alternate electors. we re just a few days away from the committees next and potentially final public hearing. we begin our morning with msnbc capitol hill correspondent allie raffa, with the latest live for us in washington d.c.. good morning allie. good morning katie. yeah, the general six committee says that it s next. and the numbers are containing, probably last year, our convening on w
really not lifting sentiment much because even if you are seeing some relief at the pump, which most americans are, you re not seeing it anywhere else. we re not seeing it at the grocery store, not seeing it practically anywhere else in your day, and that s reflected in the latest reading. americans remain quite sad about the state of things. but we also keep buying things. so is this retail therapy, is it something more nuanced? what is it? i think it depends on who you re talking about. we got retail sales data which shows a better than expected jump of consumer spending of 1%. the expectation heading into this report was an increase of .8%. but what you have here is a tale of two consumers. for americans who can afford it, who are still sitting okay financially, they re still spending. they re shifting where they re spending to services and experiences. for folks, however, who are struggling with inflation right now, they are shifting their spending. they re spendin
found the saudis to be dishones t and duplicitous. and i find them to be a fairweather friend of america. ant s thina s in their bes interest to align with china as they re currently doing ,. they do it. i don t i don dot liken t li tht all. i think the pga gave in because mone they thought they were going to lose and it was too much money on the table. thoughts? welly whatppened, that s exactlt happened. the fact of the matter is cern,, as far as i m concerned, they came to their senses, even though germany and the pgatha co commissioner said one thing monthsmmissiid one go and comply reversed course. comp i did ttainly going to applaud him for it, as i dido this morning, offer his take on espn. here s the reality here s the oftes the situation. the united states government does businesment s with saudi arabia for billions of dollars. is a nine billion dollar surplus for the government. in 2019, they did over one hundred thirty eight dollars billion in sales and goods wents and good