Well, we dont have a platform. We recognize that, historically in the Republican Party, all kinds of people have had different views on all kinds of important issues. But, there have been certain principles that are broader than particular issues where every republican disagreed and they dont anymore. This has been turned on its head. Just to give you one example, americas involvement in the world, peace through strength, we had a majority of republican members of the House Of Representatives who voted against aid to ukraine. In the very near future, no republican would have voted against aid to ukraine, i mean, we tried isolationism in the 1930s and it didnt work out very well. Now, republicans are saying, in essence, okay, Vladimir Putin, take it. You want ukraine, it is yours. Trump has said he would invite Vladimir Putin to invade nato countries. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan saying that . We have gone from mikael gorbachev, tear down this wall to Vladimir Putin, have at it. It is
Have seen in american politics. Expected it from matt gaetz but not the speaker of the house. We will talk about that and him on The Sunday Show tomorrow so i hope you dont beat me to it. Well talk about it a little bit because there is a lot to be said about it. But this was a low point i think for the republican party. But well see what happens next week. It could be lower than what we saw this week. Enjoy the rest of your night off. We wait to see if trump will take the stand in his own criminal trial. And a stunning new report shows the fall of roe has hit black women the hardest. Im ayman, lets go do it. This week, during two days of heated testimony in a new york courtroom, former President Trumps legal team followed a clear strategy. Attacking the credibility of the prosecutors star witness former President Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. Attorney todd blanche repeatedly grilled cohen on a pivotal phone call he claimed he had on the hush money payment. He testified he got ahold of t
President say, 100 of first female black Vice President s. Its important what he has highlighted. It speaks to a concern that folks have about the support of hbcus, 16 billion is not cheap. Simone, thank you so very much. Its a pleasure to see you. Catch simone saturday and Sunday Morning at 8 00 a. M. Eastern as she cohosts the weekend right here on msnbc. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news next. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, President Biden trying to fire up lagging support from black voters, speaking at the National Museum for African American history on the anniversary of the Brown Versus Board Of Education decision and facing an uncertain reception when he delivers the Commencement Speech at moorehouse. Sparks fly between Marjorie Taylor greene and aoc. How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person. Oh, girl, baby girl. The trump Hush Money Case moves closer to Closing Arguments and going to the jury, how much impact will the showdown between Donald Tr
Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. Former president Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial is off today, as the former president attends his youngest sons High School Graduation in florida. The day off comes after former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen spent another day on the stand being crossexamined by trump attorney todd blanche. Blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohens credibility as a witness, during questioning about a phone call from october 2016. More now from nbc news senior Legal Correspondent laura jarrett. Laura . Good morning to you. Michael cohen has been nearly unflappable on the Witness Stand as the defense tries to show this jury that he has changed his story about things big and small. The word lie used more than 50 times in court just yesterday. The jury may not remember every single defense attack line, but they only need one person not to buy his story. This morning, Donald Trumps hush money coveru
Applause today, and why he may get a different reception this weekend. And body shaming, iq insults, lots of people shouting, were not talking about high school. How a hearing on capitol hill turned into complete chaos. Our nbc News Reporters are following the very latest developments for us, and were going to begin with that new lifeline for gaza, desperately needed aid has started flowing in thanks to a temporary pier built by the u. S. Nbcs Josh Lederman is joining us with the latest on that. Give me a sense of how important the pier is to the overall effort of getting humanitarian aid into gaza. Well, it is so critical, alex, especially after aid stopped flowing into gaza on land via The Rafah Crossing after israel took over the gazan side of the crossing with egypt earlier this month. The pentagon hopes to bring 90 trucks of aid in a day through the new sea route, and ultimately, potentially, increase that to about 150. Really, that is just a drop in the bucket when you think abou