Thanks for having me. That is all in on this thursday night. Good evening, alex. Amazing, were talking about the word contraception as something thats being litigated in the United States of america. Were going to have more on that later on our show as well. Thank you, my friend. And thank you for joining me this hour. Today we got the news that Donald Trumps one criminal case, the one criminal case that was likely to go to trial before the november election, may be delayed. Manhattan District Attorney alvin brags Hush Money Case was set to go to trial on march 25th, less than two weeks from today, but now that date is in question. Now, trumps legal strategy in all of his cases has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably until the month of nevuary. But todays delay is not coming from trump, or at least not directly. Today d. A. Braggs office consented to a 30day delay in the start of trial, but not because d. A. Bragg needs another month. Theres a new trove of records tha
Give republicans minority control over Critical Issues like abortion. And the brawl on an alabama dock that launched a thousand memes. Why is this Fight Resonating so much and will the Folding Chair Wind up in a museum . We begin tonight with donald trump obliterating norms for his political and personal gain. Norms like rooting for your country on the international stage. Call it patriotism, fandom, however you want to characterize it, we generally root for the home team when american athletes compete abroad and we are sad with them when they lose. The defeats can be soul crushing, and a lot of stomachs churned on sunday when the u. S. Soccer team lost to sweden in the womens world cup. It was an agonizing moment for the topranked womens soccer team in the world especially when soccer star Megan Rapinoe missed a crucial penalty kick contributing to the loss and then Something Weird happened. Conservatives relished americas loss, expressing a maniacal glee over their and by their, i me
Eight state delegates. And the last time is or republicans have caucus delicate to delegates was back in 2012, but this time around they switched the partys president ial nominating system to caucus after failing to set up a primary during last years legislative session. The rest of michigans delegates, 39 and all, were also awarded to trump today. Amid a complicating and Chaotic Convention process. Well talk about that later. You remember trump already won this weeks Michigan Republican primary. But again, as i mentioned, it is complicated this year. Since republicans hosted both ab primary as well as a caucus. To award their states delegates. That, of course, is because the state of chaos and Michigan State voted last throw to move their president ial primary up to february but that didnt fall in line with what republicans wanted and certainly the Republican National conventions rolls. So local and National Party officials basically landed on this Hybrid Method that we are watching p
Trip of its leave. George conways gonna join us to break that down. Plus, your Information Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins us on set with a look at the president s and a Government Shutdown is just one week away, again. Republicans have a leadership problem, again. Congressman Gregory Meeks is here. Grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. Congress has an extra week to get its act together and fund the government. After President Biden signed a Stopgap Measure late yesterday, there is a major challenge to getting a larger funding deal across the finish line. That is republican leadership. House Speaker Mike Johnson is once again drawing the ire of conservatives for his in the Biloxi Two To Go she ate on their behalf. Over in the senate, Mitch Mcconnells announcement hell step down as a republican leader this november was already sparked infighting, as other top leaders jockey to replace him. Turning us now to discuss is nbc news congressional correspondent, and the pride of
. today marks an historic day at the supreme court. you re looking at some of the footage and some of the protesters there this morning. if trump s conduct for alleged engagement in insurrection bars him from the ballot as colorado has decided, that was the question before the court. the justices at times considered implications. home in a physical sense how the high court operates. the justices referred to that attack at times but careful to avoid pre-judging the other prosecutions from that day. they focused on this question if a state can respond to that attack by deeming a politician an insurrectionist and then booting him off the ballot. everyone realizing today the stakes are high. monumental day in judicial history. donald trump is now at the center of a u.s. supreme court battle. a legal case that could rock the race for the white house. voters in colorado sued aiming to remove trump from the ballot. the supreme court facing a major test. all nine of the