Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, along with alex wagner. And we are both here, for msnbcs special coverage of yet another primary night in america. This one in the electorally crucial state of michigan. And as of right now at this moment, eight pm eastern, polls have closed in nearly all counties across that state, other than a few in michigans upper peninsula, which will close in an hour from now. So were going to start getting results coming in, basically any second throughout the next hour. And of course, if we have that, weve got have Steve Kornacki here at the big board, ready to break down the numbers, as we have them in realtime. Along with our team of excellent reporters in michigan, to also give us the latest from there. Both the republican and democratic primaries are going on today, and the contests are interesting for a number of reasons. Not for the usual reason, which is suspense about who will win. Neither race is actually expected to be all that competitive,
Outfront. Next we are following several breaking stories this hour, the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on whether trump is immune from criminal charges related to january 6, its the heart of trumps defense. Is the dojs case now in trouble, also breaking right now, trump on the hook for 454 million. The clock is ticking because a new york court has just ruled that he cannot get out of putting up the full amount trump is saying he does not have the money, will give all you the details. And inside putins decision to use Nuclear Weapons, the Financial Times tonight, obtaining secret russia intelligence documents showing putin could resort to using nukes just to stop quote aggression. It is a stunning report reporter who broke it will be outfront. So lets go so good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News, the Supreme Court takes up trumps case, the nations highest court tonight saying justices will hear trumps argument that he has absolute immunity for crimes he alle
At this time, nbc news projects that donald trump will win the Michigan Republican primary. That is our election projection, donald trump, the projected winner of the michigan primary. Nbc news can also now project that President Joe Biden will win the Michigan Democratic primary. Again joe biden projected winner of the Michigan Democratic primary. Lets head over to steve kornacki, who is where he always, iss post of the big board. Steve, what are the latest numbers . Here you can see, as you have been falling for the last hour, the story has been the difference between the polls being opened and closed in michigan. Its dire menominee, together 0. 5 of the state folks. Everything else has been closed for an hour, but none of the wisconsin Border Counties are closed, we can make that projection. But it has been evident to you if youve been watching for the last hour whats been happening here. And one of the things is as more vote has been coming in, it was initially very concentrated ri
While that case moves forward, the others not so much. The federal elections case brought by special counsel jack smith suffered a huge setback this week when the Supreme Court stepped in and delayed the start date of that trial. Potentially pushing it back until after the november election, which leads to other trials. Today we got significant updates on both of those cases. Today in florida, for the first time ever, both donald trump and jack smith were in public court together. For the case over trumps handling of classified documents at maralago. Among other things, they were there to discuss when trumps trial in that case would begin. The special counsels team requested that the trial begin july 8th, giving them sufficient time to complete the trial before the election. Trumps team begrudgingly suggested the trial could begin august 12th, which prosecutors were quick to pounce on, saying one thing the parties agree on is that this case could be tried this summer. Trumps lawyers we
Lesson about democracy. We thought it was an Important Note to end the week on. Sometimes we think the system isnt working, but its important to keep that struggle in mind. Thank you for doing that, we will pick up exactly where you left off. Have a good weekend. Have a good show. Rachel without putin. That was one of the chants shouted by the people who Alexei Navalny, thousands of people who knew that they were risking their freedom, possibly their lives to say that. Alexei navalny who was harassed, poisoned imprisoned, and ultimately killed is proof of what happens to those Who Defy Putin and russia. Navalnys widow yulia and their two children did not attend the funeral because of fears of their own safety, Russian Police patrol the funeral, they stopped mourners from entering the church, unable to view, as you saw the open casket where navalnys body was covered with Red And White roses. The New York Times reports that Cell Phone Service in the area had been reduced to the lower ban