Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
out and plays the blame game. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy at the white house with the executive level finger pointing over the border badge. aishah hasnie at the capitol as republicans, even some democrats put stop sign on the measure. we begin with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on the hill where the house could begin voting at any moment on blb to impeach homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. good evening, bret. no impeach cabinet secretary changes tonight. the house votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas. of the allegations lying to congress and failing to enforce the law. it s about the math. at least two republicans plan to vote no ken buck and tom mcclintock. mcclintock called impeachment a stunt. but we know that s not grounds for impeachment. this border crisis can t be fixed by replacing one left wing official with another. if the house impeaches, marjorie taylor greene will serve as one of the 11 prosecutors in a senate trial.
right now. good naming from new york. i m chris hayes. it is all about the clock and the calendar. that has been clear ever since the first criminal charges came down against donald trump last spring our justice system moves at its own speed. but there s a finite amount of time for the ex president to be tried and the 91 charges he now faces before voters go to the polls on election day. now of, course everyone knows this, and trump certainly knows this. it is why, remember, he announced his 2024 campaign for president all the way back in november of 2022. that was one of his first attempts to shield himself politically from the legal accountability that he knew was coming. and of course, since then, trump has been doing everything possible to slow down the wheels of justice. he is basically in a race with a very sluggish system, trying to make it to november 5th when he very well could be elected president again before justice can catch up and put him on trial. the goal is
headlines across the globe. what it means is that i m untouchable, you can t touch, me i m above, you which is embarrassing, frankly, simply doesn t stack up tonight, the race to get donald trump inside judge chutkan s courtroom. i think they have to find that section three applies to people who phone in and participate in insurrections. alex wagner on her exclusive interview with hillary clinton, plus if you tried to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, i will do whatever it can to destroy you. senator chris murphy on the republican sabotage of their own border bell. and alexander at costco court as on the chaos in the house and what all that starts right now. good naming from new york. i m chris hayes. it is all about the clock and the calendar. that has been clear ever since the first criminal charges came down against donald trump last spring our justice system moves at its own speed. but there s a finite amount of