good evening, i m jonathan capehart in for a stephanie ruhle. the breaking news this hour, the new york times is now reporting that trump endorsed a georgia senate candidate herschel walker, urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion, after he allegedly paid for that first abortion which was reported by the daily beast. walker has yet to respond to this latest report. and just a short time ago, the daily beast, added to the story it s been breaking all week. reporting that walker s wife reached out to his accuser earlier this afternoon, and nbc news tonight is reporting that walker is now confirming, for the first time, friday, the identity of the woman, and, quote, in a brief interview, walker said this was also the first time, who is the mother of one of his four children, mentioned to him or his wife that she had had an abortion. we will have more on this still developing controversy a bit later in the hour. but tonight, we are also tracking the very latest on the f
with the west with nuclear weapons. and order the mobilization of 300,000 russian troops to fight in his war against ukraine. speaking at a fund-raiser in new york, the president said this. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. we are trying to figure out what is food and offering where they find a way out? he is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. kennedy, what is your first response to this? do you think after 50 years of foreign policy and some of the mishaps we have seen him make that people may take a breath before they take all of this in? kennedy: i think the president should have taken a breath before he vocalized this set of talking having our diplomats speak with russian diplomats because that is the avenue these things should be addressed. if you are talking about an off-ramp which is what we should be talking about. we should be figuring o
but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for k gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running for governor and senate in that state. there, he was praised as the beast from the east, and the best governor we have in this country. gubernatorial candidate kari lake was downright giddy when saying that she had
6th attendee and candidate doug mastriano. all back in for the, desantis is bringing his far-right agenda to the classroom. the state telling educators what they must teach and what they are not allowed to say. tonight, part two of our special report. and democrats, hopeful as republicans run scared. new polling showing the gop is trump backed candidates could cost them a chance at taking the senate. republican strategist mike murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, a trump ally lindsey graham tells us he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term go
murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, trump ally lindsey graham is told he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with this story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is fending a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for key gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running f