Nikki haley . What she needs to prove on Super Tuesday to stay in the race. And if she does not stay, will she abide by the rnc pledge to endorse the nominee . What shes signaling now. The rnc is now not the same rnc. Youre no longer bound by that pledge. No, i think ill make what decision i want to make. And what the u. S. Is now saying about the war in gaza. Could harsher words turn into a change in policy toward israel . Good to be with you. Im katy tur in for Andrea Mitchell. The Supreme Court just gave Donald Trumps candidacy a big win. In a unanimous 90 ruling, the justices declared stated have no authority over federal candidates, overruling colorado Supreme Courts decision citing the constitutions insurrection clause to disqualify donald trump from the primary ballot. Quote, Congress Rather than the states, are responsible for enforcing Section Three against federal Office Holders and candidates. Colorado primarys tomorrow during Super Tuesday and this decision secures Donald T
world, we know news organizations take on enormous risk when they publish things they know to be false. they risk their representations. in the rare instances where actual malice can be established, they also face legal exposure. this knowledge of falsity on fox s part was established through mountains of internal communications that prove that the producers, the executives and the anchors knew that claims of massive voter fraud were false ahead of time and they broadcast them anyway. the case dominion had against fox was so strong that by the time the trial commenced, the only thing the jury was going to have to determine was whether fox met that really, really high legal bar of acting with actual malice when it knowingly published falsities about dominion. now, as we all know, instead of standing trial, fox decided to settle for close to $800 million. what we know from that discovery process is dominion established from the top of that company to the bottom, from ruper murd
janelle buoy. good job, buddy. thank you for joining us this hour. this morning new york congressman and serial fabulist george santos surrendered himself into custody. congressman santos is now out on bail, but he has been charged with 13he felonies, and if convicted he canphasy up to 20 years in prison. and that s just for the most serious felonies. which ones are the most serious felonies, you ask? congressman santos had had so many scandals it would be genuinely difficult to talk about here. it s not about mr. santos inventing his entire résumé or about inventing spiderman, turn off the dark. it s a weird lie, or not even he was a college volleyball player or that his mother was in the southt tower on 9/11 or steali money from a veteran s gofundme, though the fbi is looking into that one, too. today is about how santos made his money. santos reported a salary of $55,000. by 2022 santos reported a salary of $750,000 a year plus a million dollars in dividends. he d some
to discuss his great brand new msnbc series celebrating latin excellence in america. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. all right, we start this hou with some major breaking news, just moments ago nbc new learned that the start of th trial in dominion voting systems civil lawsuit agains fox has now been pushed back one day. it will now start tuesday at 9 am eastern instead of tomorrow morning. now, the cause of the delay is unclear at the moment. that means that unless in 48 hours, dominion will finally square off in court agains fox. more than two years afte failing a 1.6 billion-dollar defamation lawsuit alleging th network knowingly aire disinformation about fraud i the 2020 presidential election dominion not only has to prove that fox made false statements which it already has done, but also has demonstrated actual malice and that those fals statements caused harm successfully suing for defamation in the united state is intentionally difficult the legal experts belie
letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noicolle thanks so much i m ari melber tonight we have a very big show, including an eye on that manhattan d.a. probe that may be closing in on president trump, and tonight in this life segment i will be including a major trump legal figure as my guest you re not going to hear that anywhere else right now because he s here sitting with me. the context is mr. michael cohen is heading back to testify again before this criminal grand jury tomorrow that s investigating trump. we know other trump aides, associates and allies have been there under oath that includes conway, hicks and others you see on the screen, which is an indication they are gathering evidence, that something is really happening. this is not about leaks, this is not about conjecture everyone from people in new york legal circles following this to trump s own lawyers see it as e