shannon: political firestorm igniting just a month before super tuesday capping off a week of wins for chief rival former president trump. it up biden department of ingested liquor could show off the hook for some of his very egregious crimes. quick to the president s attorney general -based pressure over his appointment of a special counsel? the way the president s demeanor in that report was characterized, could not be more wrong on the facts. and clearly politically motivated because he will get reaction to all of this with republican senator tom cotton democratic congressman adam smith. then, israel prime minister order to s military to come up with a plan to evacuate more than a million palestinians sheltering in the southern gaza city have been expected ground offensive rigorous military operations would be a disaster for this people nuts on something we would support groups will speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu live. plus, in congress a bitter b
justice. plus, joe biden s primetime punch. the president tonight will use a national address to warn republicans are actively working in his view to undermine american democracy. and sarah palin loses in her alaska comeback attempt. a democrat won the special house election. so did advocates of what is called rank choice vote. a first for us, though. a court showdown next hour over the fbi s search of donald trump s mar-a-lago. the justice department says it did everything by the book and that its investigation should continue full speed ahead. team trump, though, is objecting and asking a judge to name a special master. that s an independent third party to review the materials taken from the former president s hotel, home and office. the hearing is before a trump-appointed judge who is already on record leaning in favor of a special master. team trump last night responded to a detailed government filing asserting that trump had no standing to ask for a special master and as
and we might see that same strategy in other states as well. a key point politico has a very smart piece there. first i want to show you a map. since the dobbs decision, since roe v. wade has been wiped out. a number of states had trigger laws. other state legislatures have moved to pass additional restrictions. so now you have this argument not just in governor s races, not just in congressional races but there s a democratic group that raises money for legislative candidates saying this is essential. i just want to read this. if we continue to ignore this level of the ballot, meaning legislative races, devastating consequences. state legislative races. jessica post who s the president of the democratic legislative campaign committee. it does remind you that because of dobbs this is a state by state decision now so those the governor s race yes, critical. legislative races equally so. democratic voters are learning how key it goes to pay attention to the downballot races, how