politicsnation tonight s lead, the turnin point. right now, donald trump is huddling with his attorneys in florida. and getting together his defense for possible crimina indictment they could come as early a next week according to the new york times for people with knowledge of the matter have said, hi lawyers say they have no plans to meet with the manhattan district attorney s office after prosecutors invited trum to testify before a grand jury next week about the hush money payments majoring his 2016 presidential campaign to actor damage stormy daniels. years after and alleged sexual in a fair. which trump has denied former chunk fixer michael cohen, who served time i prison for charges relate to those hush money payments, met with prosecutors for the 20t and final time yesterday ahead of his grand jur appearance on next week. meanwhile, current trump attorney joe tackett pinot tol nbc news this weekend, his client is an extortion victim. and that neither of them believe c
politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
politicsnation tonight s lead, a study in contrast the new week begins wit even a clear contrast betwee the current democratic president joe biden, who returned to the u.s. yesterday after an emotional state visit to arland. and the current, presumed fron runners for the republican nomination next year former president donald trum and florida governor ron desantis, both of whom mad their appearances at the national rifle s annua convention this weekend. and in - biden showed poise and earne swagger, playing out in hi remarks and appreciation for the nation s embrace o progress and mulch louis cultural-ism, while here in ne york, his vice president and several cabinet members turned out at my national actio network convention to show unity and the commitment t racial equity he has staked hi administration on. but in indianapolis, both trum and desantis and their message play to a program on crouch, grievance and hostilit doubling down on the secon amendment rhetoric, even as
reality, already be a rematc between very familiar names. as a brand-new polling from nb news shows and suggests, despite being the current fron runners for their partie nominations, americans are not excited about the prospect of joe biden donald trump rematch next year. the good moves for trump i that nearly 70% of gop primary voters are rallying around him right now. in part because he is th target of multiple legal investigations that many republicans view as politicall motivated. for six in ten americans including a third of republicans, enough is enough. and they do not want to se trump in the white house again as for biden, seven in ten americans have the opinion the democrats do not want to see the president run again. what do voters want to see just over a year out fro election day and what does the presiden need to show them to close the enthusiasm gap i will ask msnbc host, joe scarborough for his take o this polling numbers and his recent trip to interview preside
mines. right, now i am grateful for a week of perspective. one that reminded me why i d what i do. tonight, my national actio network s annual conferenc closes out here in new york. as always, i had the pleasur of hosting some of the mos influential people in th world. most of them black from cabine members to venture capitalist. but i am proud to say th keynote speech yesterday cam from the most powerful black women in the world vice president, kamala harri who covered several topics but as casualties mount from recent mass shootings, she specifically address the impac of our gun culture has had o black immunities where gun violence is often commonplac but public sympathy is not often there. let s reject the fals choice that some are pushing t suggest that you are either in favor of upholding the secon amendment or you are in favo of passing reasonable gu safety laws. let us reject that false choice, we are not falling for the oke dokey. of course, the vice president sob