Welcome back to the weekend. We start the hour with possibilities for donald trump. Just hours after posting a 91 million bond that does allow the defamation of e. Jean carroll. He may have defamed e. Jean carroll again. Too listen to what he just said said. I just posted a 91 million on a fake story, totally made up story. Think of it. none million. I could say things about what it would cost normally. 91 million. Based on accusations made about me about a woman, i didnt know. I knew nothing of her. She wrote a book. And when i denied it, i said, its so crazy, its false. I got sued for defamation. It is remarkable. Lisa ruben is here. It is remarkable because donald trump is donald trump. I want to start with this 91 million, which i think is pretty interesting. Andrew weisman, or friend noted in a tweet. 90 million down, 400 million to go, and the public has no idea who may have put up the money or provided a guarantee to support the bond. But one thing is sure. Trump is beholden to
10 00 eastern. Im ana cabrera with jose diazbalart bringing you special coverage this morning. President Biden Hitting the road today after a fiery state of the Union Address. This morning it is being called one of the feistiest and most political president ial addresses to congress in recent memory. The president warning of threats to democracy and freedom clashing with republicans in the chamber and taking aim repeatedly at his 2024 rival without once uttering his name. Now my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. Thats a quote. Its dangerous and its unacceptable. You guys dont want another 2 trillion tax cut . I kind of thought thats what your plan was. Oh, you dont like that bill, huh . My predecessor and some of you here seek so bury the truth about january 6th. I will not do that. Heres the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. [ cheers and applause ] and joining us now from the white house, nbcs aaron
Former c id. Cia director on a big moment. Were at the table as they consider footing the former president s legal bills. Welcome to the week. Outside of atlanta, donald trump will host a rally. Trump faces 13 criminal counts in Fulton County for his attempting to nullify bidens win in the state. Good morning to you both. Before we get to biden on the road. Lets talk about what biden did in the house. It was a moment at the podium. And mike johnson is what i do i do . What was your estimate of that moment. What did you think about the biden that presented and the biden that owned it . I talked to the Chief Of Staff on wednesday. I was a little nervous. He was like when it is a big deal and President Biden is going to do great. They felt really confident going in. And you can see why. It is an objective that President Biden went up there and ran the room like he wanted to like comedians on ticktock and instagram. He was doing his jokes. He wanted to go back and forth with them. He start
That does it for me. Thank you so much for the privilege of your time. I hope to see you later tonight on nbc nightly news. Stay where you are, the The Katie Phang Show starts now. I am katie phang , live from Telemundo Studios in miami, florida here is the week that was. The u. S. Supreme court today unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from their ballots. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. Racking up primary wins across the country from california to maine nikki haley said to drop out after winning one state on Super Tuesday. Budget and is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. I hope he does not. In february, 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol building, i said i would support former President Trump if he were the nominee of the party and he obviously will be the nominee of our party. I will leave the senate at the bottom of this year. In the bottom of my heart, thank you for
Have missed. January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try and stop us, specific piece of Domestic Business they did not like. Fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. They stormed the center floor. They tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the Vice President. They did this because they had been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry and lost an election. Former President Trumps actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Therefore, i am endorsing donald j. Trump. The one thing we cut off there, maybe its not fair is right after that, he broke into a rousing tune. Happy days are here again. It was like the 32 convention. I couldnt believe it. But yeah. A little discordant, song didnt go with the message. But you know, thats mitch. Mitch mcconnell there, that was in 2021. It was a month after j