Trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 president ial election results. The paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. Nbc has not heard or verify the Audio Recordings. But its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. This afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the Election Officials were under pressure back in 2020. Theyre recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. It didnt surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. We knew as it was happening, its really, when youre up against the president of the United States, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our side, its really
good morning and welcome to the couch. you are looking at saint paul, minnesota. one of the two twin cities and to do my best steve doocy looks like 31 degrees there and mostly clear. a good morning for this time of year and so are we, carley. carley: it s nippy in saint paul. joey: is that what you call it? carley: a little nippy. are their mountains in minnesota? carley: one. is he going to quiz me on pooing toography? i draw a blank. joey jerry i don t know if there are a lot of mountains in the midwest. giant lakes. griff: i have been there and seen lakes i haven t seen the mountains. carley: it s 43 degrees here. so it is 12 degrees warmer here and very warm because i just turned on the space heater underneath this desk. sorry, joey, he hates when i do that. joe: he gets it so hot here my feet are burning up. griff: is that because you want caribbean temperature? carley: why would we talking about the caribbean. someone will be experiencing caribbea
castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, a break continues on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get rolling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what herenda says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, but look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why and immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over that republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge and the polls, her campaign
michael steele in for katie feng and jonathan kaye part. immunity insanity, special counsel jack smith fires back at trump s presidential immunity defense and the federal trial. our team at msnbc legal and political analysts are standing by to help us break it all down. looking at that this new 80 page court filing and how it impacts the 2024 race for the white house, ahead. taking aim, ukrainian forces strike back after russia s biggest aerial barrage since the war began nearly two years ago. the latest overnight developments coming up in a live report. security and celebration. police across the country are beefing up their presence on the ground and in the air to keep new year s eve party or safe. we are live in new york s times square where nearly 1 million people are expected to bring in the new year under tighter security. we begin with the latest on donald trump s deepening legal troubles in a new filing on saturday, special counsel jack smith urged the d.c. appeals co
that individual. there is plenty of? dna dna under her fingernails. we heard about the argument with the boyfriend. it sounds like somebody try to build now by. it s what it sounds like. you don t think this was someone close to her? no. i want answers. someone that could deal with this could hurt other people. if someone inside the bathroom? i just knew he was in the house. 9-1-1. what city? las cruces. november 2003. to them were barricaded inside their bathroom in las cruces new mexico and desperately calling on 11. what s your emergency? i think someone is trying to break into our house. what is your name? another. reporter: they had seen the intruder before watching them, lurking. waiting. anela? i need you to calm down, okay? anela? reporter: now he was inside the apartment they shared as cold roommates. you ll want to remember this 9-1-1 call. is the officer? they re because although no one knew it at the time. ma am?