capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
michael steele. these are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump s attorney and e. jean carroll s defamation case renewing calls for a mistrial. congressman jim hines is here to discuss the improving biden economy, and we are just 72 hours from primary day in new hampshire where the states could not be higher for republicans in for this country. grab your coffee, settle, and welcome to the weekend. we begin this hour with newly-released video from donald trump s april 2023 deposition and the new york civil trial trial against him and his company. during the interview, trump not only bragged about his finances and his brand, but also claimed his presidency save the planet from a quote, nuclear holocaust. you re too busy for the company? anyway, yeah. i can say, it another way of saying. it i was very busy. i consider this the most important job in the world, saving millions of jobs. i think we would ve had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with n
you re wonderful. you can be the strongest, most dynamic, successful republican and conservative in america, but if you don t kiss that ring, then he ll try to trash you. barely a week later, desantis kissed that ring. endorsing trump and putting an end to one of the biggest campaign failures in political history. leaving behind a trail of destructive policies in florida that he and his obedient republican legislature shoved down the throats of floridians, all to advance his personal political ambitions. meanwhile, trump is predictably birthering nikki haley who is now the only noninsurrectionist left in the republican race. plus, how the abortion issue continues to haunt republicans of roe v. wade, the landmark 1953 supreme court decision enshrining women s bodily autonomy that was killed by republicans. but we begin tonight with karma. you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around. all that good stuff. karma can be cruel, ironic, but it s always right on time. at
speeches and we get your votes and all that stuff. nobody has ever had to do this before. you know, people didn t do it before because usually candidates who judges say are rapists don t usually get this far, but what we found in iowa a couple nights ago was, well, iowa republicans that voted, those 14%, they like their presidential candidates that are called rapists by judges and they like their presidential candidates that steal nuclear secrets and like their presidential candidates that repeatedly defame women. now, you know, willie, i m new to this political thing. let me help you through this. you brushed me off yesterday when i fell off the turnip truck and i thank you that, right in front of an icy patch of snow outside of 30 rock. you dusted me off. that was nice of him. as we were leaving and going up into 30 rock. i was chewing on it. he explained politics to me. you need to hear it. willie, i still don t get it, though. like, this guy is complaining a
she goes around the edges, it wasn t the right president at the right time. that doesn t seem to be a response to him or insulting her. personally worse than that mike, she is not responding to new hampshire voters you know a hell of a lot more you reported on new hampshire primaries candidates, who are supposed to be surging dealt council debates, and refused to answer bogus questions you know joe, of all the primaries that we ve ever held whatever president you re talking about, new hampshire is still is always will be, fun. fun for the candidates. fun for the media, fun for the people. you can sum up the magic of the new hampshire primary, with one story. the late great, mo running for president, he s on the ballot with several of the democrats, the year with 76. he walks into a barbershop, he s shaking hands, a fellow says to him, he who says i would like your phone. the fellow says to him, i m thinking about it, i ve only met you twice. that is the way new hamp