Now in West Virginia and maryland and in nebraska. West virginia polls are closing this hour where more than a half dozen republicans are vying for manchins open senate seat. Results coming in at the bottom of the screen and we will bring you any major developments as they happen. But, first, disorder in the court. Tonights angle. First, lets take some quick takes on the atmosphere in the courtroom today where i was. To give you a sense of what the g. O. P. Frontrunner has been dealing with these past three weeks, the air is musty, the floors are old tan brownley no yum and the bench is hard oak with a stress on the word hard. All right. Im no Body Language Expert and i could be wrong. My novice reading is there are at least two jurors and perhaps as many as four who will not vote that donald trump is guilty. Will vote not guilty on the evidence that was presented. Now, its hard for all of us, including jurors who have been instructed to keep their emotions in check to do just that, ri
Qunol. The brand i trust. On this new hour, how far will trump go to get some cash . His reported pitch for a quid pro quo with big oil companies. And trump has a nikki haley problem as the clock is ticking for him to name a running mate. And calling out republicans for giving more rights to appliances than women. Im aman moyelledy, lets do it. I made a pledge to your state, you have highest energy costs in the country. In the first year, they will be reduced by 50 . Because we are going to drill, baby drill. That was trump bragging about dismantling President Bidens green agenda if he wins a second term in november. Now his positions on Climate Policy are on sale to the highest bidder. A stunning new report by the Washington Post details a meeting at maralago last month between donald trump and about two dozen top Oil Executives. Dourg a dinner, one executive complained they spent 400 million lobbying the Biden Administration and had nothing to show for it. The president had still not
Good morning. It is saturday, may 4. I am Alicia Menendez with Michael Steele and Melissa Murray in for symone sanderstownsend. Donald trumps threats for democracy, saying he will fire attorneys who do not do his bidding. And the Biden Campaign on offense as the republicans further restrict report Reproductive Rights in the south. And hope hicks delivers potentially devastating testimony and the new york criminal trial. Susanne craig and katie phang at the table. More than six months until election day and donald trump is dangerously already refusing to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election. Pushing the big lie in an interview, trump said this about the 2024 race. Quote, if editing is honest, i would gladly except the results. If not, you have to fight to the right for the country. This is coming after speaking with Time Magazine and saying hinting at another january 6 would happen if he loses. Joining us now is former Executive Director of the New York State democratic
Thing okay, greg. Greg bye. Bret good evening. Im brett bay. Antiisrael protesters College Campuses clashing with Law Enforcement several locations again tonight this after police in new york forcibly evicted demonstrators from a Columbia University building overnight. New protests have begun at another new york school, an antiantisemitic, antiisrael protesters ucla in los angeles fought with projewish demonstrators who tried to tear down their encampment overnight. In the midst of all of this, very little from President Biden himself, his staff putting out statements answering questions about the president s relative silence on the issue. We begin tonight in los angeles with correspondent bill melugin at ucla. Good evening, bill. Bill bret, good evening to you. All classes here at ucla are canceled today after a night of violent clashes here on campus that went on for hours without any kind of Law Enforcement intervention and just moments ago, we heard from uclas chancellor who descri
from washington tonight. thank you as always for being with us. university of destruction. that s the focus of tonight s angle not colleges and universities raising money work to appeal to the donors, to the alums and the perspective students by talking about their mission and their core values. for me, they re our commitments to excellence, to opportunity, and to impact. those three together are really the ones that propel us into the future. laura: a commitment to excellence? literally, no one who saw her testify last week, who has watched what happened at harvard over the past 20 plus years can say that excellence conveys objective merit and we all see that the best often loses out to the mediocre and harvard at elsewhere because the best isn t diverse enough. internally to our own community, i see my role as being the person who is always looking beyond the horizon to what s coming but also what can be. and then figuring out how to ready the campus and the campus co