an autocrat facing dozens of ny charges with an ax to grind against the government he seeks to lead. that s a question that republican candidates are either unable to answer or unwilling to answer at this moment. there s now just one major challenger to ex-president trump after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump. it s hard to remember but for a time, ron desantis was seen as the much vaunted trump slayer, the one candidate who could break the hold on trump that he had on the voters in the republican party. appeal to those alienated by trump and ultimately beat joe biden. back in 2022, the new yorker asked, can ron desantis displace donald trump as the combatant in chief? the new york times asked, quote, is ron desantis the future of the republican party? but a las as it turned out, voters didn t want a trump alternative, they wanted trump. that became clear as his legal troubles mounted with every indictment the trump got stronger in the pol
careful of when we say she went back at him, because she was quiet and dignified, pushing back. but she said, you can t beat me up for not screaming. and the part that you quoted, came soon afterwards, she, said he raped me, whether i screamed or not. in other words, please stop going down this road. because you are trying to persuade people that something that i know to my core happened, didn t. on the basis of my not behaving the way you think a real rape victims should. and then her addressing the jury to say, he raped me, whether i screamed or not. some women are screamers, some women are not. lisa, thank you so much for the great conflict of this. we rely heavily of this, we rely on your analysis. we have an nbc analyst and legal and later. straight ahead, americas split screen analyst, on president biden launching his reelection campaign, in the other, trump attacking his political rivals alike. a lot has changed is the last time these two men faced off as candidate
groundhog day. tom brady announced he is retiring again. yeah. everyone got emotional watching the heart felt message. even bill belichick s shirt holes grew three sizes. brady is done in a related story. tickets to the buccaneers games are now free. that was funny. that s a good one about the groundhog day. i didn t think of that one. i like the belichick. clever there, jimmy fallon. i like the holes. good morning, everyone. we re going to speak with robert kraft a little later on in the show. we re in new york. kaitlan is in capitol hill. there is a lot going on there. the u.s. military signed a deal to ramp firepower on china s doorstep. beijing is responding. a busy day on capitol hill. the president is going to be arriving soon. he is facing a series of investigations, of course, into the documents or the investigation into his classified documents. and also standoff potentially that could tank the economy. we re going to talk to rick scott of the budget commit
it s debate week so we have james here, too. 30 second spin room then we ll let you go. since i have you both here what s key for debate night, nicolle? i just think people need to understand this has never happened before. it s a huge television event. it s a huge political event. the conversations we have every day with our viewers and brilliant people like james are not things a lot of americans going to watch in the debate are going to be tracking day to day. it s hugely important. huge opportunities for both men and huge liabilities and risks for both men. it s why people watch sports. it s why football is one of the top 20 televised large events because anything can happen and can be brutal. this is the political version of a big and important consequential football game. yeah, absolutely. i m going to get james response, but as a courtesy because i know how hard you work, two hours every day, but i m going to let you go and we ll do it on the program. nice to see