defeated confederates couldn t accept the verdict of the war. they had lost. so they say they embrace what s known as the lost cause, a self-serving lie the civil war was not about slavery but about state s rights and they call that a noble cause. that was a lie, a lie that had not just a law lie but it had terrible consequences. it wrought on jim crow. president biden yesterday in south carolina condemning white supremacy at the site of a deadly race related mass shooting back in 2015. the president s campaign creating a clear contrast between the words and actions of his potential opponent in 2024. speaking of the former president, we ll get expert legal analysis on a key hearing today for president trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. also ahead what investigators are learning about that alaska airlines flight that had a section of the plane break loose while mid-flight. good morning and welcome to way too early on this
and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s
i did i have a conversation with paul about cash? did you talk to him about cash and a problem with his tail prior to going down there. did you have any knowledge of that prior to going down there? i m not sure. as i sit here today i don t recall that but i don t i don t think so. when you first arrived in the golf cart where did you pull up to? i pulled up right where maggie was. which is where? she was standing in the spot where she could see in between the chicken coop and the storage room of the kennels. where the dogs were back up in the planted pines behind the kennels to the left of the chicken coop. and what did you do after that? i went back to the house. no, you pulled up, get out of the golf cart. when i pulled up i stayed on the golf cart. how long did you stay on the golf cart? however long i was down there. i got off to take the chicken from bubba? how long were you down there before you took the chicken from bubba? a very short t
[applause] i intend to get it done, more than a sami asked a simple question. are you with me? [applause] back with me now is nbc news reporter barrett gone back and of course, kara, it looked like 2024 vibes to me. tell me what you re hearing about what president biden is going to say on tuesday. the president is traveling today, but tomorrow is going to be covered hunkering down at camp david putting the entering string touches honesty. it s going to be his first big national political speech since the midterms, midterms that were by the, way so much better for democrats than they thought they were going to be. so it s going to be a little bit of a victory lap of the speech on tuesday. it s going to be talking about the accomplishment of the biden ministration including the infrastructure, lot the inflation reduction act, the american rescue plan, all of the things that got done over the past two years. he spent in the last week making visits to some of the places tha
biden on offense. their dream is to cut social security and medicare. then i m your nightmare. can he keep the ball in his court? plus, republicans play to the base. you banned my personal twitter account. you were sensoring and violating our free speech rights. is it what voters want the new majority to focus on? and gloves off. governor desantis fires back. i spend my time delivering results for the people of florida and fighting against joe biden. i don t try to smear other republicans. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. it is super bowl sunday. million of americans will tune in to see the eagles take on the chiefs but it won t be the only must see television battle of the week. millions of americans also tuned in to week for president biden s state of the union address and the country watched as he forced a republican fumble on entitlements. some republicans want it sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you anybody that do