tonight, don t trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on means ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challenges for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to voter
documents case against donald trump. it comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. we ll dig in to both of those stories. and a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we ll begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nation s capitol. yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f-16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. the response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. here s some of the sound surveillance cameras captured. the sound was heard across many miles. the cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. it then crashed in the shenandoah wall i have in virginia. officials say ther
news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri
that s why i m running for re-election. biden wants another term in the white house to finish the job. meanwhile, the front-runner to take on biden, former president donald trump is face another legal challenge. a prosecutor in georgia set to reveal a decision this summer on whether to indict trump over alleged 2020 election interference and the legal challenges for trump don t end there. jury selection is started today, right now, in new york will trump show up to testify in his own defense? and later, one of the biggest media shakeups in decades. the shock waves after two big exits from the airwaves. first, the breaking political news president biden announcing his bid for a second term. we have every angle covered, with our reporters and analysts, symone sanders townsend and john kasich thank you all for being part of this conversation. the theme of the video is let s finish the job what can we expect from the white house and president biden in the coming weeks? we
people of ukraine. he also announced additional sanctions against russia. china was continuing to stick a finger in america s eye cozying up to russia. all of this was yesterday at this time. today a top diplomat traveled to moscow and met with the dictator putin celebrating the meeting was putin and teasing a bigger step in the china alliance. i would like to note that russia/china relations developed like we planned if previous years. everything is ongoing progressively, developed. we achieved new front ears. of course we re waiting for the head of china people s republic to visit russia. harris: you heard it. new frontiers for the two biggest threats to america and to the world really. critics calling for diplomacy over a blank check to ukraine. what biden should do is what he should have been doing all along. urging a diplomatic solution to the dispute between ukraine and russia. he has failed utterly to do that and instead at every turn ratcheted up. going to ukrai