this year. since then, the former president has made no secret for his plans of revenge if he wins a second term in november, including in an interview aired just last night. they have done indictments in order to win an election. they call it weaponization. and the people aren t going to stand for it. yeah, they have done something that allows the next party. if i happen to be president, and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly, i say, go down and indict them. mostly that would be, you know, they would be out of business. they d be out. they d be out of the election. so this is not the first time that we ve heard that a victorious president-elect trump would do things differently the second time around. the new york times recently reporting on how allies of the former president are preparing to pack the white house with aggressive right wing lawyers who would be less likely to stand in the way of his agenda, which was a frustration of his during hi
department as a personal police force to pursue his critics and political enemies. here s what he said about it in an interview with uni vision last night. i could certainly happen in reverse. it could certainly happen in reverse. what they ve done is they ve released the genie out of the box, you understand that, they ve done something that nobody thought would happen. if i happen to be president and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly i say, go down and indict them, mostly that would be, you know, they would be out of business, they d be out. they d be out of the election. it s all out loud now. so out loud that in a statement, a spokesperson for the trump campaign sought to walk it back and clarify trump s remarks saying the ex-president was simply highlighting the dangerous example president joe biden is setting which only makes sense if you say his conspiracy theory that the work of joe biden and not the end result of years of investigation
debate, which was held tonight in downtown miami florida. the debate just wrapped up seconds ago, after two hours onstage. you can see there, the debate hall, some of the candidates, the five candidates who participated, still milling there. people in the audience the milling there. just finishing up within the last few moments. i am rachel maddow, here at msnbc headquarters, with my colleagues, michael wallace, joy reid, stephanie ruhle and lawrence o donnell. tonight s debate in miami was a home game for one of the candidates, ron desantis. of course, it s the governor of florida, a heck of a lot good that is doing him. a poll out just before the debate shows governor desantis losing his home state, at least as far as the polling says by 39 points against his constituent, florida man and former president donald trump, who was not at tonight s debate, just like the first two debates, former president donald trump was a no-show again tonight. he was about ten miles away, hold
after months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, i believe in my heart of hearts that i have accomplished what i set out to do for west virginia. i have made one of the toughest decisions of my life, and decided that i will not be running for reelection to the united states senate. but what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there s an interest this creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. sure sounds like a presidential announcement. after all, it s the middle that says they re most unhappy with the state of things, the ones who don t like either the republican front runner or democratic incumbent, so what happens now? joining us is nbc news national reporter, sahil kapur, political analyst, cornell belcher, and former republican congressman charlie dent. sahil, did you see this coming? it s been something people have been wondering about. i think a lot of people expected that maybe joe
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. prosecutors are on a fervent, if somewhat frustrating quest, to dig into ivanka trump s history at the trump organization. that trial just broke for a lunch break, but so far the former first daughter was unable to recall many details, not giving the attorney general s team much help as they probe her family s alleged fraud. we ll have a live report in just a minute. plus, election night 2023, want to favor democrats, but as the election sielk l comes to an end, how the dems learn the lessons from last night and turn it into a winning formula for next year. and can president biden ride the borks issue back to the white house. their friendship goes back nearly 40 years but could tie between president biden and bibi netanyahu be crumbling under the weight of war. new reporting on what could be a new deal to ease tensions and get help into gaza. but we start with ivanka trump on the witness stand