new this morning, the leading republican candidate for president pledged that he will be a dictator. on his first day in office, faced with questions from his pal sean hannity about whether he had plans to abuse power, break the law or use the government to go after people, after not answering for nearly five minutes, this what trump said. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. he said you re not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no. other than day one. we re closing the border and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i m not a dictator. that was during a town hall last night in iowa. the authoritarian talk didn t stop there. trump also reminded everyone listening of his relationships with dictators. tell you what, we are dealing and
welcome back to the weekend. editorial boards in two battleground states are weighing in on the future of the 2024 race. the atlanta journal- constitution argues, it is time for biden to pass the torch. but the philadelphia inquirer said that it is donald trump who should quit. quote the sooner trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be. and president biden said he will stay. nbc news has learned he is expected to discuss his campaign s future with family members at camp david today. the trip was planned before the debate and sources tell nbc news, and it is ■çnot a formal discussion. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, it is a great pleasure to welcome you. thank you for being here. thank you for getting up with us. leader jeffries, i want to start by asking you about this headline in the new republic that reads that hakeem jeffries opened the door to replacing biden. that you did not answer directly when asked whether president biden was the d
reporting that the court mistakenly posted its opinion yesterday on a major abortion case in idaho based that s right. that was really a shock development yesterday. and actually the high court did confirm that a document was inadvertently posted to the court s website, and this was reviewed by bloomberg news and this was involving the case about abortions and idaho. and according to that document that was uploaded and we should caution this could change depending on what officially comes down from the high corporate and this was a 6-3 opinion you had three conservatives siding with three liberals and it essentially allows for abortions to happen in the state of idaho. in the case of medical emergency these not just when a woman s life is at risk. and so that is what the idaho abortion ban initially allowed for was just when a woman s life was at risk of doctor could perform that abortion. so that law is essentially on hold for now. and just to put this in perspective, when
fans are hoping for another surprises, like taylor s version album releases and after last night a talk of whether travis kelce will pop up on stage again. that is all well and good. but more ian rad nick for me. thank you for letting us end on that happy note. deadline: white house starts right now. howdy friends. aloha and namaste. it is 4:00 p.m. in new york city. i m john heilemann in for nicolle wallace. we re t minus 72 hours and change away from the spectacle of sitting american presidents debating a former american president, the latter of whom just to spice things up, also happened to be a 43 four time criminal, a scoff law, with 34 scarlet f s across his wrap sheet. if donald trump gets his way, the first and maybe only presidential debate of 2024 this thursday in atlanta will be less lincoln douglas or even krend nixon than randy savage versus ricky the dragon steamboat. those are wrestlers for the record. the chain of events that led president biden to fa
weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for a tease? episode 2 is out today and wherever you get your podcast, i hope you listen. that will do it for us tonight and now time for the last word. i do have episode two meant to look forward to because, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book and i will do an event with him thursday night, which i am sure, by the time you are halfway through your first comment tonight it was sold out for thursday night. rachel, the book is so rich, as you know and that was a tip of the iceberg discussion. i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginning of the mystery of the hiv-aids investigation and those chapters where they don t know what they are dealing with and it brings us all back to that time and all the work he did long before he ended up, once again, saving so many lives during the covid-19 pandemic. even what he tells you about the zika virus, that is some