capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s
next, trump taking on new hampshire. the former president making his appearance after first spending most of his day in a new york courtroom. this as nikki haley is trying to force a two person race with trump and clean up her remarks declaring quote, the united states has never been a racist country. plus, she accused trump of groping her in an airplane. jessica leads will be outfront tonight and putin talking dom naks to all of ukraine. this as you ll see in a story first on outfront. ukrainian military desperately trying to fight back with u.s. vehicles described as tank killers. you will see it all on the ground. let s go outfront. good evening. outfront tonight, the last to arrive. after spending the day in a new york courtroom, president trump is in new hampshire. it comes on the heels of his huge win in iowa. he just started to speak about last night s caucuses. and he arrived this evening after spending his day in new york. as i said, in a courtroom. face-to
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
anderson, thank you very much. and good evening, everyone. tonight, the nation is facing a situation that has never been contemplated in its history before. a former president will sit trial as a defendant in the middle of his campaign for another term, which means that jurors and voters will be deciding his fate at exactly the same time. donald trump appearing virtually in court today as a judge sets his trial date for march 25th of next year. and in case you re wondering, that is 20 days after super tuesday, six days after florida, ohio and arizona and one month before pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving the 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. and 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 re already getting word that donald t
Plus, putin calling in backup, the russian president may soon meet with north Koreas Kim Jongun to make a plea for more weapons. What does it mean for the war in ukraine . And on the run, the convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison is believed to have been spotted four times now. The District Attorney involved in the search is my guest. Lets go out front. Good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of out front. Im Brianna Keilar in for erin burnett. Tonight bidens battleground pitch, in what is quickly becoming the center piece of bidens camcampaign, the presid celebrating an upbeat job market in the must win state of pennsylvania. Job satisfaction is higher than its been in 36 years. While unemployment is down, inflation is down as well, bidenomics is a Blue Collar Blueprint for america. Its for you, my plan for the country is to make the economy work for people like you because when it works for people like you, it works for everybody. Yeah, not everybody is sold on