Of this has just been one where there have been more vacuums created than information to fill those vacuums. Whether thats how the Democratic Party from the political arm sort of does the political narrative. Its because the republicans have been very good and very consistent about that, right . So they have made, they have stood by and defended their guy regardless and now theyve got the message they all need to show up. So what are they doing . Showing up. How are we reporting that . As if this is something oh, very important, transfixed, transactional certainly, but a transition for donald trump. No. Its part of the political narrative. Its part of the fact that yeah, were trying to create a different image here than the one of the man sitting in the courtroom by himself because his familys not there. So were going to give him his political family. And theyre all starting to line up. So all im just saying is how all this comes together does matter in how the voters in may are lookin
72 hours House Speaker mike johnson, hoping enough cover, keep his job and Vice President Kamala Harris taking a fight for reproductive rights two democrats in arizona 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at our Nations Capital on this friday morning its friday. We made it. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. Donald trump is going on trial. His Delay Tactics and legal maneuvers seemingly exhausted Jury Selection Set to begin monday in new york in the former president s Hush Money Trial, that process expected to take a week or possibly longer. Judge juan merchan says he expects the trial to last six to eight weeks. Sources tell cnn Law Enforcement is deploying a multilayered Security Plan on social media. And in the streets of new york city. As trump is required to attend every day. And while that could limit his ability to hold rallies, he has shown plenty of willingness to turn Courtroom Appearances into Campaign Events. In the runup to the t
pennsylvania already took advantage of this once in a lifetime deal to troll his embattled colleague senator bob menendez. in a cameo, he encourages menendez to stand his ground and not get bogged down by all the haters out there. and here s a look at some of the other messages that santos has reported so far. hey, your beautiful masters. they can booed me out of congress but they can t take away my good humor. screw the haters. the haters are gonna hate. don t let them force you out. don t let them bully you. botox keeps you young. fillers keeps you plump. you are fabulous, and you are going to slay 2024. in other santos news, hbo producer is making a movie about him, and, bowen yang, this could be your big moment. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. i will see you at the end of so, here s the thing about tonight s s
different proverbial planets, and they are planets most at war with each other. she s a politician. i am not a politician. but i am definitely a liberal. she is definitely a hard core conservative. and i disagree with liz cheney on like everything you can think of, on the environment, on abortion rights, profoundly. i think she s not just wrong on abortion. she s capital w wrong on abortion in a terrible way. i disagree vehemently with her on voting rights and on the iraq war and on the afghanistan war and our relationship or lack thereof of iran and terrorism and guns and like mining on intellectual property and the rules of the house of representatives. honestly, i once even got mad about liz cheney about fishing. even on fishing i got mad at her about something. we are opposites. and it is not like a casual thing either. here, for example, it is just one indication of the scale of x this as an obsession for me, my differences with liz cheney. before the plan to meet her he
one special counsel jack smith brought regarding the lead-up to and the after math of january 6th. today in federal court, we heard both lawyers for the special counsel and donald trump square off over the limited gag order judge tanya chutkan imposed a couple of weeks ago. we ll play the audio in a second. first, quick context. the gag order stops donald trump from publicly disparaging prosecutors, potential witnesses or court employees involved in the case. jack smith s team wants it saying it s necessary to keep people safe. donald trump s team is appealing it saying it violates his free speech and ability to campaign. and while the d.c. circuit court of appeals has yet to rule, we did get come hints. take this exchange, where judge millet presses donald trump s team on whether their arguments that it s unconstitutional to limit the political speech of a candidate would stand if donald trump were not running for office. would your position be a different a year ago? i