Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone, to weekends with alex witt. Developing this hour, President Bidens 1. 9 trillion plan is one step closer to becoming a reality. In a new excerpt from cbs news, the president giving a new insight into where key provisions like Minimum Wage Hike Stand as lawmakers work to get the bill to his desk. Its somewhere between an individual making up to 75 and phasing out and a couple making up to 150 and phasing out. But im wide open on what that is. You also want to raise the minimum wage to 15. Is that something you would be willing to negotiate on to get republican support . Apparently thats not going to occur because of the roles in the senate. Youre saying it will not be in it . My guess is it will not be in it. Today marks one month since the attack on the u. S. Capitol left five people dead. The Impeachment Trial will start just days from now. Trumps defense team confirming he will not testify under oath. Congressman
Of amateurs to look for it in 2024. The new tools that depending on your take, either encourages activism or vigilanteism, aimed at finding potentially questionable registrations. Could it work, or is it a recipe for a new class of Election Day Chaos . Well dig into that coming up as well. But we start with the vile and dangerous threats aimed at multiple people involved in Donald Trumps legal cases, adding new weight and worry to an already challenging Security Situation at his multiple trials. In texas, a woman has been charged after leaving a voice mail for judge tanya chutkan, the woman presiding over trumps conspiracy trial in d. C. She starts by calling her the n word, then says according to the affidavit, quote, if trump doesnt get elected in 2024, were coming to kill you. So tread lightly. Referring to her with another slur, and then threatening, you will be targeted personally, publicly, your family, all of it. And the judge isnt the only one. Members of the Fulton County gran
Why race is an ever present source of tension in Donald Trumps georgia case. The Super Bowl Ad that made a lot of people that actually holds a big clue about whom rfk junior has picked as his running mate. A very good day from the new center here in los angeles. We have some Breaking News out of russia where polls are closing in one hour and the last of three days of voting in the countrys president ial election. Putin all but certain to win a fifth term. The pallet featuring three ll other talking candidates who, by the way, publicly support his policies. Earlier today, voters heating one of the last public messages from the late Opposition Leader Alexi Novotny by showing up en masse at Polling Stations to e protest the election. Joining me now is keir simmons from moscow. What has voting been like a cross russia today and are the crackdowns, unrest . Taken away . Its really split here in russia right now. We are here at any Election Night event that you can see is in full swing as th
Former President Donald Trump tries to get the criminal case against him in florida thrown out. We have an answer from the judge. What if you could work 32 hours a week and still be paid for 40 . Well, Congress Takes a look at that and we talk about the troubled present and uncertain future of College Football with seventime National Championship Coach Nick Saban. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, haiti is spiraling into chaos. Political turmoil and street violence and there are still, at least, hundreds of Americans Still on the Island Nation as of tonight. So far, it appears the Biden Administrations message to those Americans In Haiti is youre on your own. The president s team says it is not preparing to assist in the evacuation at this point. Correspondent Gillian Turner is at the State Department tonight with the latest. Good evening, gillian. Hi, bret there are potentially as you mentioned Hundreds Of Americans trapped on the ground in haiti tonight as the Country Tea Teeters on
Prosecutor will begin presenting her case to grand jury setting up a fourth possible indictment. And speaking of iowa, ron sdaens did not have a great time there. He was heckled several times by Trump Supporters and trolled by the former president s campaign. Also ahead, a Special Counsel is appointed in the doj investigation of hunter biden. Well explain the new development. And plus an update on the Catastrophic Maui Wildfire which is now the deadliest in more than history. Joe, the scenes are just staggering. Yeah, what a tragedy. Unspeakable tragedy. And it seems to have been a Perfect Storm. Winds blowing and whipping around, a lot of people saying they should have turned off the electricity. But the response from officials, that is how they were keeping the water pumps going. Really just again a Perfect Storm, a disaster of unspeakable proportions for the people there. And well be covering that obviously across the four hours. And also a lot going on in politics this past weekend