I came to office determined with the duty to care and get us through one of our toughest periods in history. And we have. President joe biden continues to hit the former president on the Campaign Trail as the former president yesterday appeared to float cutting Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, trump is also now flipflopping on tiktok, the platform he pushed to ban when he was in office. It comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow. Plus, theres more fallout from alabama senator katie britts state of the Union Rebuttal and how her speech highlights republicans fears of losing women voters this election. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Former President Donald Trump is vowing to release Hundreds Of January 6th defendants currently behind bars if he were to be releected this november. On truth social last night trump explained that one of his first acts as president would be to, quote,
We hear you. And we stand with you. We are steeped in the good evening, america. Im katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the great people of alabama. But tonight, ill be auditioning for the part of scary mom. And ill be performing an original monologue called, this country is hell. You see, im not just a senator. Im a wife, a mother, and the craziest [ bleep ] in the target parking lot. First and foremost, im a mom. And like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about Sex Trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. And tonight, i am not just responding to the State Of The Union, i am also selling these bejewelled cross necklaces. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations, like the one well have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country. To the American People who are struggling right now, know this, we hear you. We
Brawl at a riverfront started by a group of white men shoving a Black Dockworker. Right now in ohio, a high stakes Special Election for a proposal to make it harder to change the states constitution. How that could have implications beyond the buckeye state. We begin this hour with the very latest on former President Trumps legal troubles. Trumps legal team and jack smiths office is locked in a battle over a protective order in the election interference case. That order is aimed at protecting the governments evidence before trial, and trump wants something much narrower. The judge over seeing the case is ordering both sides to come together for a hearing together. With us, msnbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. Lisa, lets start off by defining what a protective order is in this case. A protective order, jose, is something that governs discovery in a civil or criminal case. Discovery is essentially the evidence that the government would be relying on whether that is statements by witnesses, t
Time and time again. They wont let it go. Anyway, its a good night for people who like democracy and representative democracy. Thank you, my friend. And thank you for joining us at home for this hour of television. Maybe its a university commencement, you get the idea and then there are speeches from our most recent former president. Before i show you his speech today, i have to warn you it is vulgar, but we are going to play it uncensored for reasons we will outline after we play you this sound. So prepare yourself. Im sorry, i wont be able to go to iowa today. I wont be able to go to New Hampshire today because im sitting in a courtroom on bullshit because his Attorney General charged me with something. Terrible. That was the former president of the United States, President Donald Trump in New Hampshire today calling the multiple criminal indictments against him, very serious charges, that was trump characterizing those indictments as b. S. Now im not bringing this up because trump w
And the south. More Severe Weather on the way spells trouble for Summer Travel our weather team is tracking exactly where the potentially dangerous system is heading. Plus nbcs exclusive interview Donald Trumps biggest competitor in the gop primary. Governor ron desantis slams the republican frontrunner, saying a trump candidacy would give democrats the upper hand and potentially the white house. A thrown punch leads to allout brawl on an alabama riverfront witnesses calling it an attack on a man just doing his job. Hear what led to the violence and how city officials are responding wayne brady opens up about his sexuality. He announces hes pansexual. Weve got the tiktok post celebrating his coming out a dallas doctor brings the power of music to her own cancer treatment. See the viral social media post bringing her final western to millions its tuesday, august 8 early today starts right now hi there, im frs rive gmornin good tve y with us im Jessica Layton we begin this morning as the