Thanks for joining me today. Im a Marquee Mendez in for frederica. What field weve got a lot to get through, and were going to start this hour with another critical week on the Campaign Trail. And on capitol hill, former President Donald Trump continues his march towards clinching the gop president ial nomination, sweeping three more states on saturday, his campaign is now aiming to build up an insurmountable lead in two days from now, Super Tuesday, when voters in 15 states and one us territory head to the polls nearly a third of all republican delegates will be handed out. And despite just getting a fraction of the republican delegates so far, nikki haley is hanging around today. Shes dropping hints that she may stick around even if she doesnt win any states on tuesday ive always said this needs to be competitive as long as we are competitive, as long as we are showing that there is a place for us, im going to continue to fight. Thats always been the case. Would you see yourself as c
we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville on cnn said white nationalist to me is an american. now he is doing damage control, while still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decade series still far from over. good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight we know what has long been suspected. the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case, and it s not just us saying it. he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived before midnight last night spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co-defendant walt nauta ask judge aileen cannon to not only set aside her august trial date, but to also, and i quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so delay the trial and delay deciding when to visit. special counsel jack smith wants a december trial, which our legal analysts agree i
president s legal strategy becomes clear, delay, delay, delay. his lawyers make the case in the judge and documents case, we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville, last night on cnn, he said white nationalist, to me, is an american. now, he s doing damage control will still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decades is still far from over. good evening, thanks for joining us. tonight, we know what has long been suspected, the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case. and it s not just us saying it, he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co defendant walt nauta asked judge aileen cannon not only to set aside her august trial date, but also to, quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so
donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
hello, everyone. as we begin next hour, the next gop contest, it is taking shape. new and familiar republican faces jump into the 2020 war contest, selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating evidence as we get in the classified documents case, and that is just one of trump s legal headaches. also tonight, legislating in action, president biden racks up another big win in washington post by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates as they work to find footing in a to be defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls go to them one at a fund-raiser hopes to by iowa senator, joni irks, noticeably absent, front-runner, donald trump. the chief rival, at least for now, met florida rhonda scent is what he was there. desa