Everyone, and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im jessica dean in for Fredricka Whitfield and americans now have a clearer view of what the 2024 Race For The White House will look like this weekend. President biden and former President Trump traded sharp jabs at dueling rallies in the battleground state of georgia, which holds its primaries on tuesday. Biden won georgia in 2020 by about 12,000 votes. And the state will once again be key to winning the white house in november, trump used his rally to mark biden, State Of The Union speech tonight to go, we all heard truckee joes angry, dark, hatefilled rant of his state of the Union Address wasnt it didnt it bring us together emerging border, bring the country together . Im going to bring it together. Its not an age thing. Its a competence thing he didnt White House Reporter Priscilla Alvarez is joining us now and priscilla, you were at bidens rally on saturday in georgia what is his message now as this General Election gets
princess patient, the surgery that will keep cape middleton hospitalized for up to two weeks, and the other major royal who is also headed for treatment. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with new york where e. jean carroll is getting back on the stand at this hour. nbc s rehema ellis has more. e. jean carroll has returned to the witness stand and before the lunch break as the judge sent the jury out for their lunch, there was a back and forth between donald trump and the judge. and it all refers to the fact that e. jean carroll s defense attorneys have been objecting to the fact, saying donald trump has been making gestures, shaking his head and making suggestions that e jean carol is not telling the truth. at one point he slammed his hand down on the table. her attorneys say they heard him saying, it s a con job, it s a witch hunt. so the judge said to donald trump and his defense team, mr. trump has the right to be present here. t
To deal with russia. We want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. Abby, whats your take away . I think what youre raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. But she was speaking to a national audience. She was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. But she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. I thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. This was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. Bush era, incredibly hawkish on Foreign Policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether its on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. But i was keeping track. It took her 70 minutes to say the word woke after she was ask
to deal with russia. we want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. abby, what s your take away? i think what you re raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. but she was speaking to a national audience. she was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. but she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. i thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. this was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. bush era, incredibly hawkish on foreign policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether it s on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. but i was keeping track. it took her 70 minutes to say the word woke a
welcome to the beat, let s get right to it. we begin with the unprecedented collision of law and politics that america is facing in 2024 whether we like it or not, whether we are all tired of, which i get that the nation has never never put a former president on trial. prosecutors are working on that task even as donald trump s civil fraud trials go through 2023 and on 2024, he faces several criminal trials in different jurisdictions while running for president. again special counsel jack smith in the prosecution of trump s two in washington and the intelligence documents cases in florida, the atlanta ea pushing for those rico trials after winning convictions of trumpet aids through 2023 and the smaller criminal case in new york. you ve got over 90 felonies charged. that s not normal even if it has been normalized. first the trial initially slated for march, while the schedules can change, america is facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, actual legal e