It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
Things to you at home for joining us this hour. Really, really happy to have you here. Do you remember when the right wing freaked out about bud light . I mean they really freaked out about bud light. They were shooting bud light cans. They were hitting bud light cans with Baseball Bats point they were setting up towers of bud light cans to use as Target Practice at Republican Party lincoln day dinner is. The right was very, very, very upset about bud light. They were so mad. In Florida Republican Governor Ron Desantis got so excited about it he ordered an official Florida State investigation into bud light. In Congress House republicans started their own federal congressional investigation of bud light. They have spent the better part of a past year on this. No longer would everyone in the country see bud light as the beer that is slightly more flavorful than coors light but not quite as Flavorful As Miller Lite but the Bud Light Blue is kind of a pretty color and sometimes its on sal
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. Hi, katie. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. I am katie phang in for ari melber. We start with flashing Warning Signs for american democracy at a Pivotal Moment in the American Campaign season. As of tonight President Biden and former President Trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. Its the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. In 2000 al gore and george w. Bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. Of course, that election ended at the United States Supreme Court. And this election starts there. Trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total president ial immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. Just today a federal judge ordering that a trump
Special counsel jack smith against donald trump. In an interview with cnn, maralago employee brian butler painting a painting a very specific picture of trumps inner circle, and how it operated more like a mafia family than anything else. With loyalty prized above everything. A world where fealty to the boss led to criminal exposure. Now, nbc news has not independently confirmed butlers identity as trump employee number 5 and he declined nbcs request for comment. In his interview last night, butler says he helped trumps codefendants, walt nowta and carlos move those boxes containing some of our nations most Sensitive National security secrets. Watch. He followed me. He pulled out, got behind me, got to the airport, i ended up loading all the luggage i had and he had a bunch of boxes. You noticed that he had boxes. Oh, yeah, they were the boxes that were in the indictment, the white bankers boxes. Thats what i remember. Did you have any idea at the time that there was potentially u. S.
Reached the number of delegates to secure the nomination. It happened on the very same night that President Joe Biden clinched the democratic nomination which means the stakes are set us before. As donald trump will be on the ballot, the 2024 election will not be defined by Big Policy Debates or disagreements between the two candidates and parties of which there are many, but rather by a very basic question whether or not we want our democracy to continue as we know it. Because donald trump has made it clear in public speeches and announcements he will take a Wrecking Ball to the rule of law, he will pardon the january 6th insurrectionists. And he will serve in his own words, this is a quote, a dictator on day one. Voters who go to the polls in a few months have to answer the question whether the 248year democratic experiment sees its birthday . That choice has been laid out in stark detail, voices not just on the left or center, but also the far right. Remember this, from liz cheney.