investigator plus a year on with the war in ukraine, how much american support remains? especially when republicans are on the host too and new republican presidential candidate nikki haley is to try and of indian immigrants. exactly where does she stand on the issue of immigration? you might or might not good evening. i am mehdi hasan, on saturday, on saturday, the michigan republican party still licking their wounds from an embarrassing midterm defeat, selected a new state share. having seen the democrats back in november with a trifecta of power back in the state of the full legislature for the first time in four decades, we might think the michigan gop and go for a more moderate leader. but, don t be silly, they just doubled down on crazy and instead they picked christina crimea as the party chair. trump secretary of state who despite a 14 point loss refused to concede, or maybe remember her as claiming demonic procession was real and could somehow be sexually t
trump s former lawyer, who i already served time for hi role in the scheme, had this t say. he s furious right now. because donald is not somebody who likes to tak accountability and alvin bragg dropped 2000-pound and vilify coun ability right on to his lap. so, it s the first time in his life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. despite trump facin criminal charges, he s movin forward with his 2024 righ house run. the trump campaign s eve raising money off this cas claiming it raised more than $ million from his supporters in the first 24 hours after the news of the indictment becam public. and trump s republican allies in washington and his supporters, they are standin by their man it is no surprise that they ar already attacking this investigation as a political hit job. without pointing to actual evidence of wrongdoin by prosecutors. during trump s official 2024 campaign rally last month, supporters hel campaign signs with the word witch hunt.
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing you day with us. the biden 2024 plan takes shape. the president will tour through what he calls america reborn, circling infrastructure as a big selling point and the new republican majority as a big target. two cities, two grand juries, two giant legal developments in the investigations of donald trump. if manhattan, prosecutors now reportedly presenting evidence about hush money payments. in washington, two witnesses in the classified documents case have testified under oath. plus, two more memphis police officers out. three memphis emts dismissed. tyre nichols family asks why now, what took so long, and what else might the city be hiding. a first for us though, the president on the road today, celebrating a past achievement and using it to shape the politics of this year and next. this hour, the president in new york to showcase a revamp of the rail tunnel burrowing under the
to the parents i say i m sorry. i tried my best. it s what i was told to do. please don t be angry with me. new charges from the biden justice department. the proud boys top leaders face ten counts including seditious conspiracy for allegedly directing the storming of the capitol. and shifting politics of crime and prices. san francisco voters decide whether to dere call a liberal prosecutor, and one hopes a tougher on crime message gives him a shot to be the next mayor of los angeles. up first, an important white house meeting as gun reform talks enter a critical stage. a democratic senator murphy, telling reporters there are no artificial timelines far deal and he says president biden is giving him space to broker a pact with senate republicans. but already what is possible seems more and more narrow. republicans say one democratic idea, raising the legal buying age to 21 for semi automatic reps is unlikely to get enough republican support. today senator murphy says d
infections. and likely unconstitutional. a florida judge appointed by ron desantis says the governor s proposed congressional map is not fair because the judge says it boxes out black voters. but we begin this hour in europe with a dramatic example of how vladimir putin s war in ukraine is backfiring. today finland s leaders say they support ending decades of neutrality and joining nato. the nato chief promises a quick welcome if finland follows through and applies to join the alliance. the kremlin says finland joining nato would definitely pose a threat to russia s security. the president of finland says putin has one man to blame for this decision. well, if that would be the case that we join, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. sweden could soon follow finland. new nato members would redraw the security map and expand along russia s border the alliance putin hoped to weaken with his assault on ukraine. we begin our coverage with h helsinki an