He says, count him out from this weeks republican debate. We will tell you what he plans to do instead. Plus, what trumps refusal to pay for Rudy Giulianis legal bills may mean in that georgia case, in which their codefendants. Thats later on this hour as well. We want to begin, though, with the weather. Hurricane hilary specifically. Now a category three and expected to bring catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding to parts of california, nevada, mexico as well. Southern california now under a Tropical Storm warning, as residents are bracing for what could be the first storm like this to make landfall in the area since, get this, 1939. You see that thing turning towards the state. Nbcs guad venegas is on the ground for us in san diego. But first, i want to bring in michael brennan, director of the National Hurricane center. Michael, start us off if you will. What you are seeing this hour, the track of hillary, and if it weakens as some reports are saying it might, how dangerous coul
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
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They just think the governments ask is too broad. Both parties have until 3 00 p. M. Today, right now, to agree on a date this week to show up in d. C. For a hearing on the order and while jack smith gave tomorrow, thursday, and friday, Donald Trumps team is asking for another extension. This time in the next week. The judge has said she wanted the matter settled before this weekend. So how does she respond on the day . How does she respond to the arguments as well . Both for and against the order . And what does she do if donald trump refuses to comply with her order . Her ultimate order. Jail time is normally an option for contempt of court. Could that really be on the table . If not, what else could be done to keep an antagonistic defendant in line . We have news on the grand jury that Indicted Trump next week. Theyve met again today. What does Bernie Carrick have to do with it . He just met with the Special Counsels team. What was he asked . Joining me now is nbc news justice and i