Her president ial campaign. Thanks for being here, im ana cabrera with Special Coverage alongside my colleagues, jose diazbalart and andrea mitch el. Nikki haley is expected to speak from South Carolina. Shes going to announce her exit from the president ial race according to two sources familiar. And those remarks coming after haleys disappointing Super Tuesday showing, netting her just one victory, the state of vermont. Lets get right to nbc use Vaughn Hillyard in west palm beach, florida, and Steve Kornacki is with us at the big board. Also joining us, Symone Sanders townsend, and mark murray, nbc news senior political editor. Thank you all for joining us. So vaughn, haley kicked off her campaign 385 days ago. What are you anticipating as we wait for her remarks to begin . Reporter right, more than a year ago nikki haley has been running this campaign against donald trump. Donald trump much to his chagrin, had noted multiple times that she had once promised that she would never chal
information, corruptly concealing documents, the conspiracy to obstruct justice and also 18 false statements. let s not pretend here. over the next year, maybe more than that, maybe longer, we will see a very complicated legal process that will unfold regarding this indictment. we will cover it every step of the way as it does unfold. i am sure at different points you will see merrick garland the attorney general on the hill insisting that this prosecution is all being done by the books without political fear or favor. motions will be filed. cross-motions will be filed. leaks will happen but maybe in an unconventional way. i want to be very clear upfront here. tens of millions of americans believe that donald trump is being indicted by the fbi because he is a political opponent of the dc establishment and joe biden. and of course he is the most popular republican in the gop today. the swamp cannot let it stand. they cannot risk that trump will actually win in 2024. that s wha
beautiful pink that goes with yesterday. dana: desantis making it official after months of speculation. the announcement coming in the form of a twitter livestream with elon musk. bill: many see him as possibly the biggest threat to the frontrunner former president donald trump. dana: the two have gone to friends to competitors. the former president is slamming desantis for months. you can expect a lot more of that moving forward. bill: desantis hoping his resume will cut through his attacks. accomplishments in florida. six week abortion ban. state s early reopening from covid back in 2020. dana: he joined trey gowdy for his first interview as a candidate. he made the case that he is the one who can deliver for conservatives. why now? i think it s because the country is going in the wrong direction. if we have another four years of the biden administration, i think some of the damage is going to be irreversible. i think we have an opportunity now like the late 197
has retained on much of the republican base. more republicans will be asking themselves if this is the person they want as their nominee in 2024. taken as a whole, it was devastating in the extreme and for the congressional committee tasked with investigating the most devastating attack on the u.s. capitol in centuries, hutchinson s testimony puts their probe at a crossroads with important new questions to answer, especially about the role of white house counsel pat cipollone and what he told the ex-presind top trump officials on january 6th and in the days before and after. vice chair liz cheney reiterating the panel s call for cipollone to testify. white house counsel pat cipollone had significant concerns. it s time for sip loan toe testify on the record. any concerns he has about the institutional interest of his prior offers are outweighed by the need for his testimony. punch bowl news is reporting this, quote, the january 6th select committee is likely to subpoena pat c
Next step of its operation, rafah all right. Well, barack, thank you very much for sharing your reporting and analysis. I appreciate it and thanks s so much to all of you for being with us. Ac30 60 starts now and good evening, thanks for joining us. We were expecting fireworks in the first day of Cross Examination on Michael Cohen, the onetime fixture for the former president turned witness in his criminal hush money trial. And we got it no sooner had the defense began after morning and the prosecution front ending all possible attacks on winds, character than defense attorney todd blanche repeated a colorful shall we say insolvent cone had used to describe blanche online that prompted a sidebar with the judge who asked blanche, blanche, why are you making this about yourself . The attorneys said he that he wasnt that he had a quote right to show the witnesses bias the judge sustained the objection. The trial got back underway, but it was wasnt long before blanche returned to cohens pr