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Nominee. How it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. And the record busting billions that president ial campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. Can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise . Msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. We start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didnt want. Joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. To candidates, older than any in history, both extremely wellknown yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their partys nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. Trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her Campaign Congratulating but not endorsing trump with a warning that seemed to directly target him. Our c
The Supreme Court says that itll decide the biggest question of all about donald trump and the presidency thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby philip in new york, april 22. Thats a date that you should circle on your calendar. It may go down as a defining day in the history of the republic. Its the de, that the Supreme Court says that it will hear oral arguments on the question hanging over the 2024 election, like a guillotine is donald trump immune from prosecution on charges that he interfered with the 2020 election . Is he immune from anything related to that violent january 6 insurrection that he encouraged . The high court revealed its plan and to dry paragraphs, the justices set out a clear timeline. There one that collides directly with his other trials and with the election that is very much underway. March 19, for example, is the due date for briefs. March 19 is also the day when voters in arizona in florida, in illinois, and kansas, and ohio all head to the polls.
tapper starts now. what are governor nikki haley and ron desantis s plans to derail the trumps trained? the lead starts right now. after a blowout in iowa, next stop, new hampshire as donald trump pushes his competitors to drop out. ron desantis in nikki haley make their next move is vowing to stay in the fight. were going inside the campaign to learn their battle plans and defiance on display and for sale. we will take you to a store in trump country that has trump memorabilia that really has to be seen to be believed. the new round of strikes on the iranian backed. seizes iranian made weapons on their way to arm. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. cue the music. the election jam is underway. a runaway victory for donald trump last night in the iowa republican caucuses. the strongest showing for any nonincumbent in the modern era of the iowa caucuses since the 1970s with trump winning 51% of the vote. that is 10 points higher than the previous record. george
laws were broken after lloyd austin was in the icu for days without telling the president. new safety concerns. a piece of a flight blew off the plane mid-flight. it s now being found on our grounded planes. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court heard arguments from donald trump s attorneys. they argue the former president is immune from prosecution because they say his actions questioning the 2020 election results and urging congress to block certification of joe biden s victory were official acts. trump himself was in the courtroom for today s arguments and so was jack smith. the appeals court is hearing this case on an expedited basis. we could get a decision very soon. trump spoke moments ago and said he did not nothing wrong. with us to talk more about this, ryan reilly, who was inside the courtroom, for the arguments, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of alabama. she s