that does it for me. thank you so much for the privilege of your time. i hope to see you later tonight on nbc nightly news. stay where you are, the the katie phang show starts now . i am katie phang , live from telemundo studios in miami, florida here is the week that was. the u.s. supreme court today unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former president trump from their ballots. they call it super tuesday for a reason. racking up primary wins across the country from california to maine nikki haley said to drop out after winning one state on super tuesday. budget and is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. i hope he does not. in february, 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol building, i said i would support former president trump if he were the nominee of the party and he obviously will be the nominee of our party. i will leave the senate at the bottom of this year. in the bottom
there is no one i like talking to more than congressman jamie raskin. like for us, he s here in studio and he s coming up first. plus we ll ask the law firm of weissmann and cotula how all of this might impact the classified documents case down in florida. also today, dueling visit to the southern border, as the former president fires up the few machine. i m gonna ask beto o rourke what democrats should be doing about it. and later, mitch mcconnell announces he will leave his leadership position later this year. we ll take a deep dive into his legacy and the frankenstein monster he helped create. so in the years since donald trump s third supreme court nominee was confirmed, just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there. will they help him? and if so, when will they help them? well, this week, the supreme court announced they were taking up trump s absurd claim of presidential immunity, and in turn they granted him the thing
first indictment in manhattan. the fact that he is using these political appearances in court for political appearances in court for political capital, you will see tonight perhaps a camera that will follow him amazed journey, it s all carefully documented. it is relayed on the campaign videos, it is now part of the broader fundraising effort which is of course needed, he s already spent $4 million on his legal fees he s already spent $4 million on his legalfees and none he s already spent $4 million on his legal fees and none of these cases have yet to come to court. but let s begin with the scene in washington. our colleague karl nasman is at the courthouse. we should talk about the geography. you re actually standing outside the courthouse, very close to the western entrance to capital hill where of course all these events unfolded on january six. where of course all these events unfolded on january six.- where of course all these events unfolded on january six. yes. you w
that is tonight s special last word on the prosecutions of donald trump. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. starts now. tonight, the heated hearing in georgia, fani willis on the stand, setting the record straight about accusations of misconduct. plus, the data set for the first criminal trial of donald trump. and, questions surrounding leadership after legislative losses in an upcoming battle. then backlash for the top republican who warned of a while we learn more details about what it is, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. greetings, everyone, i am symone sanders-townsend, in fact in for stephanie ruhle. we re now 264 days away from the election and it has been an eventful day in donald trump s court cases. we begin in georgia where d a fani willis took the stand and fired back against allegations of misconduct in the election interference case. my colleague blaine alexander ol has more. reporter: late today, fulton county district a
he is now running against his former boss for the republican nomination. i have to say, mike pence has always struck me as a somewhat ridiculous figure. he always sounds like he is doing a bad impersonation of a politician. but his biggest obstacle in the republican primary is that voters do not seem to like him very much. despite his real advantage on name recognition, just 7% of republican primary voters say they would vote for pence if the primary election were held today. and this is even more damning. 37% have a negative opinion of the former vice president compared with 33% of primary voters who view him positively according to that same nbc news poll. that s what we call in, in the business, underwater on favor abilities. it s very clear reason for that. donald trump is still quite popular front runner for the republican nomination, blames mike pence. on january 6th and over and over and over again in the two and a half years since then, trump has told his followers th