It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, Donald Trumps private conversations with Mike Pence in the weeks and months before a mob swarmed the capitol. The neverbeforeseen evidence unsealed by a judge and trumps reaction when he was told his Vice President escaped the violence. The former president prepares to take the stage in michigan after attacking special Counsel Jack Smith as deranging. What else hes saying about a filing detailing his increasingly desperate bid to remain in power. The apocalyptic scenes in lebanon, more than A Million people sleeping on the streets, israel keeping up its Air Strikes. A live report on that, and the stunning claims the agreement Hezbollahs Leader made just days before he was killed. And the growing desperation after hurricane helene, A Thousand active duty troops now in areas without power or clean water. And with the fate of hundreds still unknown, President Biden visiting the Storm Zone right now
State of michigan saying, quote, make them riot. The Question Today beyond the Damming Narrative is whos listening. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent Garrett haake whos in university center, michigan, for us, and nbc News Justice Reporter ryan reilly. I know the former president will be where you are, garrett, in a moment. Im going to start with ryan. As i said, ryan, the story here is not new. We know what Donald Trump tried to do around the 2020 election. We saw it happen in realtime. We had the January 6th hearings. There have been filings up until this point, a lot of them. But this new 165 Court Filing from Jack Smith gives us some more detail, more color, more insight into Donald Trumps State Of Mind in particular. What stood out to you, was there anything that was particularly damming . Personally, i think the volume of evidence of spreading lies stood out to me. That was going to be the challenge of this case. In 2020, i jokingly referred to this as the question of bad Fai
Things in new polling. No surprise here that trump remains the run away frontrunner. You go deeper in the numbers, guy requests, you have to wonder if there is a ramaswamy revolution going. Trump pain maining his lead while dropping 3 points from june, he is still ahead 37 points of his nearest competitor ron desantis, who fell 6 points, you see, from june out of the 20s, now in the teens at 16 . With Vivek Ramaswamy coming to life as a potential g. O. P. Breakout star, more than doubling hits position. You see he climbed 6 points to 11 . No indication, by the way, that his surge is directly connected to that ability to Rap Eminem Songs at the Iowa State Fair. Former mike pence gaining a point in the middle of the pack with nikki haley also take the 1 point climb as well and trumps most vocal critic Chris Christie seeing some growth up 2 points, 1 to 3 . But, obviously, still 50 behind the frontrunner. Finally, i want you to take a look at the small slip senator tim scott took down a p
You hear what one heart broken mother revealed about biden yesterday first, i want to take a step back tonight. Losing your wife and young daughter in a car crash and decades later losing your 46yearold son to a brain tumor, i mean, that would be hard for anyone to bear. We all know that not only did joe get through it, well, he used it, it turns out, to brand himself politically as a compassionate, dedicated fighter for the every man. Now, back in 2019, politico basically admitted it, publishing a piece titled how grief became joe bidens super power. Two tragedies, 43 years apart, have defined the former v. P. s life. Have they also made him a more formidable president ial candidate . It wasnt about his political views or his experience. It was about his grief. And just today nbc news has another piece out on the same topic and thats titled joe bidens brand is being tested like never before. His brand as a family oriented Public Servant has been a signature political asset for more th
in washington tonight. right after the iowa caucuses,, the angle gave advice to governor sang tuesday and governor haley to drop out. people forget how young he is. three more years as florida s governor, can he build an even greater track record of success in that very important state. so, a future in the republican party for him could be really bright. but he is simply not going to be president this time around. so it s time to step aside and endorse trump. waiting for south carolina is a colossal waste of time and money and, frankly, it s a waste of your future political capital. laura: for having the nerve to say that, i was set upon by a bunch of paid flax for both candidates who, obviously, preferred to stay right on that gravy train as long as possible but yesterday, desantis made the right call by suspending his campaign and endorsing trump. now, i have been telling you there is a lot of good news lately and tonight i m going to say it again. there s a lot of good