welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. the banks and financial institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand? they cannot be happy right now. will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money? could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently? well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. back in the early 1990s, trump s business empire was on the brink of insolvency. he had stretched himself thin, with casinos in atlantic city and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. and these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in donald trump s finances. trump had long cast himself as a winner. now he was looking like a loser. as quickly as the banks l
thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. in november of 2022 just five months after roe v. wade was overturned by thewa supreme cou, former vice president mike pence sat down for an interview on cbs. well, the dobbs decision this summer, i was so grateful to see, the majority of which was made up by supreme court justices that we appointed and confirmed to the to the court. it really gave the country a new beginning forou life. it was a new beginning for life according to the most pious man in the trump white house, a man so conservative he would not allow himself to be alone in the same room with a woman who was not his wife. mike pence was unafraid to be a christian warrior. he was unafraid to call for a national abortion ban when other members of his partyn shied aw from the issue. but then mike pence was asked about invitro fertilization. there are people who are concerned that ifpl you start wh abortion access restrictions that it will also lead to restric
right now on andrea mitchell reports, national fallout from the unprecedented alabama supreme court ruling that frozen embryos are children. women across the state already having costly procedures put on hold. their family planning now in doubt. couples across the nation fearing a precedent that other red states will now follow. nikki haley is adding to the debate. already trying to clarify this comment to nbc s ali vitali. i mean, i think embryos to me are babies. when you talk about an embryo, you are talking about, to me, that s a life. vladimir putin congratulating russian troops for new advances in ukraine. the battleground situation becoming a crisis as the war enters its third year in a matter of days and u.s. weapons are blocked by republicans in the house. richard engel is there. reporter: there are almost no people left in this town. it s highly militarized. russian forces are closing in. based on what we are seeing here, unless that aid comes and comes qu
thanks, alex. tonight president biden is walking into a fund raiser in san francisco right about now where he will continue scto bui his big lead over donald trump in campaign fundraising. before the president left for california yesterday, this was the second single most childish question the white house press corps delivered. mr. president, good afternoon, sir, you re going to california is this about coming for a plan b for 2024, does gavin need to stand by? are you ready? yes. i m looking at you when i came to tell you was, i told you we would be announcing sanctions on russia, we will have a major package announced friday, i ll be happy to sit with you all in doing that. who would you rather challenge in november, nikki haley or donald trump? i don t care. and they don t care, they don t care, that joe biden just described the serious work that he is doing in the oval office behind closed doors developing a new package oof sanctions against russia fo
welcome to prime time week, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. the banks and financial institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand, they cannot be happy right now. will any of them really want to lone donald trump any more money? could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently? well, there is actually a historical president for all of this. back in the early 1990s, trump s business empire was on the brink of insolvency. he had stretched himself thin, with casinos in atlantic city, and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company or. trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. and these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in donald trump s finances. trump had long cashed himself as a winner. now, he was looking like a loser. as quickly as the banks loved h