Weekend. We are still here. Prosecutors carefully laid out the plans to put donald trump on trial, and those plans have nearly all been appended with less than eight months until election day. Politico said its conceivable trump could face a jury in two or three of the cases before the year is out. Each day that passes makes cramming multiple trials into 2024 unlikely. We are starting a lookat what comes next in georgia, florida, new york, and washington, d. C. , as the clock keeps ticking towards november. Joining us is msnbc legal analyst mary mccord, the form from the Justice Department and cohost of an amazing podcast. Also with us is palm beach state attorney dave aronberg. Perhaps we need to take the party to miami next time. Right now here with mary in washington, and thank you for being here. If you can just do us sort of a Scene Setting for us about where the State Of Play in the cases are, my contention has been for some time that donald trump was going to use this system to
Senate race in ohio and pitting the Maga Movement against the old guard and what this fight could signal for november. Plus, President Biden is on the West Coast Swing and his message as he is promising to hold states like nevada and arizona. And plus, set to testify, an adult fixer and adult star and what it means for the donald trump deal. And also, a tentative deal to prevent a Government Shutdown. It is 10 00 eastern and im ana cabrera. Thousands are headed to the polls, and there are contests throughout the country with National Implications through november like the rowdy ohio Senate Primary and it is the Maga Movement against the old republican establishment. Bernie moreno, a new person to politics, endorsed by the Ohio Governor and also in the running is the governor frank larose and whoever wins will run against the current senator Sherrod Brown. We have Steve Kornacki and Vaughan Hillyard, and we will go to start in ohio, and jessie, you are following that one there in ohio.
Jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. If they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. And his lawyers out there are saying that its just a matter of him expressing his First Amendment rights. And that is deranged. That is a deranged argument. Trumps lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. Today on cnn, pence contradicted lauras take on the Pressure Campaign to block the certification of president bidens election victory. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the First Amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. And then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. But frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overtur
That is the for us tonight. Tonight we begin with an msnbc exclusive interview with my colleague and host of the saturday and sunday shows, Jonathan Capehart, and President Biden. This comes as the president and the former President Trump are holding dueling rallies, resenting two radically different visions of america. After both scoring big wins on the super tuesday. Both biden and expresident s campaigns are gearing up for a close race in the battleground state. The margin was so tight in georgia in 2020 that trump was indicted for pressuring the Secretary Of State to find him more votes. Jonathan, the president discussed a wide variety of issues including his fight for reproductive access, the israel hamas war, and comments about the socalled crime wave on the border. Here is a clip from the interview. What is your redline with Prime Minister . Do you have a redline . Invasion of russia, would you urge him not to do that . Would that be a Redline Practice it is a redline but i am n
Escape. Also breaking overnight, ohio voters delivering a major win for Abortion Rights in a special election. Does it spell trouble for republicans in 2024 . And lawyers for donald trump and the Special Counsel due back in court friday. Their fight over what trump can and cannot talk about as the former president strikes a defiant tone on the trail. I will talk about it. I will. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment right. Good morning, its great to have you with us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with a win for Abortion Rights advocates that could have major implications for 2024. Voters in ohio overwhelmingly defeated a gopbacked Ballot Measure that would have made it all but impossible to enshrine Abortion Rights in the state constitution come november. Now, ohio was the seventh state to put Abortion Rights on the line. 14 months since the Supreme Court struck down roe v. Wade and the seventh to back Abortion Rights. Were talking a clean swe