Fighting. Genuine drama across the country as the frontrunner for the republican nomination indicted on 91 felonies. Nevertheless, remains the prohibited favorite. I want to start by thanksing the Supreme Court. And his final primary opponent says justice should proceed. Tonight Special Election coverage. Nicole wallace, joy reid, jen psaki, Lawrence Odonnell, Stephanie Ruhle all here. Hakeem jefferies joining us. Mitch landreau plus the Campaign Experts and Steve Kornacki with results and analysis a the the big board. The election of 2024 has kind of taken shape. Special election of Super Tuesday primaries begins now. Its here. Its finally happening. Its super. Good evening and welcome. Thank you for joining us. It is Super Tuesday. I havent slept in a week. Im Rachel Maddow and nicole wallace, youre back. Weve missed you so much. And ari melber. Many more of our colleagues are going to be joining us throughout the very, very long, awesome, interesting night. America has not had a rer
Washington, dc alongside brianna keilar, and it is a tuesday unlike any other, its Super Tuesday. So millions of americans are going to cast votes across 16 states and american samoa. It could be a decisive day for President Biden and donald trump were hoping to have theyre respective president ial nominations. All but clinched by the end of the night. And we could see answers to really critical questions. Will this be the final day of nikki haleys campaign . Will President Biden face more Protest Votes from frustrated democrats . And is there an appetite for trumpstyle republicans down ballot . We may have now the answers within hours and looming over all of these questions, are these polarizing issues that voters are weighing immigration, abortion, and inflation among them. Cnn has reporters on the ground across the country. So lets start in the increasingly purple North Carolina with dianne gallagher. Dianne, what are you hearing from voters there so weve been pretty steady turnout
and for desantis, this does have the make or break feel about it. were he to finish third behind haley after spending something in the region of $150 million on this campaign then he d be in serious trouble, heading into two states, new hampshire and south carolina, where he is already polling behind her. south carolina don t forget is her home state. that perhaps explains why, on wednesday, at that final head to head debate, they seemed more intent on attacking each other, than the front runner donald trump. ..bureaucrats. .. that s not true. you talk about putting americans last, that is wrong. you ve supported all that money going over there so we ll put our own people first. you re so desperate, you re just so desperate. senator haley, let him speak. you need someone standing to fight for you, don t look for nikki haley. you won t be able to find her if you had a search warrant. but every time he lies, drake university, don t turn this into a drinking game because you
todd: harvard tries to move on from the controversy, students and donors are done and want someone to turn the campus around. you are watch ing fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley shimkus has the day off. claudine gay is out as president, her time at harvard is not over yet. that is rights, claudine gay may not be harvard s president, but she is not going anywhere. she will stay on payroll as a faculty member, a role expected to land her $800,000 per year. gay saying we need to heal from this period of tension and division and to emerge stronger. i had hoped with all my heart to lead that journey in partnership with you. i return to faculty and pledge to continue working alongside you to build the community we all deserve. gay s departure comes after weeks of growing plagiarism accusation and her response to antisemitism on campus. just six months after taking on that role, marking the shortest presidency in u.s. history. elise stefanik said it is still too lon
political landscape. a landscape in which the former president has developed a cold like following that was willing to storm the u.s. capitol in order to demonstrate its loyalty. one in which a major political party, the gop, is still reluctant to condemn that following it despite the clear risk it poses to our democracy. there have been few times that a president or presidential candidate has been bold enough to outright condemn a segment of the electorate. obama in 2008 call that some republican working class voters for voting against their own self interests and it s the clinging to quote guns and religion, and of course that was a private event. still, those comments, as you may recall, prompted immediate backlash. hillary clinton in 2016 said half of trump s followers belonged in a quote basket of the portals. her comments were really against her for the rest of her presidential campaign. and now, joe biden 2022 says trump and his supporters of maga republicans threaten