everyone i m martha maccallum and this is the story. what a story this is. here is just one of the latest wrinkles that s being uncovered. this report says behind the scenes there is backstabbing, no big surprise here. reports that some white house advisers are talking behind his scenes about how to begin to convince the president to step aside. the new york times reporting the campaign is quietly testing polling on a harris versus trump race and they have to make the case to the president who remains convinced of that strength of his campaign that he cannot win against former president donald trump . they have to persuade him to believe another candidate like vice president harris could potentially lead mr trump so says and purports the new york times. another element would be to assure mr biden should he step aside character process to choose another candidate would be orderly and not devolve into chaos in the democratic party. note these are nameless advisors in this piec
terry and i share a lot in common. i ran against donald trump and so has terry. [ crowd chanting ] it s not a trump rally. let them holler. no one is paying attention. the president, former president, is expected to speak today in arizona, one of the swing states that in fact cost him the white house in november. and on the covid watch this hour, we have nbc s monica alba. monica, you first, as we have president biden with some of his strongest comments for the rise in covid cases. what exactly did he say? reporter: it s something, alex, the white house is following very closely. the president just got a lengthy briefing from his covid response team yesterday in the oval office. that was behind closed doors, but what we do know is they re evaluating and weighing whether to change any recommendations or guidance when it comes to masking or social distancing. as of now they say there s no intention to alter those, but that the science will really be the driver. so last ni
ordinary citizen. unless the stat chute of limitations is run, he is still liable for everything he did while in office. he didn t get away with anything yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. good morning. welcome to morning joe . senate minority leader mitch mcconnell with the not so subtle suggestion there are other paths to hold president trump accountable. something one of president trump s lawyers pointed out during the trial. we will point out what the charges could be. the senate did acquit president trump for the second time this weekend. 57-43 verdict that was 10 votes short of the 67 two-thirds majority needed to convict. seven republicans did vote to convict. we will dig into what the future holds for those seven republicans who are already feeling heat from a republican party still grappling with whether donald trump will be its leader. and wha
rival cults or even the police. cults secret brotherhoods of young men are terrorising communities across nigeria, robbing, raping, and murdering. black axe spread fear wherever they go. the closer we get, the more hostile the situation becomes. you can already hear hostile comments, people talking about, why are we here? why are we filming? distant shouting as night fell, we went deeper into the maze of wooden houses. we were going to a place known as the arena, where local axemen gather at night. singing they have agreed to let us film what they call a gyration, a cultist ceremony. the axemen had been drinking and some were high on drugs. black axe have a strict code, enforced with violence. leaked footage shows a member punished for breaking the rules. new recruits are beaten and tortured during initiations. they are then forced to swear an oath of secrecy. black axe ideology blends old nigerian religion with anti colonial activism. the brotherhood claim they are fi
to meet the axemen face to face and to find out who is behind the group. a warning that this programme contains scenes which viewers may find distressing. this morning several bodies found with their heads decapitated - were littered around the city. 13 people have been killed in cult related killings - a secret death cult is thriving in nigeria. more terrifying than anything i ve ever seen. they ve been accused of countless murders at home and abroad. around the world, crime agencies are cracking down on their multimillion dollar internet fraud and human trafficking network. screaming nigerians are trying to fight back, too. shouting but here in their homeland, the cults seem unstoppable. and thousands of young lives have been destroyed. after 20 years abroad, i ve come back to nigeria to investigate this deadly mafia. screaming how have they become so powerful? are politicians behind the violence? who are the men in the shadows, pulling the strings? makoko, one of the large