good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are live here in las vegas, with just three days to go before super bowl lviii on cbs. but we want to begin tonight with a blockbuster news about the two men who are expected to face off again and this year s presidential election. tonight, the dramatic new questions and testimony that the supreme court about whether the constitution, specifically the 14th amendment, should bar donald trump from being on the presidential ballot in several states. you could say that not since the 2000 supreme court decision of bush v. gore has the nation s highest court taken such a direct role in the outcome of a presidential election. president biden too facing questions tonight about his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president and senator. the long-awaited special counsel report just released included pictures of classified afghanistan documents found in the garage near a dog crate. and while there are no charges, the re
chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we re about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. reading the indictment, nicolle, i was struck by the simplicity of it structurally. this is not a case where we need to wait for somebody to flip. there s no allen weisselberg character out here who we need to find out how much they re going to tell prosecutors. there s no opaque question of intent that we need to wait to see if prosecutors have some access to. there s no, you know, contingent second crime that elevates these things to a more serious thing. all things that we ve seen in other serious cases involving trump and his business. in this case this is straightforward. what they re laying out, it s an accusation. it is not a conviction. what they re accusing him of is that he was not allowed to have this stuf
with way too early. yasmin vossoughian picks up our coverage now. good morning. on this memorial day, i m yasmin vossoughian. at this hour we re breaking down everything we know about tentative deal between the white house and the republicans on capitol hill to raise the debt ceiling, avoiding what would have been a cats trovg debt default. in iowa, crews are frantically searching for survivors when a six-story apartment building partially collapsed after residents reportedly complained about the state of the structure. over in ukraine, new explosions in the capital city after another brutal round of russian drone attacks. we ll bring you a live report from the capital city of kyiv. also, on this memorial day, tens of millions of americans returning home as the long weekend comes to a close. we ll bring you what you can expect on the roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year. hey, everybody. good to see you. we re going to begin with a critical breakthrough in
donald from storms back into the national spotlight with a predictable torrent of lies. new hampshire governor kristen sununu has been a republican critic of the former president. my throw his hat into the ring soon. i sat on with the governor for a wide-ranging sunday foods event that s coming up first. plus, republicans jump to trump s defense after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. let s just say i have a few thoughts about some of the so-called defenders of family values. meanwhile, from trump on down, gop white house hopefuls twist themselves into knots trying to explain to their positions on abortion. i think i know why and i ll explain it in just a few minutes. we also have some news to bring today out of planned parenthood. it will reveal that with the organizations president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson. later, i don t know how or bookie producer managed it but we landed a mother s day explosive with my mom. her advice for parents after
critic of the former president and might throw his hat into the ring soon. i sat down with the governor for a wide reaching sunday exclusive. and that is coming up first. plus, republicans jump to trump s defense after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll. let s just say i have a few thoughts about some of these so-called defenders of family values. meanwhile, from trump on down gop white house hopefuls twist themselves into knots trying to explain their positions on abortion. i think i know why, and i will explain in just a few minutes. we also have some news to break today out of planned parenthood. we will reveal that with the organization s president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson. and later, i don t know how our booking producer managed it but we landed a mother s day exclusive with my mom. her advice for parents after a career and family therapy and yes, some stories about raising me. so much of what we heard from donald trump this week was