things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. oh, gosh. an audio recording undercuts trump s pathetic defense in the classified documents case as the doj reportedly barrels forward on its investigation of his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. also tonight, a supreme court victory for voters and democracy. in a defeat for republicans who wanted to strip state courts of any role in running federal elections and give politicians the final say. plus, ron desantis admits he wants to rewrite the constitution so that right-wing politicians can decide whether people born in this country can legally be considered u.s. citizens. we begin tonight with a frequent and losing strategy by the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. whenever he finds himself stuck in a perilous legal mess of his own making, he goes full orwell and just tells the world don t believe your lying eyes. stick with us, don t
mike: the first in the nation primary in new hampshire kicking off less than 48 hours from now with all three top gop candidates set the make their rounds in the granite state today. florida governor ron desantis the heading back up north after spending some time in nikki haley s home state of south carolina. welcome to fox news live, i m mike emmanuel. coming up, brett bay spoke bret baier spoke with former president trump, we ll have him live to break it all down. but fist, fox team coverage with brian yen nas and madison alworth and alexis mcadams. alexis, good afternoon. reporter: [no audio] hey, mike, good afternoon from manchester, new hampshire. we can tell you it is another cold day out here, but that didn t stop trump supporters from waiting in line for hours just to catch a glimpse of the former president on that stage. finish one of the main if topics he hammered home here in the granite state is the issue on border security. watch. nikki haley will never s
good evening,. alex through the conversation, then you are having with david floofy. i like when i get a laugh. the idea that you just said, we re going to have a speaker and odds are the person will probably be a republican. that s where we are. i want to cover our bases, the fact that that s even a possibility, that it might not be somebody from kevin mccarthy s party tells you where we re at. thank you, my friend. thank you to all of you at home for joining us this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. and that appears to be exactly where we are right now. in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of time
good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you to all of us joining us at this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. that appears to be exactly where we are right now in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin mccarthy fable to since the nominations on all five of those votes, bringing the total number of times that he has failed to win the speakers gavel up to 11. that s the most failed elections for speaker and any congress and over 100 years. surpassing the nine attempts it took to elect a speaker all the way back in the year 1923. throughout those failed votes, kevin mccarthy hasn t picked up one sin
murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, trump ally lindsey graham is told he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with this story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is fending a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for key gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running f