of fulton county d.a. fani willis was communicating with the biden white house throughout its election interference investigation against the president s biggest 2024 rival. former president donald trump. it comes as it shows special prosecutor met, before filing charges against trump and 18 others. could the meetings and the allegations against willis derail the case against the former president. we ll ask charlie hurt coming up. it s unfortunate that we had to go there. it s unfortunate that there is a governor in texas, governor abbott who has politicized this issue of what s happening on the border and it s not making people s lives safer. it s a very uninformed comment on her part. really only one person in america not doing the job and that s the president of the united states, not enforcing immigration laws. do we have a southern border? yes, ma am, we do. how can people flow across it every day. 300,000 people in december. we are working very hard to try
good to be with you, i m katy tur in for the second hour of chris jansing reports. the jury has the e. jean carroll defamation case. how much will they find donald trump owes carroll for continuing to attack her, and continue to go deny what a court of law has already established that he sexually assaulted her. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin just stepped out of the courtroom for the first time today to let us know what it was like inside. so, lisa, tell us. reporter: i listened to both sides closing arguments and then the rebuttal of e. jean carroll s lawyers this morning, and then i listened to judge lou kaplan instruct the jury on the law as well as the legal process and the rules that they are required to follow as they deliberate. i think one of the things that was most interesting this morning is the emergence of big themes that are much bigger than e. jean carroll and donald trump alone. what you heard from e. jean carol s lawyers is this isn t a case just about d
not alone. gop governors from oklahoma, south dakota, florida, virginia, georgia, utah and more telling the federal government don t mess with texas in their battle to combat the border crisis. now a deal on border security could be unraveling as former president donald trump is apparently meddling. why utah republican senator mitt romney says that is appalling. we ll ask texas republican congressman chip roy where all of this could be going. welcome, everyone. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to matt finn in eagle pass with the very latest on this building soap opera. matt? hi, neil. as you can see behind me, texas razor wire remains untouched. not far in the distance, texas national guard is installing more razor wire. right now the state attorney general ken paxon does not have a plan to go with the federal government. the supreme court went with the biden administration that prohibited biden s border agents from touching razor wire in shelby park. the adm
thanks for watching. i ll see it back here tomorrow, for another live hour of politicsnation. tomorrow, my guests include united auto workers president shawn fain. who earlier this week endorsed president biden. that is tomorrow at five pm eastern, right here on msnbc. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. jonathan, after the hard news, you ll be interviewing understand oscar nominee my friend jeffrey right of american fiction. it sounds like a great show. take it away jonathan. all right brett, thank you very. much all right brett, thank y under . donald trump s iron grip on the gop, now extends from the campaign trail to capitol hill. republicans could tank a border bill just to help them politically. my all-star panel molly jong-fast, michael steele, and luke broadwater, they are here to discuss what is at stake. the magic number, a jury verdict orders donald trump to pay 83 point $3 million for defaming e. jean carroll after she accused him of sexua
a.m. eastern. polls are open across new hampshire and the first primary of the 2024 republican race for the white house. it s now a one-on-one face-off between donald trump and nikki haley. today say make or break moment for the campaign, in a mission to beat donald trump after she finished third in iowa. but new hampshire marks an entirely different landscape. undeclared voters make up a state that is more suburban and more secular than iowa. past midnight, a bright state for the haley campaign in dixville notch, betweening all six votes that has endured since 1960. trump s opponents rallying around him in a show of force while haley took jabs on her own. so if you want a losing candidate who puts america last, vote for nikki haley. but if you want a president who puts america first every single time, you re going to vote for donald j. trump and you have to get out. so, what i will say to donald trump is, if you have that political elite, you can have them, because that