Fulton county courthouse with all the breaking details, plus running out the clock. Its team trumps legal and political strategy with multiple court dates. Now on hold. It is paused so voters could decide the former president s beit before any of his cases reach a jury. And the white house has a message for republicans trying to impeach president biden, move on shockingly, the house may listen, will bring you that new sin and reporting this hour. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines inside politics we start in georgia where a judge just ruled that da fani Willis Willis can continue spearheading the election case. They are against donald trump if she removes her top deputy in the case, nathan wade, with whom she has had a romantic relationship that is part of a win for the District Attorney, but the rest of the ruling leaves a major stain. The judge went on to Admonish Willis for the relationship, writing, quote, georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict. Four,
Nominee. How it could influence the race to replace the republican leader. And the record busting billions that president ial campaigns will pour into buying a mountain of negative ads. Can all that money buy a winning message or is it just so much white noise . Msnbc chief political analyst chuck todd will join me to talk about that, and why it may takes weeks to get an answer. We start with today, the official start of the rematch most voters say they didnt want. Joe biden versus donald trump, an unprecedented race in extraordinary ways. To candidates, older than any in history, both extremely wellknown yet deeply disliked facing a polarized electorate and toxic political climate, and yet they have essentially cemented their partys nominations even before they have the delegates to make it official. Trump is now the presumptive nominee, after this morning nikki haley suspended her Campaign Congratulating but not endorsing trump with a warning that seemed to directly target him. Our c
nancy pelosi, one on one, just three weeks before election day. republicans regain momentum over concerns about inflation and crime. can the speaker and the democrats hold on to the house? also this hour, president biden trying to reignite outrage over the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade. why is he waiting until after the election to propose protecting abortion rights nationwide? russia hammering ukraine, knocking out power, hitting civilian targets. will their terror campaign weaken western resolve? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. a critical moment for democrats as gas climbed 20 cents in the last month and a new polling shows republicans gaining the edge in the generic ballot as the economy and inflation become the dominant concerns for voters. a growing portion of the electorate, include something democrats and independents, say they will vote for election deniers if they like their stance on other issues. joining me now to discu
people i know miss abrams is upset and mad because these are things that she said. this is not me making this up. reporter: we talked about the early voting numbers, the record numbers. when i have spoken to democratic strategist strategists, they say that means good things for democrats. it s important to note georgia has 1.6 million more registered voters today than we did in 2018. sam, very briefly, the president is getting up to speak, your reporting that the suburbs are not delivering wins for democrats as they have in the past? georgia suburbs in metro atlanta are some of the most contested political battleground in the state and in the country. these are places that were historically republican strongholds that delivered democratic wins in 2020. it s now thanks for being so quick.
college educated suburban white voters, many of whom voted for president trump, and in places like the georgia suburbs, the houston suburbs where we saw particularly in texas some of these house members knocked off by democratic contenders. i think what joe biden s overall strategy right now is to run not only like the front-runner but the nominee, like the other people in his party do not exist. sadly for joe biden they do, and there s a large part of the democratic liberal base that aren t attaching themselves to joe biden yet. and so that is something he s going to have to contend with particularly as we move toward the debates and he s confronted with them right there on that stage. always good to have both of you. still to come this hour the pentagon is announcing that 1,000 additional u.s. troops will be heading to the middle east as tensions escalate with iran. world leaders now reacting this morning. plus former trump campaign chair paul manafort will not be going to new