come, that has to be fixed first. even though they are nearing moving to a transitional counsel, is such a long way to go and for the people alex, that means and it absolutely dire, life-threatening situation right now. appreciate you covering thisp very important story. in just moments, he says he has the cash. when will we see it? w what we know about donald trump and the deadline to pay his bond. chaos at the order as more than 100 migrants breakthrough razor wire. what to expect appeals court on the new law in texas. struck strict plus, what we know about kate middleton s stunning announcement. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world had curtis in new york, welcome to msnbc reports with alex witt . president biden has signed a partisan funding deal after an congress managed to avoid the shutdown of night. the boat is creating chaos for house republicans. republican marjorie taylor greenean filed a motion to remo mike johnson as speaker after more ho
when americans disapprove of both donald trump and joe biden. south carolina has spoken. we re the fourth state to do so. in the next ten days, another 21 states and territories will speak. they have the right to a real choice. not a soviet-style election with only one candidate. that s nikki haley on why she s staying in the race following her primary loss to donald trump on saturday in her home state of south carolina. we ll have much, much more from that contest as well as a look ahead to tomorrow s primary in michigan. meanwhile in washington this week, president joe biden is set to sit down with congressional leaders on two important items, avoiding a government shutdown and past funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll bring you the latest on negotiations to free hostages still being held by hamas, a deal that could bring a cease-fire and much needed humanitarian aid to gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 26th. i m jon
that special council jack smith is looking into trump s fund-raising off false voter fraud claims. as some of trump s codefendants may be getting ready to throw trump under the bus. plus, the extreme gerrymandered maps that helped republicans win the house are now rapidly getting struck down by the courts. alabama is just the latest state to feel the judge s wrath. good evening. i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid. we begin tonight with breaking news. the former national chairman of one of the most prominent neofascist white supremacist militia groups in the country is going to prison. henry enrika tarrio was sentenced just a short time ago to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. that is the longest sentence in any january 6th case so far. but notably less than the 33 years prosecutors were asking for. judge timothy kelly told the court, quote, i don t have any indication that he s remorseful for the actua
sides. let s cross over now to nbc news white house reporter monica alba to get the very latest. but, in just a moment, we will also get an update from ali vitali as well. monica, i will start with you. do we know what the white house is thinking at the moment? are they waiting, obviously, for this bill to make its way to the president for signature? exactly, ayman. as soon as it is able to send over to the white house, we are expecting the president to sign this, before midnight, ideally, sometimes, as ali now as well, it can take a bit of a while to do all of the logistics to make sure it is already for the presidents signature. but that is the plan. in effect, averting this government shut down pretty close to the deadline. we are journalists. so, we are used to getting close to the wire here. but this is about as close as you can get. and i have to tell, you my conversation with white house officials all day today. they were fully and bracing for the government to shu
passed a stopgap funding bill that would temporarily keep the government open for 45 days, if signed by president biden. this comes just hours before finding was set to expire, which would have affected millions of americans and their families. there s lots to get to this hour. let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and national reporter sahill kapoor. and we actually heard michael bennett speak on the senate floor. what did he have to say? that s exactly right. because you will remember that just a few hours ago, we wondered if senator michael bennet of colorado would be the one to hold this whole thing up. and certainly, he did provide a hold for about an hour or so, over the idea that no ukraine funding was included in this continuing resolution. bennett certainly not the only one who was upset to find that that money was not included here. but what he was able to do, by putting this temporary hold on, was extract from leadership, and both the d