Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Its becoming the Noahs Ark of american politics. Passengers climb on board two by two including Alexandria Ocasiocortez and Bernie Sanders as well as Adam Kinzinger and the former number three House Republican with the last name practically synonymous with what the conservative republican party in its most strictly conservative It Ration used to be all about. All of them now in the same boat to save democracy from a disgraced, twiceimpeached expresident with the fondness for dictators abroad and a yearning to be one right here at home in america. All this critical Post Labor Day juncture in the 2024 campaign, Conservative Stall Worth Vice Chair Liz cheney announcing she will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Heres that moment. I think it is crucially important for people to recognize not only is what i just said about the danger that trump poses something that should prevent people from voting from for him, but i dont think we have
welcome to prime weekend. i m nicole wallace and let s get right to the week s top stories. threats and intimidation leading to doxxing and s.w.a.t.ing apparently. not enough to satiate donald trump and his maga accolytes. of course that was for concealing hush money payments to a porn star and it was meant to hide that information from the american voter ahead of the 2016. now trump allies are propertying their revenge and their retaliation against the people who have had the audacity to hold the ex- president accountable. of course all this happens at the expense of the rule of law. basic decency and our very democracy. new york times out today with quote, within hours of a jury finding trump guilty last week, the anger congealed into calls for action. since then prominent gop leaders and out of government have demanded that elected republicans use every available instrument of power against democrats. including targeted investigations and prosecutions. here s how trump
This is not an ordinary time and this is not an ordinary election. We are going to be choosing a president who will set policy for not just four or eight years, but some of the important decisions we have to make at home and around the world to energy and so much else. So there is a lot at stake. Its one of the most consequential elections we had. Thats why i tried to put forth specific policies and plans. Try to get it off of the personal and put it on to what it is on i want to do as president. Thats why i hope people will check on that for themselves. So they can see that yes, i spent 30 years, actually a little more, working to help kids and families and i want to take that experience to the white house and do that every single day. Mr. Trump . Well, i consider her statement about my children to be a very nice compliment. I dont know if it was meant to be a compliment, but im proud of my children. They have done a wonderful job and they have been wonderful kids. I consider that a c
100%. judy s family says they can finally move on with their lives. there is one thing that brings them peace. you are religious. does that give you any comfort to know your mom and dad are now together? they are in a better place than we are. what would you say to judy? i will tell her that i love her and i would give her the biggest hug. that is all for this edition of dateline. thank you for watching. ank you this sunday edition of morning joe weekend. it was another fast-moving news week. here are more of the conversations you ekmight have missed. donald trump and his allies are ratcheting up their calls for revenge against democrats in response to trump s conviction in his new york city criminal trial. some examples. in a fox news interview on friday, former white house advisor stephen miller called le on republican secretary of state and attorneys general to quote, get in the game and use every facet of power to go toe to toe with democrats. florida senator ma
president trump, then candidate trump came under criticism for this, the lock her up chants, saying he was going to put hillary clinton in jail. why don t the same rules apply to nancy pelosi? because of the fact that the president did there may not have been enough evidence to charge him with conspiracy, but that does not mean there were not factors leading to that or there were not enough but saying you want to put ft. in jail, you would agree that saying you want to put the president in jail is a big deal, correct? yes. and it does come with risks, correct? yes, i would say so, but this is why i think that we should open an impeachment inquiry so we can get on with telling the public what really happened. because the public and not going to read a 400-page report, as so many people are said. they need to watch the movie, because they re not going to read the book. i think we would do a service to our country if we talk about and