welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. the banks and financial institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand? they cannot be happy right now. will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money? could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently? well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. back in the early 1990s, trump s business empire was on the brink of insolvency. he had stretched himself thin, with casinos in atlantic city and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. and these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in donald trump s finances. trump had long cast himself as a winner. now he was looking like a loser. as quickly as the banks l
tonight on the reidout you girls will serve the leaders, and their barren wives. you will bear children for them. tonight on the reidout, yes, american women are facing a real life handmaid s tale, overturning roe wasn t enough for republicans. now some on the right are coming after in vitro fertilization. even birth control. as president biden announces 500 new sanctions against russia following the death of alexei navalny, republicans are pushing even harder to abandon ukraine. plus, does nikki haley realistically have any chance of winning the republican nomination if she s unable to win her home state of south carolina in tomorrow s primary? we ll discuss in tonight s friday politics block. but first, we begin tonight with a frightening question. what if the next presidential election is already decided? what if the maga republican led house of representatives decided to just steal the election on their own? we talk about democracy under threat a lot on this
a very good day to all of you from msnbc workers here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with voting in a way. republican south carolina presidential primary. long lines are forming in mount pleasant where voters are showing up for the two remaining candidates in that race. former south carolina governor, nikki haley, seen as a long shot to win her home state. but, she s keeping up pressure on rival donald trump. here is what she said when asked today on whether they will support her if trump is convicted one of his criminal cases. this isn t about conviction, it is about chaos. there is chaos all around him. republicans lost with him in 2018. they lost with him in 2020, they lost with him in 2022. trump is expected to speak soon at cpac. he is struggling with the campaign and the courthouse filing new legal maneuvers up until late yesterday and shifting his focus to black voters as he campaigns in south carolina. joe biden has already given
for welcoming the air every day. i m also very hope that you ll stick around as we start this new adventure. in the meantime, have a great weekend, don t go anywhere cnn this morning starts right now good friday morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. the controversy over ivf injecting a new political debate in the 2024 campaign. what president biden i missing and what donald trump is not. also today, the biden administration is set to punish vladimir putin for the death of alexey navalny, new reporting ahead on the scope of a new sanctions package, including ones directly targeting the russian president. and we are so bad. the us touching down on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. how it all happened and what s next for them? mission senior this morning starts right now well, the impact of alabama is unprecedented. court ruling that frozen embryos are indeed children that is reverberating across t
all right, what a fraet great way to end, and guess what, i have great news, get ready, t.j., alex witt is up next. i m so excited. alex witt picks up the coverage right now. and congratulations, rev. go alex. very cool to have friends in high places. right now on msnbc, sos messages, no cell service for thousands of americans this morning. we re going to have the latest on the coast to coast outages and why it s raising serious safety concerns. the final two days before the south carolina primary, donald trump dominating the field if the polls are to be believed, but catching heat not just from democrats but members of his own party. we re going to tell you who in just a moment. and later, signs of hope in the middle east. a top israeli official says there is potential movement for a hostage deal. coming up, i ll talk to congressman adam smith who s in the region and spoke with benjamin netanyahu. it is a minute past 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m alex witt in for an