To a point. In my opinion, this trial despite what dates anybodys asking for or anything else, it is not going to happen before the election. Plus, the aloha spirit on maui, Lahaina Strong Spray painted on the side of an overpass, but that phrase is being tested every single day. The Recovery Process there painfully slow. Now a key official has resigned as authorities admit theyve searched just 40 of the burn zone. Weve got the latest straight ahead. And deadlier wildfires, record breaking heat and stronger hurricanes all tied to Climate Change, a new study now finds the massive role the richest americans have when it comes to climate emissions, but they arent the ones paying the price. Ill speak with the lead author of that study. But we begin with the move that brings to mind the old adage go big or go home. Former president Donald Trumps lawyers are now officially asking for a major delay in his federal Election Interference Trial in washington, d. C. , asking the judge to push it t
Donald trump now has 1057 delegates, that is roughly 11 for every criminal charge he is facing. He is now about 150 delegates away that is a better ratio i think than i expected. From the republican nomination. Vermont denied trump a sweep where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the votes. I love vermont. You got to be looking at vermont and American Samoa if you want to know where the race is going. And i dont understand it. Well be talking to John Heilemann later on. He will explain. On the democratic side, President Biden cruising toward his partys nomination with high stakes state of the Union Address taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night with entrepreneur jay c. Palmer winning the Caucus In American A Me a. Fewer than 100 ballots were cast in that contest. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday march 6. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire. And also John Heilemann is here. And also political
Michigan primary. With President Biden facing the possibility of a significant protest vote over the situation in gaza and nikki haley hoping for something, anything positive with donald trump expected to easily win the republican primary and the nomination. Well get to all of that shortly. But first, we want to set the stage Just A Little Bit for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party. So we begin the reidout tonight with the freak show. The weekend was the annual conservative Political Action conference, cpac, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become. How extreme, you ask, well, as nbc news is reporting, nazis mingled openly at cpac, spreading antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say nazis. Nbc news noted in previous years, conference organizers have ejected well known nazis and White Supremacists such as nick fuentes from cpac. This year, racist Conspiracy Theorists didnt meet any perceptive resistance
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
hello i am griff jenkins with nicole saphier, mollie hemingway and charlie hurt, welcome to the big weekend show . the big story tonight, big embarrassment for president biden, new pulling out today gives former president trump a double-digit lead on top issues for voters including the economy and immigration. the polling is probably not something at a swanky los angeles hotspot for hunters birthday could fix when asked to is better on the economy 55% said trump, 33% said biden, trump s lead expand by more than 30% when voters are asked about immigration and border security. here is trump earlier on sunday morning futures . we want just about everything that we attached we had record numbers as you know, big records in new hampshire and iowa was the largest percentage anybody has ever won by. we have a tremendous victory and i would think it would be soon, i would certainly think so, were leading biden in every poll. trump success seems to pass biden off according t