The places and the person who will likely decide the most consequential until election of our time. Thats tonight on these lines good evening im abby phillip in new york and welcome to the official start of the general election is shaping up to be a rematch for the history books. In the red corner is donald trump twice impeached, indicted insurrectionist, depending on who you ask. And the blue corner, joe biden, older, unpopular and beset by questions about his ability to do the job for four more years but there is a third man in the ring to robert f. Kennedy jr. More on him in a moment. But first, a reminder, this election will be close and it will be decided by a few thousand votes in roughly a handful of states. Six to be exact. So here is where it could all come to a head. This november six states where lets face it, each ballot might make a bigger impact than in the rest of the country. Nevada, arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. These are the swinging list of
republican tried to ambush and hand fraudulent electors to mike pence on january 6th. those stories and reports are coming up. but after a hearing like today s we begin with something more fundamental than a legal breakdown, and more powerful, perhaps, than meticulously going through the evidence, though that also matters. right now we begin with this. what millions of americans saw and heard today from the top republican leader out of arizona in plain, serious, and stern testimony about the choices officials have to make, the tests that trump posed, tests that, by the way, many republicans have fail bid cowering to a would be autocrat by minimizing threats of violence and coups, by only speak out late, if at all. some have walked back from some of those public humiliations. others just live in them. but today s testimony by this republican here offers a view of what it looks like to stand up. i said, look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath that i
good morning. it is sunday, august 20th. i am ali velshi. over the next week, and marcus twice impeached, multiple indicted, disgraced insurrectionist former president s schedule is gonna offer a preview of the dual roles is gonna take on in the year ahead, as he leads the field of contenders in the republican primary race, while also serving as the defendant in four criminal cases across four different jurisdictions. on wednesday, the first gop debate of this election cycle will take place in milwaukee, wisconsin. although trump himself will apparently be a no-show. nbc news has learned that the former president is planning to skip the debate in favor of doing an interview with tucker carlson in an apparent effort to draw attention away from fox news, which is hosting the debate. however, it s not yet clear where and when that interview
with tucker carlson will air, and there s even the remote possibility that trump could change his mind in the last minute and participate in the debate after all. he technically has until tomorrow to decide. now, regardless of whether or not he shows up, trump s presence is going to be felt, since the issue of his electability in the face of multiple criminal indictments is one of the defining issues of this year s race. on the other hand, the one place where the former president is almost certain to be spotted this week is at the fulton county jail. trump and his 18 other codefendants in georgia s sweeping election interference case had been given until noon on friday to voluntarily surrender to authorities at the atlanta area jail, and sources have told nbc news that the former president will turn himself in right next week. headed by fulton county district attorney fani willis, the expansive racketeering case has already caused ripple effects across the political spectrum. trump s f
center. great to see you again. thank you for being with us this morning. i have been wanting to talk to you because you have been involved in how this has all gone down. and now, to see both of these charges, the federal charges, the jack smith case, and then the much bigger 98-page georgia conspiracy indictment, i want to get your sense of how this is all playing out, and whether you think these charges make sense given everything that you know about what happened on january 6th? well, good morning. it is good to be back with you. and, look, to even think about a former president of the united states facing four indictments, to be facing charges under the racketeering statute, that was unimaginable until donald trump and his enablers came along. i remember when we were complicating the first impeachment case, whether to take the vote to the floor or not, i remember saying, look, this president, donald trump,