frost is standing by with his reaction. and later, my wide-ranging conversations with new hampshire governor chris sununu. i get his take on the first gop debate, and ask him where his party goes from here. so every once in a while, things happen in politics that sort of stop you dead in your tracks. things you just know you are going to remember for a very long time. in 20 years of working in this world, i ve seen a lot of them up close. but these moments do seem to be happening much more frequently now than i can remember. the word unprecedented has never been more precedent did. there are also times when the stop everything you re doing moments to stand, not because they do tell the whole story. and, there are times when you get more than one of them, in a single week. the story of this week, and the story of the republican party right now, can be told through two images, two singular moments in time. the first of course, is the release of the mugshot of former presi
in moments we are talking about one employee number five is saying about the classified documents case and the criticism aimed at judge canon and whether jack smith can do something about it. a good day to all of you. we begin this hour again with breaking news and new developments in the terror attack at a moscow. the death toll has grown to at least 133 people after gunmen stormed a concert venue, started shooting, and set it on fire. today u.s. officials say no americans were believed to be killed. a branch of isis lehman responsibility but did not provide any proof yet. in an address today, president vladimir putin vowed vengeance all without providing evidence. at this hour russia says 11 suspects are in custody including all four gunmen. right now we have pictures of mourners gathering at the scene leaving flowers and candles for the imps. it s a heartbreaking time. we will go right now to london. i m joined by matt probably with the latest on this. let s talk about t
the bill to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown. earlier today, the house passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package, which then went to the senate for a vote, and that vote has not happened. let s bring in sahil kapur, senior reporter for nbc news, because we need you to explain this to us. why hasn t this vote happened? it s almost midnight. reporter: stephanie, they are haggling over amendments right now. if it sounds excruciatingly boring, that s because it is. the senate can vote on anything quickly without the unanimous consent of all 100 members, and they don t have that right now, simply, because republicans are trying to force votes on a bunch of tough issues like immigration, trying to put democrats in politically difficult positions, votes on amendments that some centrist democrats with support if they came up, and that means it would actually pass. it would change the bill, which would then be forced back to the house, which has just adjourne
$404 million civil fraud bond. what happens if he can t? plus, biden campaign surrogate joins us as president biden goes on offense. and the arizona state senator who went public on her abortion story. she is here as the supreme court gets ready to hear arguments in the abortion pill case. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. less money, more problems. the trump campaign and the republican national committee ended february with just under $45 million in cash on hand. that s according to newly filed fec reports. that s less than half the available cash of the biden/harris campaign and the dnc. now, new reporting from politicalo suggests the trump campaign is already looking for ways to cut costs. maybe trump wouldn t be in this position if the funds he raised went toward his campaign, not his legal fees. starting off the hour with us, former homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to vice president mike pence, olivia troy, and former executive di
convicted. breaking news on the cost of a dartmouth case on what mark meadows is reportedly telling the feds. our in-house law firm is standing by with reaction to that. later, the front other plans to give the first a bag on wednesday night. sits down for an interview with tucker carlson instead. republican candidate, will, her to talk about how to take on trump in advance of what is shaping up to be the weirdest, while, this debate week ever. with each passing week, with every new indictment, we are learning more about the kind of country that donald trump tried to turn us into after the 2020 election. a country, in his mind, where democracy is no longer the guiding principle. where votes can be found, even when they are not earned. where the justice department can be used to keep a failed leader in power. with each new indictment, the latest out of fulton county, in georgia, we re also learning more about the kind of country, in the face of all of that, as so far survived.