don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. i m poppy harloe with phil mattingly in new york. trump targets nikki haley in new hampshire taking a swipe at her name, comparing her to hillary clinton. and hailey says that america has, quote, never been a racist country, talking about racism she experienced in pretty much the same sentence. how she s explaining that comment, coming just weeks after she failed to mention slavery as the root cause of the civil war. and there s a deal to get medical supplies to hostages by hamas. what gaza is dwegt in return as the u.s. carries out more strikes in the region. cnn this morning starts right now. and we do begin with politics this morning. the battle for new hampshire is underway with donald trump and nikki haley holding dueling rallies and ron desantis ramping up his ground game with just days left until what could be a make-or-break primary. hailey and desantis are facing the harsh reality th
they say was a coordinated attack on a future police training facility. fireworks, rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails thrown at officers according to police. dozens of people detained. what police say led up to it all. plus now, massive snowfall again on the west coast threatening to dump feet of snow on communities already buried and cut off after historic back-to-back storms. people in california s mountain communities trapped in their homes. some reportedly at risk of being snowed in for at least another week. we have neighbors who are panicking. they re without food, power, heat, medications. there s nine and ten-foot berms alongside these roads. this is the only grocery store east of crestline california, the roof collapsed from snow. residents writing help us in the snow. fire and brimstone at cpac. former president trump delivering a dark and at times bizarre speech before a sparse crowd at the annual conservative conference and vowing political vengeanc
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good evening. the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to the judge in the case saying today s action by the united states supreme court means the conviction have to be thrown out and i think the sentencing will proceed and the courts will take that up on the appeal but that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case, i think the judge will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed and i don t think the sentencing he has been convict did by a jury. i think the sentencing, even if it is delayed will likely proceed. if there is substance to it to the request to have the verdict , the jury s verdict thrown out because of today s radical supreme court ruling, i think it is something that will happen at the appeals court. we will see but we are wa
you re going to want to hear what she says. it is tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening. good evening, rachel. of course, the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor, in its way, is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to judge mershon in that case saying that today s action by the united states supreme court means that that conviction has to be thrown out. i think sentencing is going to proceed and the new york courts will say take that on your appeal. what that is the latest, that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case. i think judge mershon will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed. i don t think the sentencing, i mean, he has been convicted. you don t throw something