Purchased. All right. Tonights guest speaker is chunging min lee author of the her met king. In this comprehensive study of north korea, he puts kim jong un in her spect i by tracing the rise of the ming dynasty and how the current leaders motivations, goals and choices have been shaped. Drawing on more than three decades of experience in asia affairs, lee a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and the International Institute of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive standoffs with world powers has put him at crossroads. The countrys increasing vulnerability to famine and crisis in the region. Now, please join me in giving dr. Lee a warm welcome. Ms. [applause] thank you very much. Its a real pleasure to be here, and i know that without my friends, i think, i would have had a very different audience. Its a real pleasure to be here at politics and prose. And i think the people who are most responsible for making me write this book, two of them are sitting in the audience. My ver
wow, thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. tonight on 3 of 0 sparks fly in the courtroom between the judge and the president on the day that e. jean kale took the stand. trump ally robert stone on tape talking about assassinating two democratic congressmen. we ll speak to one of them and my conversation with a former hostage who reveals much of her captivity was spent with her husband and children and others in an exam room in a major hospital in gaza. we begin with these words. i would love that. that s what the former president told judge lewis kaplan after the judge threatened to remove him from the courtroom to which the judge replied i know you would. at issue his comments during playoff e. jean kuraly s testimony telling jurors what it was like to endure the most powerful men in the free world calling her a liar or he was found guilty of sexually abusing her in a department store in the 1990s, a denial he repeated in court today. this is a person i have no
erin burnett out front starts right now. outfront, the breaking news, united airlines says inspectors have found loose bolts on more boeing airplane doors, the same type of planes that have the mid air disaster with the door blowing out on that flight. and donald trump provides another birther conspiracy, this time he s bringing it up against nikki haley, michelle obama is sending her loudest alarm yet about another trump presidency. we follow the fastest growing group of migrants crossing illegally over the southern border, this group is from china. let s go out front. good evening, outfront tonight, we begin with the breaking news, united airlines revealing that inspectors have found loose holds on more plane doors. it s really sobering, just to hear that, it comes days after the terrifying incident you are looking at right here on the alaska airlines flight. it left that gaping hole in the plane. they were flying at an altitude of 16,000 feet. a new statement says we
starts right now. michelle obama s as she is terrified about what 2024 election results will bring. the lead starts now. a crucial week before the caucuses in iowa and trump is not there. he is in court. he is falsely calling january 6 criminals hostages. plus, a cnn correspondent embedded with migrants trying to get across the u.s. border from mexico, a desperate journey but they are not from latin america. these migrants are from china. and it could be the smoking gun in the investigation as to what went wrong in a the alaska airlines flight. a missing door found in an alaska backyard. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. only seven days until the first of voters get their say in the 2024 election. next monday republicans will gather across iowa and they will caucus for their favorite candidates. the latest contenders, once again, they are off the campaign trail because of his legal issues. trump is expected to be in court as his lawyers face off against special couns
Decision did not come down to a panel of state justices. Instead just Secretary Of State Shenna Bellows upheld two of the three challenges brought by maine voters. One of whom ill speak to in just a moment. What bellows says her reasoning was based on and what it all means for donald trump heading into Super Tuesday. Were also watching colorado where time is ticking on the decision to remove trump from the ballot there that the former president has yet to file his appeal with the Supreme Court. Still voters are urging justices to speed up their review of an appeal from colorados Republican Party. How and when they could act. Plus which other states could throw a wrench into trumps 2024 calendar. Weve got a whole lot to cover. Lets dive in. Joining Me Msnbc News Justice reporter ryan riley. Bring us up to speed on what happened in maine and how donald trump is now reacting. Yes. As you expect the Trump Campaign plans to file an appeal quickly and get this through the court system very q