Prepares to present her case to a grand jury. Joyce vance and, Greg Bluestein are here to break down the latest developments. And fair game. Nearly all of the gops 2024 candidates flock to the Iowa State Fair. But can any of them catch donald trump, who is dominating the polls and still defiant, despite his mounting legal troubles . All of this and much more coming up right now. Cote i and a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. The devastating wildfires in maui are now officially the deadliest in modern u. S. History. As of this morning, officials confirmed the death toll has risen to 93. And the number is still expected to climb, with hundreds still missing. The active lahaina fire, and a second fire in kaanapali, have burned down many of the islands historic landmarks, in westmount, 2200 structures have been destroyed or damaged. Most of them residential. Why governor josh greenest of the losses have reached an estimated Six Billion Dollars so far. And as Search And Resc
Georgia politics is always fascinating, right? you have governor brian kemp, publicly pushing back on donald trump, even right after that indictment comes out, former lieutenant governor jeff duncan. i was there in fulton county last week, he testified for hours before that grand jury, calling trump, quote, one of the biggest mistakes this country is ever made. georgia secretary of state, ron raffensperger, famously rebuffing trump s efforts for him to, quote, find those votes. these are all republican officials. so, what do you make of that rift in the republican party in terms of politics in georgia from that cult of trump? well, what we also know, katie, governor brian kemp, he might be saying this or that about what he wants the republican party to talk about. this is political for him. he is not standing on the side of democracy, he s not standing on the side of making sure that everyone who wanted to cast illegal ballot is able to do so. let s not forget, brian kemp is the same
Leadership of district attorney fani willis, a black mother, might i add, everyone is held accountable and notice above the law. not even former presidents. i m looking forward to donald trump having his day in court so that the voters in fulton county can hold him accountable. congresswoman nikita williams, thanks for being here, i appreciate it. thank, you katie. still to come, ditching the debate, trump reportedly skipping the gop s first primary debate in milwaukee this week. that s not keeping a prominent maga republicans from keeping up the antics in the absence of their cult leader. my sunday morning political panel on what they re watching for in wisconsin this week. you re watching msnbc. you re watching msnbc. and we re done. hm, what about these? looks right. [sfx: spilling sound] nooo. nooo.
Trump s most public at. joining me now, georgia congresswoman williams. congresswoman, it s an honor to have you on the show. i d like to start with the following question. donald trump finally chasing accountability for his election subversion efforts in georgia, also for the harassment and intimidation of election workers like ruby freeman and shaye moss. what was your reaction to the sweeping indictment from fani willis? so, katie, i, thank you for covering the important details of the people that were actually impacted by this every day. georgians turned out to vote for the first time in 28 years for democratic president. we delivered our electoral college votes. to have someone, a current sitting president come and tried to strip the will of the people, i think that it s happening in the district that we call the fighting fifth, accountability will be brought to donald trump and his 18 lackeys who are coconspirators
Katie, please don t make me agree with marjorie taylor greene on the sunday morning. despite the fact i disagree with it great for years, she is right, there is no reason politically for donald trump to show up for the debate. you know, his evangelist like marjorie taylor greene, gaetz, they re there, they may cause some problems. i think the thing is, what is the contrast that donald trump went with those debates? it is telling that he said, there will be no surrender in georgia until sometime thursday and friday after the debate. suggest that even donald trump does not necessarily want the contracts of the debate to be his own arraignment in his own trial in georgia. he wants it to be that he is the former president, he is a candidate of one in this field, there are no others to consider. so, look, i don t know if the tucker carlson interview will be effective. i think what he s trying to frame is, i m the only candidate in this race, i don t need to show up, i m the former president