allies. one of the co-defendants and georgia allegedly help the special counsel in the classified documents. case maybe see news reports former stuff of staff mark meadows s telling prosecutors trump never declassified his mar-a-lago stash. from former vice president pence confirming the version of the story. saying he also never heard trump issued a widespread the classification order. i was never made aware of any broad based effort to declassify documents. there is a process that the white house goes through to declassify materials. i am aware of that occurring. several occasions, over the coast of our four years, i don t have any knowledge of any broad paste or directive from the president. joining me now to discuss, and we see legal analyst, juanita tolliver, and greg reuben. how damaging could the testimony from trump before the defense? well, both of them could be damaging, right?
here s the thing. even if he were to drop out of the race, it s like a huge thing. if something were to happen, trump is still defining this cohort of candidates in terms of their policy positions, those that have policy positions on things like an immigration, on america first, as they married imagine america s place when it comes to foreign policy. the way in which they have taken trump non-issues to the supreme court and used that as an opportunity to move even further in the direction of limiting reproductive rights and freedoms. trump s mark is on these candidates, and it s on this race whether he is in it or not. alicia, i m glad you brought that up, and you ve lead into this tonight with the floods in l.a., and then on the wildfires, what happened in maui. to me, there s a similarity here. the similarity is that we ll talk a lot in other platforms, there s a lot of conversation about floods, about heat waves,
is supporting. i wonder, i know what we see on the surface. there are republicans who are willing in this very specific incidents out of georgia to call the former president out. i wonder how much the fulton county indictment is changing the georgia gop s larger relationship. not just with trump, with trumpism. yes, there are two factions of the republicans. there are those who crawl the former president out, there are the sort of maga wings, the marjorie taylor greene, s the bird jones, the head of the state republican party, david schaffer, the successor, josh. they are more aligned with donald trump. either way, look, they see the polls. there is a poll that came out this weekend at a republican conference where donald trump was not and indicted. the folks are ready to move on to the there is a hush. the poll showed that donald trump has 53% of the support of georgia republicans. like the primary voters. that is a wake up call. and that s why you re seeing governor kemp sort o
middle ground, the middleman, he is wrapping the rains from self. that is what s actually unfolding right. now, so, your point, that s really important. it s that what we are seeing, it s not just internal fights or business. it s actually about who s going to control the leverage of political power on the right. by extension, all the consequences that come with that. right now, it looks like trump is about to grab the reins. angel carson, i always appreciate that you watch so we don t have to. thank you so much for your time and for being with us. still ahead, a debating is both an art and a science. we will take a look back at some of the most memorable moments from the primary debate stage. first we will get an update on the potentially dangerous situation, our media lenses has the faith latest forecast as we track hillary. world. for years, i thought my t.e.d. was beyond help. but then i asked my doctor about tepezza.
house, you have got one choice. that is to vote for joe biden. the fact of the matter is that this is not about joe biden s age. this is about the democracy. as we get closer to the election, they will see. that i am telling, you after wednesday, and whatever transpires, the craziness on that stage, people are going to be starting to understand this as we get closer. as a reminder of the extraordinary times they were living through, that debate, it might not be the marquee political news of the week. all eyes are on the fulton county jail, where donald trump must surrender by friday. joining us now, anita tolliver, host of crooked medias, what a day podcast. serving as chief strategist for the bush cheney 2004 presidential campaign. and the author of flipped, how georgia turned purple and broke the monopoly on republican power. all three are msnbc political analysts or contributors. matt, we will start with you. trump just confirmed that he will not show up via his social media platf