Any more electionselections. Voters are not just choosing between the candidates but making critical decisions about the basic fundamentals of the democracy. Polling in the last knew 2024 primaries show us everything show us that donald trump will defeat nikki haley by significant margins. And Super Tuesday will perhaps mark this days away from Trump Clinching the republican nomination officially. That means today will, if nothing else, crystallize the choices that americans face in november. This between two president s, one current, one former. One president who has an agenda that commands broad public support. His commitment to our democracy and our institutions has never been in doubt. But hes dogged by some lackluster polling that doesnt match up with support for his policies. And the other, well, you know the other. Four times indicted, twice impeached expresident who currently faces 91 Felony Counts in four jurisdictions. Hes been found liable for sexual abuse. Set to pay hundre
scuttle the remaining 48 state primaries. it s a bid by republican elites to kneecap the republican voters that exist throughout the whole country and that they will need in november all to try to stop any potential long primary by nikki haley waged against trump. maga allies were floating an rnc resolution to declare trump basically the nominee to put a thumb on the scale before the rest of the votes come in. there s only been one primary. they ve backed down from that in public. new reporting says the rnc s call was well received by trump aides. now one of the top ranking house republicans is pushing basically the same discredited message as the rnc did but this time trying to corner trump endorsements in the house by arguing that it is all owed. the national party s purpose and their requirement is to empower the party s voters, whether it s democrat or republican in this country, right, any kind of party, to empower the voters to choose nominees. if they fail to do that,
with his attempt to win the nomination, the courts say his name belongs on the ballot. secretary of state asked the states highest court to review her decision to remove trump from the republican ballot. the same judge already paused her decision until the u.s. supreme court rules on a case out of colorado. joining the conversation is marc elias, founder of the democracy docket, he s also a partner. thank you for joining us and person. you have argued in front of the supreme court more than most people i now, except for neil i have had my few. i have won all of them. look, we re not going to step on the screen, but thursday, trump s team, there was illegal bridge out of the supreme court. his lawyers wrote about this disqualification effort. quote, they threatened to disenfranchise americans who promised to unleash chaos if other supreme court follow colorado s lead. what do you make of this legal argument? what do you think the supreme court is gonna do? i think that
says you so much talk on tv, knows i love you. and then you re still no sir. it s a hair thing that gives it away. by the way, a muppet friend of ours, a mutual friend says hello. he knew i would be on today. so he s looking forward to spending some time with you at one point. i cannot wait, tell him i m really proud of how you continue to grow in your analysis, your hosting, your guest hosting, your weekend ensemble. there is nothing you can t do michael, see you soon. you ve got it my friend! respect, all right thanks to my friend michael steele. and were queuing the election music. because you know what time it is. we are on the eve of the big vote in new hampshire. this is the first primary of 2024. but this is also the first and greatest major disruption we have seen in the republican race. a primary that began with the former president running earlier than anyone in history. and facing those other candidates they spied on the big stage that donald trump boycot
it is the eve of the iowa caucus, the start of the presidential primaries, you may have heard. and i m ari melber, with you right now for an msnbc special, a candidate slash defendant trump, reporting on his own clash of american politics, law, and how voters may assess the candidate, whose ear could end in the exalted oval office, or a small prison cell. that will depend on the outcome of several criminal trials, plus other cases. and the next person to track, and break it all down for you tonight on caucus eve, as the primaries begin tomorrow, some of trump s rivals are now invoking trump s legal problems as a general election problem for the ex president. obviously, the distractions of everything that s going on with all of these legal issues has been a huge thing for him. you re going to have criminal trials, you re going to have a lot of focus on things like january 6th by the media. and i think that ends up focusing the election on things that are going to be adva