Speak tonight to address the convention. In a few minutes president joe biden is expected to take the stage at the naacp convention in las vegas. We will bring that to you live in its entirety. But we begin this program with a quote, it goes like this, quote, what trump offers is an easy escape from the pain to every complex problem he promises a simple solution. He never offers details for how these plans will work because he can t. Trump s promises are the needle in america s collective vein. Those words were not uttered by a democrat, they were not uttered by any one of the many thoughtful critics of both parties of donald trump in the press, they were uttered by the man who now stands beside donald trump on the 2024 republican ticket as his running mate. J. D. Vance is now casting his sharp, unsparing criticism of donald trump, things like calling him a, quote, cynical ahole or not, quote, america s hitler, as the result of brain washing he was subjected to by the media. Really? he
toughest, most efficient, most effective border security bill this country has ever seen. so instead of playing politicwise the issue why don t we get together it and get it done? that was president biden calling on trump in texas. their message to voters was very different. plus we ll go through some of hunter biden s testimony on capitol hill as new transcripts are giving us a better idea of what was said behind closed doors. also ahead the latest from gaza following a horrific scene yesterday, dozens of people reportedly shot and killed by israeli forces while trying to get access to food and other aid. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 1st. we made it to march. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we start this in texas where president biden and former president trump both visited texas yesterday. they torpedoed a border security bill last month at the direction of donald trump. meanwhile at eagle pass the former president spoke litt
our top stories this hour the ballot ballots destined for the u.s. supreme court. colorado republicans appeal a ruling that would have kept donald trump out of that state s primary cost. so what happens next. plus, new scrutiny for nikki haley, after a voter confronts her with this question what was the cause of the united states civil war? well, don t come with an easy question or anything. so her full response and the damage control she s trying to do today. and the sight of a quadruple murder. today there s a lot of debate about tearing down the house where four college students were brutally killed. we begin the hour with former president donald trump and the efforts to boot him over the ballot over the constitution s so-called insurrection clause. in colorado, the state democratic republican parties is asking the supreme court to consider the issue. maine s secretary of state is due to decide whether trump can be on their state s ballot. the former pres
new york, he will be the first former president to appear i court as a criminaldefendant nbc news has learned that he s facing about 30 counts related to document fraud. they stem from manhattan da, alvin bragg, s investigation into the hush money paymen made to adult film actress stormy daniels now, trump s indictment is expected to remain sealed unti tuesday afternoon. that s when he s scheduled t turn himself in for an arraignment. today, we are getting ne details on how the dramati moment will unfold the former president wil arrive in new york city monday night on tuesday around 1 pm he will be driven from trump tower to the courthouse. as of now, the former presiden will not be handcuffed photographed for a mugshot, no placed in a holding cell however, he will b fingerprinted. trump s lawyer, making clear h intends to fight the charges - hold up in mar-a-lago, so we will fix this and we will be successful, i m sure president trump will not take plea deal in this case,
president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went