south carolina s primary, it is a pivotal moment for nikki haley s campaign. plus, reproductive rights taking center stage after a controversial court ruling. and with the clock ticking on a government shutdown, house republicans flock to cpac, how their messaging could impact negotiations. president biden announces new sanctions on russia, the war in ukraine reaches its two year mark, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, we are now 257 days away from the election. and the saturday republicans are down in south carolina, they will cast their vote in these states presidential primary. it is nikki haley s home state, but donald trump is a big time in the polls. they pledged to stay in the race passenger days contest matter what happens. heading into this pivotal primary, reproductive rights are also front and center. that is because of the decision from alabama supreme court declaring that frozen embryos or childr
carroll $5 million in damages. trump s lawyers filed the motion seeking either to reduce that arguing that he was not found liable for rape like carroll alleges. the judge denied that request saying that the weight new york law defines rape is much narrower than how it is commonly defined by some dictionaries and other criminal statutes, in the opinion catherine writes quote the finding that miss carroll failed to prove that she was raped within the meaning of that new york penal law does not mean that she failed to prove that mr. trump raped her. as many people commonly understand the word rape. indeed, as the evidence of the trial recounted below mix clear, the jury found that mr. trump, in fact, did exactly that. this filing comes as trump faces a second defamation loss suit from carole over comments he made about her, shortly after she came forward with her allegations. as well as comments he made the day after the jury, in the first trial, handed down its verdict. reme
meadowlark media, espn s pablo torre. okay, guys. i mean. it was actually a really good game. i m going to let it go. it was a classic. it was a classic from the beginning. the teams were set. unbelievable. pablo, it s so fascinating. you know, i was, like you, lock locking the chiefs defense being the key. so many things being the key. the end of the day, it was a young quarterback versus a guy who has been there before. what a huge difference it made. mahomes, we re not saying he is brady because he s not brady yet, but, man, you could put him in a handful, maybe three or four quarterbacks, like montana, brady, that could have done that last night. it s just extraordinary. joe, he is patrick mahomes is the greatest quarterback i have ever seen, and that s, of course, with deference to jonathan lemire s beloved, mike barnicle s beloved tom brady, right? the guy who has won it all. what patrick mahomes has done is turned the super bowl into his own residency. he s
along with joe, willie and me, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, back with us this morning. he somehow becomes even more distinguished. he does. amazing. erudite is the word that come comes to mind. yes. willie, we ll get to the whistleblower that comer couldn t find, and then must be humiliated, as they found him in the southern district of new york. oh boy. oh no. a spy or something like that. we ll get to the details in a little bit. seriously, the gang that couldn t shoot straight, they keep getting the political gun, aiming it right at their foot, right? it s absolutely crazy. willie, last night, of course, midsummer, one of the most fun annual traditions, not joey chestnut eating nathan s hot dog eating contest for the 16th time. 16th time, you have to love the guy. the home run derby last night, how exciting?
we re going to de-bank. i don t know what the hell de-bank means, but he might have to take de-ambulance to see de-doctor. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, january 29th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the massive payout donald trump now owes e. jean carroll. talk about being de-banked. after a jury awarded the writer $83 million in defamation damages. we ll get expert legal analysis on that, as well as the looming case that could further impact donald trump s bank account. you know, that s the big one, really. a lot of de-banking. look at the fraud case, he s already found guilty. that one this is all just damages stage. i don t think he helped himself in the defamation case, though you haven t heard from him in the first time. has he defamed e. jean carroll since this came down on friday? i don t think he has. i haven t heard it yet. came close on stage. it s what the jury tried to do. we shall see. meanwh