you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart is next, at its new time, six pm eastern. jonathan, i know you have the latest from new hampshire on the final stretch of the primary campaign, plus congresswoman becca balint on house speaker johnson is kicking the can down the road by keeping the government open. so you take it away. all right rev, thank you very much. crunch time. we are live in new hampshire, as nikki haley sharpens your tax on donald trump ew hampshire as nikki haley sharp in what coa make-or-break presidential primary for her. but with just three days to go, it could be too, little too late. under pressure, house speaker mike johnson may have to fight with frustrated far-right republicans to keep his job, after relying on democrats to keep the government open, again. for now. congresswoman becca with the budget committee joins me live to discuss the latest congressional can
mike johnson may have to fight with frustrated far-right republicans to keep his job, after relying on democrats to keep the government open, again. for now. congresswoman becca with the budget committee joins me live to discuss the latest congressional can kicking, and whether johnson will be able to hang on without democrats coming to his rescue. and who, fani. fulton county district attorney fani willis is under scrutiny for an alleged relationship with a top prosecutor she hired in donald trump s election interference case. what it could mean for trump, and the entire investigation. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday. show with less than three days until the new hampshire primary, florida governor ron desantis spent the day campaigning in south carolina. but moments ago, we learned that desantis canceled a scheduled appearance on nbc s need to press tomorrow, and plans to head back to new hampshire. front runner donald trump is only speaking ones toda
war. four soldiers are reunited with their families after being rescued live in gaza by the israeli defense forces. all four were transported to a hospital near tel aviv. there is good medical condition according to phylicia. they were kidnapped from the musical during the attack on october 7th. that includes noa argamani. seen in this disturbing video being kidnapped and driven away on a motorcycle. it was an emotional reunion and her loved ones. including her father who is she is seen hiking in this video. and earlier president biden reacted to the news during his trip to paris, france. before i joining me from tel aviv is sanchez. and what more do we know about how and where this rescue operation was executed? so, jonathan that this rescue operation took place in broad daylight at 11:00 a.m. in central gaza. these three military says that was based on weeks of intelligence. they simultaneously stormed two apartments and buildings around 200 yards away from each other
and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga
i honor these 12 citizens who sat for that trial for six weeks and listened carefully and came up with the verdict that they came up with. i honor our system of governance and justice. and yet, what did they do? they said it was a kangaroo court. they re demonizing those folks. the speaker himself has said he wants the supreme court to overturn it. and you notice he threw in the fact that he s friends with a few of them. i m sure he is. think of the appropriateness of that kind of statement from the speaker of the house. whisper, whisper, please over turn this conviction. which would be unprecedented intervention in a state case of which the supreme court has literally zero jurisdiction, but watch alito try to find a way to do it. he s got an upside down flag hanging outside his house, and he ll post it up again in the form of intervening in a case he has no business in.