11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart alongside my friends and colleagues ana cabrera here in new york and Andrea Mitchell live from washington. And just in the last hour, the contentious Battle For The White House came to a close. Donald trump is the partys presumptive nominee. It comes as former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley suspended her president ial bid just this morning after trump dominated on Super Tuesday. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. And i hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing. Haley ended her Historic Campaign as the first woman in republican primary contest in the gops history. But she only managed to win two races, vermont and washington, d. C. , after failing to bid a coalition large enough to overcome Donald Trumps massiv
exclusive audio of congressman matt gaetz discussing pardons with a key trump ally. then, the new maga, forget trump, we are talking about mothers against greg abbott, a new group that wants change for texas families. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, mitch mcconnell got played, there is no other way to say. he got duped, he fooled, he got bamboozled, whatever word you want to use, that is what happened to him. it is a statement i don t think i have ever said before on the show. i m about to say something else rather unprecedented, kudos to joe manchin, working together with senate majority leader chuck schumer. joe manchin pulled a fast one on old mitch and in doing so, resurrected president biden stalled legislative agenda. how did they manage it? it is a bit complicated, so bear with me for a second. you see, the white house and senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted to pass before the midterms. one was the so-called chips bill, w
i have ever said before on the show. i m about to say something else rather unprecedented, kudos to joe manchin, working together with senate majority leader chuck schumer. joe manchin pulled a fast one on old mitch and in doing so, resurrected president biden stalled legislative agenda. how did they manage it? it is a bit complicated, so bear with me for a second. you see, the white house and senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted to pass before the midterms. one was the so-called chips bill, which provided funding for american made semiconductors and the other was a renegotiated slimmed down version of president biden s build back better proposal from last year. mitch mcconnell and a number of senate republicans supported the chips bill, but those same senators threatened to block its passage if democrats attempted to pass any biden s build back better plan do the reconciliation process. the once a year exception, one budget related legislation can
Two close trump allies, jim jordan and Steve Scalise announced theyre running for Speaker Of The House. Where this race could go as the house remains at a standstill. Ill talk to one of the eight republicans who voted Kevin Mccarthy out. What does he think about the accusations they were trying to burn down the building with no plan. Congressman ken buck is here. And a motion to vacate of a completely different kind. Nancy pelosi evicted from her private office during the turmoil on the hill. Ill get reaction from democratic Congressman Jason Crow. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Garrett Haake who is on the hill for us. Now we know jim jordan, Steve Scalise both officially running. How is this race shaping up and what are you hearing on the hill . Reporter well, chris, we start with these two candidates, but i dont know that well end with just these two. These are perhaps the most well known members of the republican conference l