Polling that come out, both the national polls and the swing state polls. Are generally telling the same story right now, they re telling a story that vice president kamala harris is doing significantly better against donald trump than president biden had been doing in his campaign. That is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently, better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said, in absolute terms, the polls, national polls, and the swing state polls, broadly speaking, don t really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris may be doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesn t mean that she is clearly winning against trump. It s basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for, when it is this close, little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make a very interesting not
Chris jansing live here at Msnbc Headquarters in new york city. Who is in charge . One of the questions at the heart of the hearing over Immigration Enforcement today, will texas be allowed to take the lead in trying to keep undocumented migrants out of the state . What about the migrants and others who are there legally . Could they be at risk as well . Plus, the new York Attorney general urging the court to reject Donald Trumps claims that it is impossible to get anyone to cover his half A Billion Dollars appeal bond. Whats one suggested solution, he cover it himself by handing over some of his prized Real Estate Properties to the court. And two more members of mississippis socalled police goon squad facing justice for their horrific torture of two black men. The latest on the sentence that was just handed down later on in the show. All right, we want to start with the fate and future of americas immigration system, potentially hinging on a hugely consequential hearing. On one side,
Donald trump now has 1057 delegates, that is roughly 11 for every criminal charge he is facing. He is now about 150 delegates away that is a better ratio i think than i expected. From the republican nomination. Vermont denied trump a sweep where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the votes. I love vermont. You got to be looking at vermont and American Samoa if you want to know where the race is going. And i dont understand it. Well be talking to John Heilemann later on. He will explain. On the democratic side, President Biden cruising toward his partys nomination with high stakes state of the Union Address taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night with entrepreneur jay c. Palmer winning the Caucus In American A Me a. Fewer than 100 ballots were cast in that contest. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday march 6. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire. And also John Heilemann is here. And also political
i am on social media @profmmurray and check out my podcast, strict scrutiny, where we discuss all the things about the supreme court and the legal culture that surrounds it. you can find it wherever you get your podcast. and that does it for me. have a great weekend. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. they are not yet done. on the 50th anniversary of roe, anti-abortion forces are actively working to further crush the reproductive rights of women, regardless of how unpopular it is with the american people. also tonight, why kevin mccarthy might be mumbling, i ve made a huge mistake, after striking down proxy voting in the house. and while there s nothing at all wrong performing in drag, it s actually quite fabulous, the hypocrisy of alleged drag queen george santos helping to push the right s anti-lgbtq agenda
monterey park, california. a gunman opened fire inside a dance studio near lunar new year celebrations saturday night. that suspect is a 72-year-old man who targeted another local after his initial rampage. police say he then took his own life, after an hours-long standoff in a parking lot the following day. he was disarmed by two community members they consider to be heroes. pause they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i m describing as a magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large-capacity magazine. and just ahead, you re going to hear from one of the men who confronted and fought off the gunman, one of those heroes, fighting him off before he could open fire at that second dance studio. let s begin this hour with cnn s senior national correspondent, kyung lah who s on the scene there in monterey park, california. so kyung, what more ca