You just heard from the president , as israeli strikes continue, targeted strikes inside beirut, theyre bracing for potential retaliation from hezbollah, after waves of deadly attacks involving explosive devices, and the First Lady joins the president at the Cabinet Meeting this hour after my exclusive conversation with her on a range of topics, including her Husbands Decision to step aside from the president ial race. We havent had a chance to speak to you since he decided he would be stepping aside. Obviously a historic decision to hand the reins over. Are you at peace with his decision . Im totally at peace, and so is he. Lets get started. Good day to you, im Peter Alexander, in for my friend, Andrea Mitchell. The 2024 election is underway, as in person, early voting kicks off in three states, while Donald Trumps republican party is facing a major scandal that could impact his chances in what is a crucial battle ground, the state of North Carolina. Trump endorsed Lieutenant Governor
It is 4 00 here in new york. Im Alicia Menendez in for nicolle wallace. Quote, you are not alone. Vice president Kamala Harris on the Trail Today with a message for women all across this country living under Abortion Bans. Putting up front and cente issue that has been central to her campaign. An issue that she has highlighted during her tenure as Vice President. That is reproductive rights. In just the last Hour Harris gave remarks in Georgia Home to 28yearold amber thurman. As we reported earlier, thurman was a Nursing Assistant and a mother to a 6yearold son who died after delays in getting emergency care. All because of georgias strict sixweek abortion ban. Heres what harris had to say about thurman. A vibrant 28yearold young woman, she was ambitious. I talked with her mother and her sisters about her, and they described such an extraordinary life of a person. She was excited, she was working hard. She was a medical assistant. She was going to nursing school. Raising her 6yearold s
very good to beac you for another hour. i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re continuing our breaking news coverage of a legal setback for special counsel jack smith in his election interference investigation into the former president. the supreme court has just put out a single line order statement denying smith s request to immediately settle trump s presidential immunity claims, meaning the issue now heads to the court of appeals in d.c. we do have the date for those oral arguments. so what this decision all means for timing and how quickly the supreme court could take up the case once that court rules, there s a lot to get into. we re going to dive in right now joining us, justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and msnbc legal analyst, and former assistant d.a. with the manhattan district attorney s office, catherine christian. ken, first off, were we expecting a sidestep like this? because that s essentially what it is. it s a punt, if you will, from the su
against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
have access to an abortion pill. this hour, president biden will announce he is running for a second term as early as next tuesday. the anniversary of his 2020 announcement will that set up a rematch with donald trump and as we celebrate earth day tomorrow, i ll be joined by white house special presidential envoy john kerry as the u.n. secretary-general criticizes the biden administration s progress in reducing greenhouse gases enough to avoid a disastrous outcome for the world. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington where the clock is winding down on that supreme court s midnight deadline tonight to announce what he s going to do about controversial lower court rulings that would severely limit access to the most widely used abortion pill the justices have been meeting in their regularly scheduled friday morning conference where the issue is expected to come up a decision could be posted at any moment options include the court could grant a full stay send