it s been a long time coming. a manhattan grand jury votes to indict donald trump, making him the first former president ever charged with a crime. there is no crime it s a bad act. i ll speak to cy vance who first opened this litigation this is legal voodoo. the gop, rallies to his defense before knowing the specifics of the actual criminal charges he s facing. this is nothing short of a political prosecution. will the twice-impeached former president continue to be seen as a positive force inside the gop? politically it s a it s going to be damaging, i think, to the republican party. and what will this indictment do to our already divided politics i ll talk to leading as the march madness tournament comes to a close i ll talk centrist joe manchin of west virginia and pay to play. as the march madness tournament comes to a close, i ll talk to ncaa president of former republican governor of massachusetts charlie baker on the challenge of how to pay c
nbc news chief welcome back the panel is here. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker and co-anchor of weekend today, ashley parker, the senior national correspondent for the watt post, former governor pat mccrory, and the former obama senior adviser and democratic strategist, stephanie cutter i just want to put up one thing from one response from a senator they thought was kind of amusing to me about the indictment, brian schultz. just a reminder, you don t have to express your opinion before reading the indictment anyway, just wanted to give him a shout-out there. by the way, senator, we d love to have you on the show. kristen welker, now what well, now what, this is going to be a month s long process that will likely stretch into 2024 legally speaking, and at least there s no doubt that it has hardened support around the
impression. montana governor steve bullock got that opportunity. this was his first debate appearance because he didn t make the cut in miami. rolling stone reporting bullock s draw fill debut stole the thunder from more moderates. joining us is steve bullock, governor of montana, democratic candidate for president. thanks for joining us. ari, i could think of no place i d rather be than with you tonight. how can i put this, i m not sure you had another place to be. you finished your debate. we see the beautiful foxx behind you, foxx theater, shout out there. i went to university of michigan and had fond memories there. what did you think you got across last night? no, i thought it was great. had the chance to introduce myself as a pro choice, pro union, populist democrats that s won three times in a state donald trump won, not by compromising our values, but by getting stuff done. and i think that that s what folks hear the challenges,
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that s what we re going to see. what you heard from the president, he s saying exactly what she said just. having this stepped up campaign schedule. on the other hand it seemed he was thinking past the november election into possible fall out from if the night isn t exactly what he s hoping it is. thanks to ashley for the shout out there. sump a tru such a trumpian constru construct. he would own the victory and have nothing to do with the defeat. would he own it like president obama when the democrats took a blood bath at the poles. he made it clear he didn t want to embrace that comparison. he is putting himself out there. the white house as ashley written has made him the center of this effort for the republicans to keep the house and the senate. i think there is some concerns