Four months, in four different jurisdictions. That same front runner has a little respect or voters and election process that he refuses to even participate in this debate, and no other candidate with a real shot of winning the nomination is willing to take on that front runner. No one is up to the task of condemning him. In fact, they are more likely to embrace a potential criminal potentially criminally actions. This debate is about far more than winning votes. We will see on full display a party that has all but abandoned democracy and our countries small d democratic values. This week, we need to know whether these candidates will adhere to the rule of law. Whether they will accept the results of free and fair elections, and whether they will allow us to uphold our institutions. So thats what we are discussing tonight. Not who is up or who is down. We are way beyond that. And we will be doing a disservice to you if we try to make it seem like this upcoming debate is anything less t
Of president joe bidens visit to hawaii later today. A lot to get to on this monday morning. Welcome to morning joe. With us, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbckatty kay and Charlie Sykes is with us. Willie will be back tomorrow. Right now, were following new polling that shows Donald Trumps hold over the Republican Base is as strong as ever, in the latest cbs poll, the former president has 62 support from likely gop voters, and among those likely trump voters the poll shows they trust the former president even more than their own loved ones. Lets put a framer on that. They trust the former president more than they trust their own loved ones. They feel what trump tells them is the truth ahead of friends and family at 63 . Conservative media figures at 56 . And a religious leader at 42 . All right, so this weekend, mika and i last night were having a conversation around the table and mika was just asking how could people still be so devoted still to donald trump . Its important
Flames of its own, three deadly fires scorching thousands of acres across the state and forcing thousands to evacuate. All of this playing out as fema, the Agency Responsible for Disaster Response says theyre running out of cash, in a year thats setting records for billion dollar weather disaster. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in california, where Officials Say the risk of flooding and mud slides isnt over yet. Nbcs Priscilla Thompson is live, whats it like where you are on the ground, priscilla . Reporter yeah, chris, this is the type of scene that some folks are waking up to. This is a road that has effectively, as you said, turned into a river. All of that water that came down had nowhere to go. There may be some debris. A worker told us that is blocking where it should be flowing under this road, and so you see it flowing across the road, and it has been going like this all morning since weve been here over the past several hours,
Remain in effect as hilary drenches the southwest. The storms rains creating dangerous conditions. You can see cars stranded there in this flooding, roads closed and mudslides cutting off access entirely to some areas. For some people in southern california, it was a onetwo punch. Watch this video, a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake shaking parts of ventura and l. A. Counties. Look at all those glass bottles start to shake and then fall in this restaurant before customers make a dash for the door. Meteorologist bill karins is standing by with details on how much rain and whats next. First, lets go to san diego and nbc news correspondent guad venegas. Its just past 7 00 a. M. There. What kind of dangers and damages are people dealing with as they start their day. Reporter the weather is clearing here in san diego. Weve had rain all through out yesterday and overnight. Fortunately, the main part of the storm moved inland after it entered the United States. It passed through the mountains east o
An historic day in washington. The former president and current g portion front runner will be arraigned for eallegedly orchestrating a a plot to overturn the free and Fair Election that he lost. Were keeping watch as donald trump gets ready to leave new jersey, board his private jet and make his way to a federal courthouse just steps away from where democracy was under siege during the january 6th insurrection. Hundreds of Protrump Rioters already face justice inside that very same courthouse. And thats where we begin this hour with paula reid and evan perez. What can we expect to unfold in that courthouse out of the publics view . Once the former president gets into washington, he will be brought into the federal courthouse. Were probably not going to see much of him before he finally gets into the courthouse. He will be processed by the u. S. Marshals as they do with everyone who is arraigned. He will be under arrest. And then he will be brought in at 4 00. The we expect the judge i