The primary campaign in the election season. Unlike we have ever seen before. Good evening, everybody, im martha mccallum. Bret im bret baier. It is Super Tuesday. The most states, the most delegates. The most votes on the line as both parties march towards a 2020 rematch it looks like. At this hour polls are closed in virginia and vermont. Vermont could be nikki haleys best chance to win a state tonight, thanks to moderate northeast Republican Voters and an open primary system. Martha virginia is also holding an open primary and she could do well in the suburban areas near d. C. Both states also host democratic president ial primaries tonight where biden is widely expected to win. Bret those are just the first prizes of the night. 16 states and one territory heading to the polls today, including the two biggest states, texas and california. A lot of delegates there. Martha indeed, on the republican side there are 854 delegates up for grabs tonight. That is more than 70 of what is need
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
Willie, what do fox news viewers who are lied to with great regularity on some of these issues, what do they think when neil cavuto is there going, yeah, no, none of that is right . Yeah. Fact checking. I was smiling because you can hear the lawyers for fox news in the anchors ear, 787 million. The hit they took for lying about certain elements of the election. Hes telling the truth. It is a verifiable, Objective Truth that a lot of people still reject. Neil cavuto says theres no doubt about it anymore, but, sadly, there is doubt in americans minds because of the lies theyve been fed for all of these years. Yeah, for so many years. Majority, actually, of republicans believe the lies that are spread by chinese religious cults and, unfortunately, by networks of america and politicians, too. You know, we showed very briefly that clip of biden going to the border. We heard at the end of Way Too Early that theres a belief, tom suozzi believes, hey, he won on long island by leaning into the
Important discussions we have had this week. The Supreme Court has agreed now to consider former President Trumps claim of president ial immunity in his federal Election Interference case. We it will further delay a potential trial. The high court has scheduled arguments for april 22nd, and a final ruling might not come until months later at the end of the term in june. If the court ruled in favor of trump the special counsels charges would be dismissed. The u. S. Court of appeals unanimously ruled trump does not have absolute immunity. The Supreme Court does affirmed that, the delays still would push the start of the trial probably into the fall. Lets bring in former litigator and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin, and former u. S. Attorney and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance. Good morning to you both. Lisa, lets pause for a moment, i think this was shocking used a lot of people, lets talk about what the decision is and what it is not, it does not mean the supreme agrees that donal
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t