i m so excited for the announcement tonight. tune in, pay attention, listen closely. four more years. subtle. it is a blow for former south carolina governor nikki haley who is the one appointed then congressman scott to his senate seat. senator scott is on the medium list for a trump vp pick as opposed to the short list. kylie atwood is in new hampshire. nikki haley reaction to this endorsement and the timing. reporter: this news broke while nikki haley was at the campaign event, one of six campaign events in new hampshire today. she did not really respond to initial questions from reporters saying, we will see if it happens. an hour later, her campaign coming out with a statement on her behalf responding to senator scott s endorsement. her quote was, interesting trump lining up with all the washington insiders when he claimed he wanted to drain the swamp. the fellows will do what the fellows are going to do. i m told she did not know the endorsement was coming at the
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
speeches and we get your votes and all that stuff. nobody has ever had to do this before. you know, people didn t do it before because usually candidates who judges say are rapists don t usually get this far, but what we found in iowa a couple nights ago was, well, iowa republicans that voted, those 14%, they like their presidential candidates that are called rapists by judges and they like their presidential candidates that steal nuclear secrets and like their presidential candidates that repeatedly defame women. now, you know, willie, i m new to this political thing. let me help you through this. you brushed me off yesterday when i fell off the turnip truck and i thank you that, right in front of an icy patch of snow outside of 30 rock. you dusted me off. that was nice of him. as we were leaving and going up into 30 rock. i was chewing on it. he explained politics to me. you need to hear it. willie, i still don t get it, though. like, this guy is complaining a
youtube. the great andrea mitchell is here with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports the republican fight ramps up in new hampshire. i do want to talk about nikki, that she s not great, she s not tough enough to deal with these people. i ll tell you that, she s not tough enough. we can t have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won t survive. while president biden focuses on the border and meeting with top lawmakers. this hour, mark warner joins me with a preview. plus, new intrigue surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin s hospitalization as his 911 call is made public. can i ask the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we re trying to remain a little subtle. plus, as deadly strikes stretch from gaza and lebanon, iraq and yemen, i ll speak to an israeli woman about the joy of being reunited with a family member and the pain of having another one coverage from a hostage. b
hello, and thank you for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in court for the second day in the defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll. this time with carroll herself expected to take the stand as the first witness. carroll is seeking $10 million in damages arguing trump ruined her reputation with the comments he made during and after his presidency. now, today s proceedings follow an intense jury selection process where trump and carroll came face to face for the first time in more than 25 years. nbc s garrett haake is covering the trump campaign, joining us from new hampshire this morning. also with us nbc s rehema ellis who s following developments in the courtroom along with our legal analyst former assistant manhattan district attorney catherine christian. so rehema, carroll did testify in her first defamation trial, but not with trump sitting right there in the courtroom. set the st