joins us from miami. so why is he speaking out now kaitlan? well, anderson, in part because he s worried that americans and voters will never get to hear this story before the election in november. obviously, trump s legal team has sought this strategy of delay, delay, delay, especially when it comes to the classified documents case. and so this witness, someone who was a longtime employee at mar-a-lago for 20 years, is now speaking out publicly because of a concern that that it may not come to light. i mean, donald trump has repeatedly called this investigation a witch hunt. brian butler, who until now was known only as trump employee number five, is now saying that he disagrees with that. he doesn t believe it s a witch-hunt and he was able to provide key testimony to the special counsel, jack smith here, including about key moments, including one where walt nauta, who is trump s body man, turned co-defendant, asked him to help load boxes onto a plane that was bound for t
there is no one i like talking to more than congressman jamie raskin. like for us, he s here in studio and he s coming up first. plus we ll ask the law firm of weissmann and cotula how all of this might impact the classified documents case down in florida. also today, dueling visit to the southern border, as the former president fires up the few machine. i m gonna ask beto o rourke what democrats should be doing about it. and later, mitch mcconnell announces he will leave his leadership position later this year. we ll take a deep dive into his legacy and the frankenstein monster he helped create. so in the years since donald trump s third supreme court nominee was confirmed, just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there. will they help him? and if so, when will they help them? well, this week, the supreme court announced they were taking up trump s absurd claim of presidential immunity, and in turn they granted him the thing
his new comments outside mar-a-lago as he pushes ahead to a big super tuesday. also breaking, trump s money man in handcuffs, and pleading guilty, what he s accused of lying about under oath. and the man behind one of the biggest pentagon leaks in years back in court. the sentence for jack teixeira has part of a plea deal with prosecutors. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s ryan reilly who is covering this unanimous ruling from the supreme court. ryan, what stands out in this decision by the court? i think really that the court wanted to come to a united decision on this that left no doubt here in terms of 9-0 for the main part of this ruling here. essentially what it means is that on the day of what was supposed to be the first trial for donald trump in the judge chutkan case in d.c., originally as it was scheduled, we have this decision from the supreme court. the idea of states taking the ballot off the table. it
they call it super tuesday for a reason. this is a big one. [cheers] and they tell me he, the pundits and otherwise, that there has never been one like this. there has been anything so conclusive. this was an amazing an amazing night. we re going to take back our country. we are going to do it right. we are going to have the greatest economy ever in the history of our country. we re going to top what we did. ainsley: president trump making huge gains this super tuesday winning 14 out of the 15 states including delegate-rich california and texas. his rival nikki haley winning vermont. steve: president biden on the other side solidified his path to the nomination but there are some more warning signs, especially in minnesota, where nearly 20% of biden s voters selected uncommitted. oops? lawrence: we have live team coverage from washington to california. but we begin with brian at the touch screen to break down some of the results. brian: first off, i m not in con
that the united states congress passed the freedom to vote act, and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. [applause] the fight for freedom, today and states across our nation, extremists propose and passed laws that attack the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body. laws that would make no exceptions for rape or incest. here in alabama, they attack the freedom to use ivf treatments. women and couples, denied the ability to fulfill their dream, of having a child. and consider the irony, on the one hand, these extremists tell women they do not have the freedom to and an unwanted pregnancy. extremists tell women they do not have the freedom to start a family. let us agree, one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs, to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body. [applause] the fight for freedom, that every person in our nation has a right to be free from the horror of gun violence. [applause] and yet toda