last night, it rolled into the frozen tundra of iowa and crushed the opposition. it was a historic night for the former president. he took 51% of the vote. and on the evidence of this result, the gop is entirely his party. it poses huge questions for his two remaining opponents the florida governor, ron desantis, who came second, ahead of the former south carolina governor, nikki haley. but right now, it s not a race for second it is a race for relevancy. trump s rebound is all the more stunning for this reason. he faces a multitude of charges and allegations, he could even be convicted before he takes office. and on leaving iowa this morning, he went straight to a courtroom in manhattan for the opening of a defamation trial. the court cases are now part of the campaign. i really think this - is time now for everybody, our country, to come together. we want to come together, - whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we cou
under pressure the growing calls for senato diane feinstein to step down i ll talk to the first democra to say it out loud the congressman ro khanna. and senator tim scott s toug position the most prominent black man i the republican party leans int the culture wars as he explore a run for president. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we hold these truths to b self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator wit certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit o happiness. the declaration of independenc certainly rings hollow today a the republican party continues to push legislation that is no only wildly unpopular an dangerous, but also strips these unalienable rights fro americans. friday, the supreme cour ordered continued access t mifepristone until the court could make a final decision on wednesday. polling shows a majority o americans, 64% believe abortio should be legal in all or
The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. John boehner of The State Of Ohio Has received one. Look at that smile. Its going about that way. Democrats totally united while republicans are Casting Protest Votes with the speaker. And tonight, the nomination of the unqualified jim jordan is circling the drain. My friend and colleague Rachel Maddow joins me right here on that embarrassing spectacle. Her new book, prequel, American Fight Against Fascism and so much more. But we begin tonight with the profound difference between the normal way of becoming House Speaker and what jim jordan is doing. Using maga tactics to threaten his way into the speakers office. It has been 15 days since Kevin Mccarthy was deposed by his partys maga wing and jim jordan is still trying to fill his tiny, tiny little shoes. But here is the thing, House Speakers, at least the recent ones, get the job in very traditional ways, by building relationships, rising through the ranks, with
beijing does not want to unseat the united states as the world s superpower, but xi jinping tells president biden china s absorption of taiwan is inevitable. we will take you this hour to san francisco where the asia pacific countries are sitting down for a working lunch. in the uk rishi sunak s government will present new legislation to set aside the supreme court s ban on sending asylum seekers to rwanda. but backbench mps want assurances from number ten the bill will be tight enough to prevent future legal challenges. and what about labour. a party of government or a party of protest. the shadow front bench staged a mass rebellion last night, over keir starmer s stance on a ceasefire in gaza. we will get the thoughts on all of that from our panel tonight. with us labour sjohn mctiernan, formerly tony blair director of political operations. also here tara setmeyer, former communications director for the republican party, and now a resident scholar at the university of vir
convicted ex-president s latest bid to lift the gag order in the hush money interference case. what does it mean? right now donald trump is prohibited from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, jurors, court staff, and their family members. judge juan merchan has found donald trump to be in violation of the gag order ten times and the 11th could land him in jail as the judge has warned publicly. new york court refusing to hear trump s appeal, quote, upon the grounds that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved. or asa friend joyce vance put it, donald trump s first amendment rights are not violated by the order. it is a rebuke, of course, to team trump which has argued it had constitutional questions of the highest importance. it was part of a political appreciate to getting the gag order lifted and there is an important reason for that. there is nothing, the only presidential candidate running as a convicted felon wants to do more than delegitimize this proce