i m so excited about tomorrow. it s not because i don t have to write anything tomorrow because we re doing my favorite thing, which is election coverage preempting these hours. but we are going to be working together again, and that s a very exciting thing. if you can call it work. it s really just kind of we re sort of on tv watching tv, like watching the returns, like what s going to happen next. i m going to be air guitaring the tympani every time we come out of a commercial. i ll be flagging down steve kornacki any time i have a spare thought or it looks like any piece of new data may have wafted his way. i m super nervous about being around everybody, but i m also super excited. the ballots will be up and down and it will be impossible to predict. i ll be doing election coverage of the mayor in boston tomorrow night. that will be my beat. i m going to get my beauty sleep. i ll see you tomorrow. thank you, rachel. thank you. good night. today a united sta
there soon after we get going and i ll be there until the calls tell oats they want to want to come home anyway. i ll see you tomorrow night, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening rachel, and i m so excited about tomorrow night. and it s not just because, i don t have to write anything tomorrow because we re doing my favorite thing which is election coverage, preempting these hours. but we are going to be working together again. and that s a very exciting thing. if you can call it work, it s really just kind of, we re sort of on tv watching tv, like watching the returns, what s gonna happen next. listen, i m gonna be air guitar-ing the timpani from the election music every time we come out of commercial. i m just gonna be like flagging down steve kornacki anytime i have a stray thawed or some new piece of data may have wafted his way. i m super excited, i m super nervous to be back with everybody in person, but also super excited about it.
nikki haley? what she needs to prove on super tuesday to stay in the race. and if she does not stay, will she abide by the rnc pledge to endorse the nominee? what she s signaling now. the rnc is now not the same rnc. you re no longer bound by that pledge. no, i think i ll make what decision i want to make. and what the u.s. is now saying about the war in gaza. could harsher words turn into a change in policy toward israel? good to be with you. i m katy tur in for andrea mitchell. the supreme court just gave donald trump s candidacy a big win. in a unanimous 9-0 ruling, the justices declared stated have no authority over federal candidates, overruling colorado supreme court s decision citing the constitution s insurrection clause to disqualify donald trump from the primary ballot. quote, congress rather than the states, are responsible for enforcing section three against federal office holders and candidates. colorado primary s tomorrow during super tuesday and this
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p
vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag