a lot of us have been since the new hampshire primary just five days ago, including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the primary plugs forward, the general election campaign has basically begun. biden campaign co-chair is standing nearby talking about how they re going to take on trump, and offered his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from a department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how curls case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors that halle team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy t
good morning, it saturday apri 1st. i am ali velshi, this week marked another inflection poin from the state of th democracy. donald, trump the rookie politician who somehow made it into the white house with zero political experience, only t be disgraced as the firs president to be impeached twic while in office. it is now the first current or former president to be criminally indicted in u.s history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud, that s classified a misdemeanors and the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge stemming from the manhatta district attorney, alvin bragg s investigation of the former presidents role in th hush money payments made to th former adult film actress, stormy daniels with whom he allegedly had a affair, donald trump denie that there wasn t a fair and any interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday, daniel sa
every time there is a chance to vote and to see something, you gotta go out and say it. we will discuss all that ahead, but in new york, there are four other congressional races that we are watching closely. in new york s post-congressional district longtime democratic representatives jerrold nadler and carolyn maloney forced into the same race due to redistricting. nadler won that primary, ending maloney s 30-year stunt in congress. in your 17th district, democratic congressman, sean patrick maloney and mondaire jones were almost forced to run against each other the same way that nadler and maloney were. but mondovi s running in new york s newly drawn pet district, facing a crowded field including dan goldman, former lead counsel during donald trump s first impeachment who spent his own money in that race. goldman is clearly leading the pack, but the race is still too close to call. tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc, part of a primary challenge fo
availability and the simple activities that could pose a risk to your family. and later, nearly 200 house republicans vote against protecting access to contraception. i m going to go one-on-one with the co-sponsor of the bill about why this is so important, and what democrats need to do to protect other crucial rights. good morning, and a happy sunday to you. i am katie fang. biden continues to recover from covid this morning as his doctor says that he likely contract at the highly contagious ba.5 variant, which is rapidly spreading throughout the united states. biden tested positive for the virus on thursday, and has been isolating in the white house resident sense. why do sympathizing the biden through was all wild, he has received four vaccine doses in his taking an anti viral drug. for more on all of this we turn to nbc news correspondent peter alexander, who is at the white house. hello katie, good morning. biden beginning his third full day in isolation here. white ho
In georgia today. More on that in a moment. But tonight, there is a new report about arguably the person closest to donald trump and the months following the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. His last chief of staff, mark meadows. Abc news is now reporting that Special Counsel jack smith has granted mark meadows immunity for his under oath testimony. Sources familiar with that matter tell abc news that mark meadows has spoken to jack smiths team three times this year, including to the federal grand jury. Abc news reports, quote, meadows informed smiths team that he repeatedly told trump in the weeks after the 2020 president ial election that the allegations of significant voter fraud commit to them were baseless. Meadows also told the federal investigators trump was being, quote, dishonest with the public when he first claimed to have won the election only hours after polls closed on november 3rd, 2020, before a final result for. And obviously he didnt, when a source quoted mea