how can i put this? tonight is politically surreal. donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, the current republican front-runner, campaigning right now as we speak to be re-elected, hoping to sit right back down at that resolute desk. while the c olorado saying you have to do it in 49 states, colorado isn t one. why? they say he engaged in insurrection on january 6th. they say the 14th amendment says he is disqualified from the ballot and from being president of the united states of america. here s what the 14th amendment says. it says, no person shall hold any office, who has previously taken an oath, to support the constitution of the united states, has engaged in insurrection or rebellion or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. sound familiar? you heard this from the january 6th committee. you heard it from district court rile in the state of colorado. it was the first time there was a real trial to determine if donald trump had engaged in insurrectio
you. we have got a lot more coming, up everybody. you are watching msnbc, or second hour starts right now. starts right now hey everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are so thankful for that. collision course, the president in the air right now, flying back to washington and right into a debt ceiling showdown with speaker mccarthy. the two men sit to meet tomorrow sometime, to try to resolve the gulf of differences between them as they face a deadline. it could lead to the unimaginable default by the united states of america. my assessment is that the odds of reaching june 15th will be unable to pay all of our bills. it s quite low. based on what i ve offered, i would be blameless. on the politics of, it no one would be blameless. it seems as though he wants to default more than he wants a deal. speaker mccarthy is allowing himself in the entire nation to be held hostage by the biden republicans. just by
race? what his staffers are saying about his political future. so we have a lot going on and a lot more music to introduce. lucas tomlinson introduces live from washington without any music for you. just give us the facts, lucas. you got it, brian. good morning, after months of anticipation trips to iowa, new hampshire and abroad, it s now official. governor ron desantis will enter the presidential race tonight. florida s first lady teasing the announcement in this 30 second video. d do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. elon musk offered a preview of the highly expected announcement take place tonight at 6:00 p.m. we ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and we ll be it will be the first time something like this is happening on social media. and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. president trump s super pac responding to the announcement this is one of th
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with florida governor ron desantis set to launch his campaign today in an audio interview on twitter conducted by elon musk, part of an attempt to reset the table as donors express concern. there are other unconventional aspects like this dramatic teaser video tweeted out by his wife. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. jessica dean has more from miami. reporter: news coming on tuesday that makes it official, something that has been talked about for months and months. ron desantis will announce that he is running for the republican nomination for president. what is unique is that he will be sitting down to do so with the owner of twitter, elon musk. he will be doing that on wednesday night. that is not typically how someone would announce their candidacy, but it goes with what we ve been told about what the likely campa
you do it. you can do anything, grab them by the [ bleep ], you can do anything. that s what you said? historically, that s true with stars. true with stars that they can grab women by the [ bleep ]? if you look over the last million years, i guess that s been largely true, not always, but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. unfortunately for donald trump, a jury of his peers determines he is indeed a sexual predator. the nine jurors deliberating for just three hours before they historic decision in favor of e. jean carroll on most counts, including sexual abuse and defamation. plus, breaking news, the law is finally catching up to the most dishonest member of congress. nbc news has learned republican congressman george santos is now facing criminal charges from the justice department. but we begin the reidout tonight with another historic first for donald trump. not only was trump the first twice impeached president, not only is he the first former pres