You look like you are about to start the 11 00 a. M. Shift at the bank of the weekend. Im loving them. Im loving them. You guys have a great rest of your day and i will see you tomorrow. A very good morning to you, it is saturday, march 16th, and we begin today with Big Decisions and more delays all revolving around Donald Trumps litany of legal troubles and the future of american democracy. Lets start in georgia, where nathan wade has resigned from his role as Special Prosecutor in the racketeering case against the former president , donald trump, and multiple Co Defendants over their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. That came shortly after the judge overseeing the proceedings, scott mcafee, ruled that before County District attorney, this woman, fani willis , should not be disqualified from trying the case as a result of her romantic relationship with nathan wade, which judge mcafee wrote caused no quote actual conflict in terms of the prosecution o
Bring the country together. Im going to bring it together. We all know donald trump sees a different america. An america story of resentment, advantage and retribution. Thats not me. Thats not you. Everything that Joe Biden Touches turns to [ bleep ]. Celebrating the constitution, our country, our economy and our communities. Donald trump is vermin, poison, poison in the blood of america. It sounds a lot lik 2020 you could say it sounds like 2016 as well. While the contours of the campaign feel like deja vu, they already do. Whats happening behind the rallies is noticeably and notably different. President biden is outraising former President Trump which could be especially significant when donald trump is in a personally precarious financial position, which he is. Well explain what that means in a moment. It could also have bearing on what trump expects or demands of the rnc which he now functionally controls through his daughterinlaw and handpicked successor. On the other side of the
On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for
As we come on the air, the eyes of the world are upon us. With our allies around the Globe Waiting and watching to see how and when the United States will respond to two of the most Urgent International questions of our time. The murder of Vladimir Putins most powerful political opponent and the twoyear anniversary of russias anniversary of ukraine just days away. The Open Question of will the United States send ukraine the aid it needs to hold the line against russia. A common denominator here, one man. Russian president Vladimir Putin. The dictator who our expresident still has yet to condemn for the murder Alexei Navalny. The white house says they will impose new sanctions to hold poout skpn russia accountable for the murder. But on ukraine, aid that ukraine so urgently needs that our International Allies are waiting to see if the United States delivers, that the Biden Administration is willing to give that aid is being ham strung by mike johnson. Who it is worth noting spent his lo
As we come on the air, the eyes of the world are upon us. With our allies around the Globe Waiting and watching to see how and when the United States will respond to two of the most Urgent International questions of our time. The murder of Vladimir Putins most powerful political opponent and the twoyear anniversary of russias anniversary of ukraine just days away. The Open Question of will the United States send ukraine the aid it needs to hold the line against russia. A common denominator here, one man. Russian president Vladimir Putin. The dictator who our expresident still has yet to condemn for the murder Alexei Navalny. The white house says they will impose new sanctions to hold poout skpn russia accountable for the murder. But on ukraine, aid that ukraine so urgently needs that our International Allies are waiting to see if the United States delivers, that the Biden Administration is willing to give that aid is being ham strung by mike johnson. Who it is worth noting spent his lo