good evening once again, good to be back with you, i am stephanie ruhle. and tonight we are tracking important developments in several investigations into the former president, donald j trump. nbc news reports that fulton county, eight fani willis, it will begin choosing to grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president sho
will begin choosing two grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president should be and, right now, the favorite in fact is the defendant. the case is also the focus of a new political ad that started airing in the battleground states of arizona, georgia, and wisconsin. in it, former cia and nsa director michael haden is jus
the republican nominee. my issue is with supporting donald trump. donald trump is a proven loser. with us for more former democratic senator of north dakota she is the founder of one country project. and former democratic congressman of ohio tim ryan. he is the senior visiting fellow at third way. heidi, can you just walk me through this sort of primary street ego. you have trump gunning for desantis while everyone else seems to be getting trump. well it makes perfect sense because elections are about comparisons and it has been a long time coming but finally we are having the dialogue we need to have. what you do not hear though is that it is not a dialogue of ideas there is just a lot of criticism. not saying what they would do. and it has been fascinating to see the elbow kind of moving your elbows. trying to find room on the debate stage. and so we are going to know a
message with the maga crowd and with mainstream republicans or are willing to step up. th mainstream republicans or so we have got a long way to go but i think that we are going to know a lot more by the end of the year. whomever the republican nominee is, tim, do they not need to figure out how they are going to hit joe biden. because i watched day in and day out and do not they need to pick a lane? right, he can t be sleepy joe who is too old for the job. and then at the same time, he is high on cocaine. right, he can t be senile and a puppet and at the same time running a secret crime family or running over kevin mccarthy on debt ceiling negotiations. so which is it? well i don t know, they are going to have to pick and something tells me they are not all going to be aligned on that. i think the president, the administration, i think those running for reelection here in ohio with senator brown and others mansion and these guys
about twitter and meta? i think there is a lot of reasons for that, some of which is the lobbying that you talked about, some of which is that it is so big that people don t know how to come out it. it is a problem. and on this monday night, alex winter is delivering you at home a nightmare. thank you so much, alex. there you go, a way to start your week. i will tell you, i have enjoyed my conversation with alex, scott, and all my guests tonight. it s great to be back here and i want to wish you all a very good and very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. upbeat music [ tires screeching ] director: cut! jordana, easy on the gas. force of habit. i gotta wrap this commercial, i think i m late on my payment. it s okay, the general gives you a break when you need it.