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
Parties are headed in and how they will stack up this november. Consider the scores of down ballot races. Microcosms of a country at war with itself over its priorities and its politics. The Premiere Matchup in california, where leading the volatile u. S. Senate race polls moderate adam schiff against the Liberal Democrat katie porter and republican exballplayer steve garvey, who has surged in the polls, even while barely campaigning. In North Carolina, maga voters could elevate a trump endorsed Culture Warrior in the fight for governor. And one of the countrys few true battleground states. Texas voters, ground zero for what is increasingly the top Campaign Issue in the country. What to do about the border. And across the country, 115 congressional primaries are being decided as we speak. With democrats needing to flip just four seats to take control of the house. All of that providing valuable exit polling data, informing Campaign Strategies with extraordinary stakes that include the
His new comments outside maralago as he pushes ahead to a big Super Tuesday. Also breaking, trumps money man in handcuffs, and pleading guilty, what hes accused of lying about under oath. And the man behind one of the biggest pentagon leaks in years back in court. The sentence for Jack Teixeira has part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs ryan reilly who is covering this unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court. Ryan, what stands out in this decision by the court . I think really that the court wanted to come to a united decision on this that left no doubt here in terms of 90 for the main part of this ruling here. Essentially what it means is that on the day of what was supposed to be the first trial for donald trump in the judge chutkan case in d. C. , originally as it was scheduled, we have this decision from the Supreme Court. The idea of states taking the ballot off the table. It would have been a m
Right now. I love arizona and i am so proud of what weve delivered. Because i choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, i will leave the senate at this end of this year. Joining us now is msnbc political contributor, jake sherman. How much does this change the dynamics of the senate Going Forward . Drastically. Number one, theres a lot to unpack. Sinema says she chooses compromise. She was part of a lot of compromises in the last three or four years. A variety of compromises including gun legislation. She was part of every major compromise on capitol hill. Number two, this becomes a twoway race between lake and gallego. A head to head race between a republican and democratic where no independent is going to be siphoning off votes. Number three, a real Pick Up Opportunity for either party i guess. Sinema was an independent, but republicans feel as though lake now has a real chance. Democrats feel like gallego has it in the bag. So choose your adventu
Closing arguments this afternoon. Hes attempting to disqualify the District Attorney in her office, and is losing her case against donald. Trump and hanging above all of this is the Supreme Court which is looking to take Donald Trumps claims of immunity away the sequel. Donald trump strategies delay, delay, delay. After that, should he become president , i dont think any of it is going to get hurt. The truth front runners traveling to the southern border making dueling appearances. Lets get together and get it done. Its a biden invasion over the past three years. One man who wants to work with republicans to get something done, the border one man wants to keep the issue alive. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. It is just 249 days into the election. And there is one word to sum up this last week. Delay. The lay of the Criminal Court Case against donald trump, delay as Congress Kicks the can again to fund the government. And delay on taking real action to fix our southern bord