Donald trump now has 1057 delegates, that is roughly 11 for every criminal charge he is facing. He is now about 150 delegates away that is a better ratio i think than i expected. From the republican nomination. Vermont denied trump a sweep where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the votes. I love vermont. You got to be looking at vermont and American Samoa if you want to know where the race is going. And i dont understand it. Well be talking to John Heilemann later on. He will explain. On the democratic side, President Biden cruising toward his partys nomination with high stakes state of the Union Address taking place tomorrow on capitol hill. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night with entrepreneur jay c. Palmer winning the Caucus In American A Me a. Fewer than 100 ballots were cast in that contest. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday march 6. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire. And also John Heilemann is here. And also political
, and, while officials, acknowledge the situation could still escalate reports from the border are of relative calm. that said, the tension facilities are overcapacity as policy decisions continue to play out in washington there is one thing that has not changed the drive and desperation of those making the journey to and across the border. under united states and international law, anyone who fears persecution in their home country can t come to the united states and seek refugee status. this image of a father carrying a baby in a suitcase as he wades across a river is emblematic of the border story. desperate people going to extremes for just a chance at a better life for their family. if you are in their place, wouldn t you do the same? on the base of the statue of liberty are the immortal words by ahmaud lazarus, give me your tired, your four, your huddled masses, your doesn t attaching to the promise of america s what has made this nation oblique into the world. these
paw. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. ever. bret: breaking tonight, an all-day testimony, the south carolina lawyer accused of murdering his wife and son took the stand today. alex murdaugh admitted lying to authorities but insisted he did not kill his family. correspondent jonathan serrie has details tonight in what has been a very long day. good evening, jonathan. indeed, bret. a bold move by the defense putting their client on the witness stand and asking him some very direct questions. did you shoot a 300 blackout into her head causing her death? mr. good win, i didn t shoot my wife or son any time. in front of the attorney disbarred. bret: we have tape difficulties there. we will go back to jonathan serrie and once we figure that out we will go back to the piece. jonathan just to ask you a question about this. at times it was emotional. at times that testimony really got heated between the prosecution and alex murdaugh. ye
alex, we just heard you say i should have known. what are you referring to? i said, paul, paul, i should have known. what were you referring to? i was referring to paul got so many threats. he didn t take serious. i was just telling him, paul, paul, i should have known. i don t specifically remember saying that, but i can clearly hear myself say that. what kind of threats did you understand paul was receiving? paul got the most vile threats, the stuff that was on social media. you couldn t believe it. you couldn t believe it. it was so over the top, truthfully, we didn t think anything about it. it was just so crazy. people talking about what he was going to get and how they were going to do this and get him and it s stuff you really disr disregarded it because it s so over the top. thought it was so over the top. keep going please . when was the last time you talked to maggie? probably two hours ago. okay, you said about two hours ago you talked to them?
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