..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more than 80,000. so it s an extremely ordinary tank. nothin
let me put it that way. if you win iowa and you win new hampshire, they ve never had a loss. there s never been, so ware not going to be the first i can tell you. at one point in this campaign there were 14 of us running and we were at 2% in the polls. well, i m a fighter. and i m scrappy. and now we re the last ones standing next to donald trump. that s nikki haley vowing to stay in the race despite a double digit loss to donald trump last night in new hampshire. we ll break down those results and the future of the campaign. plus, president biden hits the campaign trail with a passionate speech focused on the contrasts between him and donald trump. and also ahead significant progress perhaps on bringing peace to gaza as israel and hamas appear to be close to a cease-fire deal. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 24th, the morning after the new hampshire primary. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. donald trump w
affects you. some of our guests are fantastic authors, some have written substantive and en ligenlightening books. we begin with america s most successful governor, ron desantis of florida. before he announced his candidacy for president, governor desantis wrote a book. the courage to be free. how he believes his state is a model for the rest of the country. go. courage to be free, florida blueprint, let me ask you. i don t always ask everyone. this is a fantastic book. it is easy to read, it walks through your life. things that you learned that you done know before, why did you write. over the last few years, florida has represented freedom in the united states. we have seen that with the number of people unprecedented number of people that have picked up their lives from a lot of failing states, governed by leftist politics, they have come to florida, they told me, just highway glad they are to be in florida. you have seen other states that have followed florida, and do
diaz-balart. we begin with a decision from the u.s. supreme court that will have huge implications for colleges and universities and society in general. last hour the justices said schools cannot use race as a consideration when it comes to admitting students. ruling that affirmative action programs both at harvard and the university of north carolina are unconstitutional. it is also a decision that could have implications far beyond education. with us now to take a closer look at this, we have nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who is outside the supreme court, we have reverend al sharpton there in the center of the screen, president of the national action network and host of politics nation on msnbc, as well as maya riley, president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. welcome to you all on this extraordinary news day. julia, what more did the justices have to say in their decision? reporter: well, in short, they have ended affirmative action as we
amount of damages trump was already found liable for both sexually abusing carroll and defending her in an earlier civil trial. nbc s laura jarrett has more. reporter: carroll originally served minister trump saying he sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room and the 90s. he said she was a liar. it s terrible what s going on. it s a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: and may, a different jury that mr. trump had sexually abused and defamed carroll, after he left office. awarded her $5 million. laven this second jury to decide only damages for what he said about her while he was president. carroll alleged his original remarks unleashed a torrent of threats online from trump supporters and tarnished her reputation. but mr. trump s attorney tonight blasting the judge for barr or mr. trump trump deny carroll s claims. before i walked into court, that judge decided that every single defense president trump had, we were no