this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
donald trump hit the campaign trail in iowa last night telling rally goers that the department of justice s case against him is quote, all be f. well, you said the real world, but i can. he also said every time he gets subpoenaed, his poll numbers go up. he s not wrong. trump leads the board for the republican nomination by at least 30 points. that s not good for any of the other 11 candidates. particularly florida governor ron desantis whose campaign in second to trump in the polls but is being hit with words like sagging and stalled. and then there s this. in the last four months donald trump has been indicted twice, and yet, the disgraced former president s campaign says it raised an astounding $35 million in the second quarter. that s double his take in the first three months of the year. joining me now, terrace at meyer, former gop communications director lincoln project senior advisor and resident scholar at the uva center for politics, and former republican congressm
mo money, mo problems. donald trump breaks in the campaign cash as he reels against the special counsel. but jack smith is closing in. we ll have the latest on the investigations and the campaign trail. supreme makeover. calls for reform after the supreme court s controversial ruling and questions about ethics. donald lithwick is here to discuss the possibilities. and a first for the first date. delaware congresswoman lisa blank roster joins me live to talk about her bid to be her state s first female senator, and first black senator, only the third black woman ever elected to the u.s. senate. i m jonathan capehart this is the saturday show.