good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. just a few minutes from now, ivanka trump will return to the witness stand in the fraud trial where her most used phrase has been i don t recall. and moments ago, we learned about a new legal maneuver from prosecutors. plus, with his daughter on the stand and republican rivals headed for the debate stage, donald trump looks to take back the spotlight with one of his signature rallies tonight. and a big blow to glenn youngkin s brand as virginia voters thwart his plans for a gop takeover for the legislature. what could it mean for presidential ambitions. breaking news in the hunter biden saga, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, sending the president excuse me. let s go to our nbc reporters. excuse me one sec. apologies for that, lindsey. let s begin in new york city. we re outside the trial in lower manhattan and from what we re seeing from ivanka today, stylistically she s
Issues that affect iowan and americans. This is the playbook for america, this election. Marc . Theres an irony in the former president saying the Executive Privilege protects him from any prosecution and he also says on Day One hell prosecute joe biden. Theres an enormous inconsistency there, but the problem for the Table Issues that he faces is the inflation, Border Crisis and the war in the middle East And War in Eastern Europe and those Table Issues drive people back to Donald Trump despite the legal challenges. All right. We will see what happens tomorrow night. Stay with us. We have more of our panel. But first when we come back, why miracles can come true here in iowa. Our meet the Press Minute is next. Our meet the Press Minute is next
Faces. How much focus is on president biden with the Commanderinchief Moment hes having right now, particularly as we wait to see if there is a thirdparty candidate. Right. I think iowan are absolutely paying attention. We saw the Conversation Shift toward Foreign Affairs as all of this is happening and you watch what Joe Biden is doing right now while theyre Campaigning And Donald trump is in the courtroom. Hes in New Hampshire and going back to his original campaign message, which is this is about the sake of democracy, and so you really see him kind of calling back to those original messages that helped him win over donald trump. Okay. Marc, final point . I think the problem with Joe Bidens campaign so far is he hasnt been talking about the table issues. Hes been talking about january
Theyre ready to move past them. They feel that hes being unfairly persecuted. You go to these campaign events, and i talked to a Woman Yesterday who described herself as a Donald Trump groupie. Shes been to see him six or seven times and shes going today to see him speak and these are people who believe that, you know, he is the only one who can pick the problems that they see on the Ground And Nothing in the courtroom is changing for them 37. You saw from extraordinary moment unfold in the legal battles and his lawyers respond to the hypothetical question that former president trumps legal team that he could direct the military to kill a political opponent and still be barred as long as hes not convicted in the senate. Do you think the democrats will start to use these issues against him because so far President Biden has been hands off. This is shameful and frightening and we all should be concerned. But do you think democrats are going to start talking about this . Should they . Loo
rallying cry, but these last couple of bumps really speak to that. the rivals get back to figuring out about the table issues. connect to folks on everyday issues that affect their day-to-day lives. nbc reporting is of the dozen of people who served in trump s cabinet only four say he should go back to the white house, explain the disconnect between those in washington and maybe even in the media and republican voters? reporter: it s remarkable. what it suggests to me jose it s a message that s not getting through to and not resonating with the trump base, you know one of the prevailing questions going into this election cycle was, is there another candidate who could own the mantle of