Dozens of lavish vacations. The new reporting raising new ethical questions for the Supreme Court justice. Im Jonathan Capehart this is the Saturday Show. Republican president ial hopefuls are facing a Digital Campaign test this week. The Iowa State Fair. The fair, home of the Famous Butter Cow Sculpture is a right of passage for candidates to make their pitch directly to voters. Florida Governor Ron Desantis and former South Carolina governor nikki haley are set to make an appearance this morning. But they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to the parties front runner. A recent poll by the New York Times and Siena College shows donald trump leading desantis by 24 points in the state. Trump plans to attend the fair later today, despite facing fresh new legal troubles, including a trial that could take place before the Iowa Caucuses on january 15th. Special counsel jack smith has proposed a trial date of january 2nd for the 2020 Election Interference Case. But we will have to wai
Up next. Tonight on the reidout and like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about sex trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. Snl turns to Scarlett Johansson to mock alabama senator katie britts wildly misleading screed on immigration. But the truth is, Immigration Reform has failed again and again because of the Rightwing Echo Chamber from Rush Limbaugh to donald trump. Meanwhile, donald trump is again lavishing praise on his autocratic role models because he really, really, really wants that kind of power for himself. But we begin tonight with a big lie. No, not the big lie. Another lie. Something that we heard in senator katie britts response to president bidens state of the Union Address last week. Now, you remember during the alabama senators rather odd remarks, there was this moment when things got really, really dark. I traveled to the d
border and foreign aid, and criticizing the u.s. action in the middle east, as the president vows more strikes on iran-backed militias. congresswoman pramila jayapal, chair of the congressional caucus joins me live to discuss it all. mixed bag, president biden wins big in the democrat s first presidential primary and south carolina. but new nbc news polling numbers could be a sign of trouble to come. operate down the data, with the chair, jaime harrison. plus my one-on-one conversation with california governor gavin newsom and the real reason he thinks taylor swift has conspiratorial conservatives freaking out. and, is a prize lol on snl. are you doing okay donald? you might need another confidence he test? you know what, i took the test, they said i m 100 percent medal. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. is the sunday show. we are monitoring breaking news on capitol hill as we come on the air this evening. any moment now we could learn the details about
congressional caucus joins me live to discuss it all. mixed bag, president biden wins big in the democrat s first presidential primary in south carolina. but new nbc news polling numbers could be a sign of trouble to come. we ll break down the data with dnc chair jaime harrison. plus, my one-on-one conversation with california governor gavin newsom, and the real reason he thinks taylor swift has conspiratorial conservatives of freaking out. and, a surprise lol on snl. are you doing okay donald? you might need a mental competency test? you know what i did, i took the test, nascent okay, perfect score, they sent him 100 percent mental. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. we are monitoring breaking news on capitol hill, as we come on the air this evening. any moment now, we could learn the details of a bipartisan senate bill that includes aid to israel and ukraine, and concessions on security at the u.s. mexico border. excuse me, senate majority leader
capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotiators s