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republican caucuses. the remaining contenders are brave and the snow and cold to make their final pitches this weekend. ironically the voted will take place of martin luther king day. so many of the gop candidates have to split a questionable commitment to the ideals of democracy and equality that the great late civil rights leader fought and died for. reverend kings spirit fills tonight s show and we are joined by his eldest son and namesake, his daughter-in-law arndrea and his granddaughter yolanda. they ll have plenty to say about the state of dr. king s dream. and a moment when racial tensions and the threat of political violence seem more real than perhaps any time since the height of the civil rights movement of the 60s. all of this tonight on this kicked a weekend edition of politicsnation. the king family will join us in a moment. but we start with congresswoman robin kelly, democrat of illinois. congresswoman kelly, thank you for joining us and let s start in y ....
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s p ....
tonight straight ahead. also congressman james comer with an update on the latest on the biden syndicate and the family business dealings. this is getting very interesting, the walls are beginning to close in on joe biden. we ll explain. but first, is biden in danger of losing the first two primaries, or the first caucus and the first primary in 2024? now, while he does hold a lead over the rest of the democratic field in national surveys despite a tougher than expected challenge from rfk jr. he is regularly now polling at 20, 21%. that s a real number. and marianne williamson is at 10%. that s a lot of democrats that don t like joe biden. new axios report saying the president is in danger of losing both iowa and new hampshire. now, this is self-inflicted after his team indicated he might not even appear on the ballot. biden wants the first primary to be in south carolina, obviously to me a middle finger in the face of the first caucus state, iowa, the first primary sta ....
people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the ....
and it s going to be a hot and humid weekend, but without heat and humidity there is a chance of some thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms there could be quite nasty. they will bring all the details the programme. good morning. it s saturday the 10th june. borisjohnson has quit as an mp after he received the commons report into whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. the former prime minister is accused of damaging parliament s integrity, but mrjohnson claims he s been forced out. his resignation now triggers a by election. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reports. his own conduct made him resign as prime minister. his own conduct making him now resign as an mp. borisjohnson was being investigated by parliament s privileges committee into whether he d misled mps about covid lockdown parties in downing street. if a possible suspension and even by election if they found him guilty. thei ....