welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. and the stage is now set for the very first presidential debate of 2024. now just over 24 hours away. and new national polling finds there is a lot of interest in tomorrow's face-off. 57% of adults say they plan to follow the debate in some capacity, whether by watching it live or at least watching clips and commentary about it afterwards. we have team coverage this morning, with nbc's dasha burns live from west palm beach, florida. our senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez live from atlanta. also with us, alencia johnson, senior adviser for president biden's 2020 campaign. and matthew dowd, msnbc senior political contributor and chief strategist for the bush/cheney

2004 campaign. kick us off here, dasha. let's talk voter mindset as we head into this debate. you talked to a group of voters from battleground pennsylvania. what did you hear from them? >> reporter: yeah, we talked to a very specific slice of voters in that critical battleground state. and in a critical county, erie county, pennsylvania, where we're following voters very closely. we talked to republican voters who went out and voted for nikki haley in the pennsylvania primary. now, that happened months after haley dropped out of the race. so these voters went out, voted for a candidate that was no longer in the race. they did it to send a message, ana. and those haley voters, we went to see what they're thinking ahead of november. some of them are going to come back home, to their republican party and vote for former president trump. some of them are considering voting third party, still persuadable, they don't like either candidate, they don't know what they're going to do. and then some of them are planning to go out and vote for

president biden. and political experts tell us that this is part of a sort of realignment, a trading of cohorts, if you will, between the republican party and the democratic party. where as biden is struggling and you're seeing some of the black and brown voters start to look toward trump and the gop, the college educated white suburban voters are looking towards biden and the democrats. and we talked to people really part of that shift, their names are rich and mary, and take a listen to what they told us. >> i'm going to vote for joe biden. >> same here. >> you think there is a silent biden voter out there? >> i do. i know there is. i know there is a silent -- men and women. we don't want to talk about it, but we're all going to vote for joe biden. >> reporter: now, those haley voters are being heavily targeted by the biden campaign. they have doubled their ad spend in pennsylvania to try to win over those voters. they staffed up to try to reach out to those same individuals.

and you better bet that at this debate tonight, the president -- at this debate tomorrow night, rather, the president will be looking to win over those moderate republicans, ana. >> it is just around the corner. gabe what more do we know about president biden's preparations for tomorrow and his effort to win over some of those moderate republican voters outside of trump's base? >> reporter: president biden remains at camp david and according to a source familiar with the preparations, mock debates at camp david have begun. this comes as the biden campaign says that the president will really try to draw a contrast here, between president biden and former president trump. and really hitting that theme that former president trump remains a threat to democracy. and over the past several days, they have gotten more aggressive at pushing back at some of the claims that former president trump made over the weekend, mainly falsely claiming without evidence that president biden will be taking performance enhancing drugs before he

stepped on the stage. the biden campaign coming back and saying that it must show that the trump campaign is so desperate that they're resorting to that lie. you mentioned the outreach to moderate republicans. just overnight, the biden campaign announcing the endorsement of former illinois congressman and outspoken trump critic adam kinzinger. he is someone that, of course, has been speaking out quite a bit against former president trump. but the biden campaign, by announcing and endorsement right before the presidential debate, it signifies that, yes, the biden campaign is reaching out to those moderate republicans and perhaps may have voted for nikki haley and now they do not like former president trump and perhaps some of these key states they can win them over. >> and dasha, you're part of this reporting team with more information on trump's vice presidential search. short list now down to three people. what are we learning about potential announcement? >> reporter: yeah, our team

learned yesterday that it is possible that we could learn who the former president's running mate is going to be as early as this week. four sources telling us there is a discussion about announcing before tomorrow night's debate, ana. the former president had been saying he wanted to announce closer to the convention or at the convention next month. but just in the last couple of weeks, the discussion has shifted away from that. and now potentially to much, much sooner to make a splash before the debate. now, sources that we talked to did caution that plans are still fluid, that it could, in fact, be later. but this is on the table right now and as we reported, the top three contenders right now are florida senator marco rubio, ohio senator jd vance and north dakota governor doug burgum. >> thank you so much for the reporting. alencia, how does president biden court those anti-trump

republicans without alienating his democratic base? >> i think that's a very fine needle that he has to thread because a lot of the base does not want the democratic party or president biden to move further to moderate positions or further to the right. and, you know, the president is going to have to show voters on the thursday debate that he's able to bring some normalcy, some dedication to democracy and the institution that speaks to moderate voters while also elevating the issues that work for all americans that are some of those progressive issues such as lowering costs for people, healthcare, when it comes to voting rights and democracy, and abortion care, all of these things. so, the biden campaign has to thread that needle very carefully in a way that speaks to the largest group of a coalition, that does include some of those moderate and swing voters that supported nikki

haley. >> matthew, nbc's chuck todd points out both candidates are in a stronger position than they had previously been going into this debate. you have biden's recent bump in the polls, trump's strong fund-raising haul last month. who has more to lose tomorrow night? >> well, i don't know who has more to lose, i'll say who has more to gain, i think, and who has the best opportunity to gain in this. and, to me, the best opportunity to gain is joe biden in this. because there has been questions throughout the last six months, seven months, especially raised by donald trump and the republicans, that joe biden just doesn't have the capacity, mental stamina, whatever it happens to be, and if joe biden crosses just the bar that the republicans have already set, then i think he has the most to gain, i don't see this much movement surrounding donald trump, opinions of donald trump are pretty locked in, both positively and negatively in this. so, the movement i think that could occur to biden's benefit

in the aftermath, but there so few voters out there now, about 92% of the public basically decided this race, there is about 7% or 8% that are left to sort of could swing back and forth in this. and any movement of just two or three points is significant. so, to me, it is not so much who can lose, i think the one that has the most to gain because of the expectations bar is joe biden. >> there is policy, there is the personality, two things we'll be watching closely in terms of how this debate unfolds. james carville widely known political consultant who worked alongside president bill clinton had had to say, don't have any doubt that biden is going to walk in there with a good deal of ammunition. can he shoot straight? it is one thing to have ammunition, it is another thing to hit the expletive target. what does biden hit trump on tomorrow? what is that target? >> listen, he has to not only just hit him on the convictions,

what he did that led to january 6th, he has to hit him on his record, right? president biden is out here ensuring particularly as we think about this week that abortion rights not only as re-established in this country advances. he has to make sure donald trump answers the question about what he would do. he has to hit donald trump on him cozying up to corporations when middle class america is struggling. there are so many policy pieces that president biden can hit former president trump on, and we will hopefully see that tomorrow in the debate. and one thing that i want to be clear on is that while, yes, roughly 90% of folks have already decided who they're going to vote for, i think what president biden has to make up some is around the enthusiasm, right? there are a lot of people who aren't excited about this race. and tomorrow is the first opportunity, i think a lot of folks will have to gain some excitement that will also help pull some of the voters that are needed for president biden to

win in these conservative swing states. >> we know president biden's been at camp david doing some thorough preparations. mock debates. and, you know, studying the issues. here's what former president trump had to say about his mindset and his approach to tomorrow night's event. >> i think i've been preparing for it for my whole life, if you want to know the truth. i'm not sure you can lock yourself into a room for two weeks or one week or two days and really learn what you have to know and i've been through it. >> matthew, your reaction to that. >> that sounds a lot like candidates that go in and lose debates. i mean, i remember i was involved with george w. bush in 2004, incumbent president, very close race in this, and he basically took it for granted, shrugged his shoulders, i've been president, i know more, and he ended up losing that first debate and the race went from a four or five point bush

advantage to even in about a week in the course of this. so anytime a candidate says that, first of all, it is a sign of complete utter arrogance in this, like i've prepared my whole life to go into a debate, the idea he thinks that is crazy. any candidate who talks like that is not going to do well -- depending on what joe biden does and how he reacts, but donald trump's preparation doesn't set himself up well for success. >> matthew dowd and alencia johnson, thank you. join us tomorrow, watch right here tomorrow, beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. up next, we're just days away now from the end of june and typically it is the end of the supreme court term. however, that may not be the case this year. we'll take a look at the groundbreaking decisions still

to come. plus, the judge in trump's hush money case has now partially lifted the gag order. what it means and how it could affect what trump might say on the debate stage tomorrow night. and we have got the results of now the most expensive house primary in history. we're back in 90 seconds. histoy we're back in 90 seconds upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast.

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down. but we are still awaiting rulings in key cases, including emergency abortion care, charges against january 6th rioters and donald trump's immunity claims. joining us now is nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. what did the court rule on today, if it weren't those? >> this one was about a dispute over the biden administration's communications with social media companies. the administration had tried to make sure that covid disinformation wasn't spreading on social media, a bunch of red states objected to that, and said it was a violation of their rights and they shouldn't be leaning on the companies in that way. the biden administration was fighting that, saying it was trying to prevent some of that from circulating online. it was a 6-3 split, the people that sued don't even have standing. so they essentially tossed the whole case out. it is wiped away now. they have really saved the biggest cases still yet to come, down to the wire here now. >> and not only are they a few

biggest cases, but there is a ton of cases left with two days to go until the end of june, which is usually the end of the term. >> they're creeping up on their summer vacation here. >> how do you see it? there is a backlog and all these big cases left. >> they're not done. they have still have more work to do. on presidential immunity as it relates to president trump, the clerks are working away, you can understand on something like that, where they're writing a decision not just about trump, but all presidents going forward, they want to have as close to unanimity as possible. they want an unsigned per cure yum order, you see as many of the justices as possible without a bunch of dissents. they may not be able to get that, but it is what we saw in the colorado ballot case, i see a situation where they're trying to have as narrow ruling as possible to get as many people to sign on to it. >> beyond the immunity question, remind us of the others we're waiting on that could have other consequential outcomes.

>> another big case about january 6th rioters, who went up to the capitol and stormed the capitol that day. about whether the statute, the criminal law they have been charged with, obstruction of an official proceeding, the defendants there is a, we didn't destroy any evidence, you can't charge us with that, the court is looking at whether there prosecutors stretched the law too far as it relates to some of those defendants. now, hundreds of them have been charged with that, but only about 50 of them have only been charged with that. so say they toss it out and say you can't charge january 6 rioters with that, only 50 cases or so would be up ended. a bunch of people including the former president had been charged with that statute and other statutes. there is a big abortion case left to go. it is a clash between the federal law that says you have to provide emergency stabilizing care, even if that means an abortion, and states like idaho, five others that say, no, you don't have to provide an abortion unless it is to save

the mother's life. if it is just about to save the mother's health, idaho and five other states say that's not enough. >> those are huge, huge cases. thank you for making it easy for us to understand. laura jarrett, see you again soon, my friend. turning now to new developments in the legal cases surrounding former president donald trump, a judge overseeing his new york hush money case has now lifted parts of the gag order, just in time for that first debate this election cycle against president biden. trump talked about this during an interview with newsmax last night. >> i think partially it is very unfair because there are things we have to say. especially in my case, i'm going into a debate, and i'm going to have to talk about a gag order? what does partial mean? it is not -- it is not fair. we had a gag order long after the trial. >> this gag order change came as the judge overseeing the classified documents case heard arguments on trump's efforts to

exclude evidence seized during the august 2022 search of his mar-a-lago estate. katie phang joins us now as well as glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. katie, couple of different cases to touch on here. let's start with the gag order in the hush money case. fill us in. what changes, exactly? >> so looking at the order itself, so the gag order that pertained to the witnesses has been terminated. the people of the state of new york had no objections to that portion being terminated. that means donald trump, to talk about the trial witnesses, now, also what got terminated was the jurors. in terms of the -- donald trump speaking about the jurors, he can do that. the one thing that judge merchan said that he didn't want to touch is a disclosure of the jurors information. he wants to keep that private, wants to make sure that doesn't get out for obvious safety concerns. one thing that was not overturned in any way by judge merchan when it pertains to the gag order is the issue of the d.a.'s office, the staff, the

family members, the court staff, because the sentencing is coming up on july 11th, judge merchan said there is still work that needs to be done, we do not want those people to be intimidated or have any problems in any way in doing their job, so we're not going to touch the gag order when it pertains to that. when it comes to the political speech for trump tomorrow at the debate, he's welcome to talk about anything and everything that pertains to the trial. the only thing he cannot do is talk about the d.a.'s court staff, the d.a.'s family members, et cetera. but the judge is available for criticism, as donald trump has done, and other people, including michael cohen and stormy daniels that were witnesses in the trial, so he's not limited, trump is not limited in any way, so the explanation of the partial gag order, we just did it in 60 seconds. it is easy to understand. >> what do you make of the judge's move and the timing given the trial is a few weeks ago, his sentencing isn't for another week and a half or so. but there is the debate tomorrow. >> yeah, it feels wrong that

donald trump is now free to endanger the witnesses and potentially the jurors as he does all the time with his sometimes violence-inducing rhetoric. i think judge merchan made the right call. he put the gag place in order, specifically regarding the witnesses and the jurors to preserve the integrity of the administration of justice and the trial proceedings. and now the witnesses' role in the case and the jurors' role in the case is at an end. so, i think it would have been a stretch for judge merchan to keep those portions of the gag order in place through the sentencing hearing. i think he made the right decision. even if it gives us all some concern. here is the thing, if i were alvin bragg or one of his prosecutors, i would be watching closely to see what donald trump does to potentially endanger the witnesses and the jurors now that the gag order has been lifted and i would put all of it in my sentencing memo in advance

of the july 11th sentencing hearing because the danger that a defendant poses to the community or to others is heartland sentencing concerns. so, let's see what he does with his newly found freedom to criticize and harass potentially jurors and witnesses and let's see if it makes a showing at the time of sentencing. >> and there is still that partial gag order in place, so i suppose he could still violate that, which may come into play at sentencing as well. katie, let's turn to the classified documents case. we have been following three days of hearings in the past monday, tuesday and last friday. what was the big takeaway? you were there this week, and when do you think we'll get a ruling? >> i'm going to answer your last question first. i have no idea. probably not anytime soon. i will say at the end of yesterday's hearing, which dealt with this idea of whether or not there should be a dismissal of

the case, based upon purported violations of the constitution when it came to the execution of the search warrant, particularity problems with the search warrant, the search warrant being invalid for a variety of reasons, judge cannon from the bench indicated to the parties that she was inclined to uphold that search warrant and find that it was valid and so that definitely was a little bit of a signpost from her. when it comes to the more important issues, in the morning, there was a sealed proceeding, so nobody was there, except for the lawyers for the defendants and the lawyers for special counsel including jack smith, jack smith did attend both monday and tuesday's hearings, but those sealed proceedings, that's the sleeper, that's the stuff we need to be looking at. that dealt with the attorney/client privilege that was pierced. it dealt with evan corcoran's notes. he took detailed notes that buttresses and supports and corroborates the obstruction charge that donald trump is looking at in the mar-a-lago indictment.

so what judge cannon does with that, we're interested in seeing, because that could materially affect the strength of that obstruction charge. we heard an attack on the appropriations, the funding of special counsel jack smith and the appointment of jack smith, that was friday and monday's hearings. the judge could dismiss this indictment if she agrees with donald trump there was an improper and illegal violative appointment and he cannot use indefinite permanent funding to be able to fund his investigation and prosecution. so, there is some big issues that are still there, that we need a ruling from her, but as you know there is no trial date. so there is really no rush that seems to be happening with judge cannon when it comes to the decisions. >> glenn, where do you see thing goesing from here with this case? >> katie covered a lot of the legal terrain in the case and then talked about the lack of a trial date. let me pick up there. if you pull back the 30,000 foot and look at the overview, judges set trial dates. it is what they do.

donald trump was indicted a year ago and there was no trial date set. the reason that poses an enormous problem is because all intermediate deadlines, the deadline to file motions, to argue motions to have motions resolved, all of those intermediate deadlines depend on the set trial date. so judge cannon just continues to pile up these evidentiary hearings with no end in sight because when donald trump's defense attorneys were asked for a proposed trial date and they said we could do it august 12th, she said, no, i'm setting no trial date. that quite frankly is depriving the american people of their right to have this trial resolved and i would say resolved in advance of the election. so when people go to the polls, they know whether they're voting for a convicted felon who compromised our national security by keeping classified documents and defense information unlawfully at his florida resort or whether they're voting for a completely

exonerated man who has been found innocent by a jury of his peers. >> sounds like we won't have all the answers. glenn, katie, appreciate it. thanks so much for joining us. up next, breaking overnight, an american journalist going on trial in russia more than a year after his arrest. plus, a cost u.s. tax payers more than $200 million and has been closed more than it has been open. our cameras go to the u.s. military pier off the coast of gaza to see why it has been flagged by problems. n flagged by proembls.

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breaking this morning, the trial of american journalist everyone gershkovich got under way in russia. gershkovich appearing in court inside this glass defendant-like cage before journalists were ushered out of the room. not able to see the proceedings. evan was arrested 15 months ago on espionage charges, which he, his employer, "the wall street journal" and the u.s. government vehemently deny. in an open letter, the editor in chief writes, no evidence has been unveiled and we already know the conclusion. this bogus accusation of espionage will inevitably lead to a bogus conviction for an innocent man who would then face up to 20 years in prison for simply doing his job. joining us from london is matt wagner. what do we know about what happened in court today?

>> things moved quickly this morning with the court first allowing reporters and u.s. embassy personnel access to gershkovich before the start of today's hearing. we have fresh images of him in the courtroom, appearing from the city that he was arrested in last year. we're seeing him for the first time today with a shaved head. previously we had seen him a few times in moscow courts, appealing his pretrial detention, the trial today officially beginning with that first hearing. the court did issue a statement, this is the major news today, saying that investigators are accusing him of traveling there on assignment for the cia to collect information on tank production. that is russia's largest tank factory. the unfortunate fact of the matter is this is how we expect to the trial to go on from here on out, behind closed doors. they claim this is due to the evidence itself being secret, we're likely to hear much about what is transpiring until he is presumably sentenced. that may be some time away. the next hearing was scheduled,

but not until august 13th. that's six weeks away. for the record, acquittals in the russian judicial system are exceedingly rare. they're less than 1% of all cases brought. acquittal in a espionage trial during this war in ukraine is virtually unheard of. >> we saw those images of him before the cameras were ushered out of the courtroom, where it looked like he gave a slight smile, just to take a step back for a moment, you have worked alongside evan. what should we know about the kind of person he is? >> it is a great question. it is something to pay attention to during this, because we keep seeing evan in this horrifying glass box to be frank, and he always has such poise, at least to me. i see a lot of dignity and strength and it just speaks to his character. when we work together in moscow, he was always seen as a very fearless reporter, very committed to the job, very dedicated and i think the one thing that i think is really important to impart as somebody who knows evan personally is he's there because he loved russia. and all of this has happened to him because he felt this story

was important and that he had to be there to tell it. >> matt, appreciate it. thank you for your reporting. wikileaks founder julian assange is back in australia as a free man today. overnight he pleaded guilty to one felony charge of violating the espionage act in the remote u.s. courtroom inside pan located in the western pacific. so this ends a decade long scandal after his site wikileaks published a trove of classified documents covering the u.s.' involvement in iraq and afghanistan and state department communications. assange had been held in a high security prison in the uk for more than five years as he fought extradition to the u.s. earlier today, assange's wife stella thanked the public on julian's behalf. >> julian wanted me to sincerely thank everyone. he wanted to be here. but you have to understand what he's been through. he needs time.

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this morning, we have results from key primary races. in new york, congressman jamaal bowman the first incumbent democrat to lose a primary this

election cycle. he was defeated by westchester county executive george latimer in a race that marked the most expensive house primary in history. and then in colorado, republican congresswoman lauren boebert won after she decided to run in a different district. however, several other trump-backed candidates did not win last night. for more on all of this, our steve kornacki is at his big board. break it all down for us, steve. >> let's start in that new york race, probably got the most attention of all of them. jamaal bowman the second term democratic incumbent ousted in the primary by george latimer. this is interesting for a couple of reasons. number one, a lot of attention just in the last couple months in the wake of october 7th, of the israel-hamas war and all the money coming in against bowman in this district. as you say, a record shattering amount. one thing to keep in mind here, you see 17 point margin for latimer, bowman had problems in this district that predated everything that has happened in

the last year. he first won this seat back in 2020. he defeated an incumbent congressman eliot engel and he got 55% of the vote. that was in 2020 for jamaal bowman. what you saw back then in 2020 is this district straddles, a lot of westchester county, suburbs of new york and that little sliver right down there, that's a small part of the bronx. it is a westchester/bronx district. and you had a divide even when bowman won this seat, he did very well in the bronx and a lot of opposition to him in westchester county. in 2022, bowman ran for re-election, and he -- in the primary, he again got 55% of the vote. that's not a good number for an incumbent. so, it signaled the vulnerability. and the vulnerability really was in the westchester county portion of the district. george latimer is the westchester county executive. just take a look, within westchester, this is how it went last night, 27 point margin for latimer. in the vast majority of this district, contained in there i can show you the bronx, you can

see right here this is the bronx section. massive margin there, just percentage-wise for bowman, but far, far fewer votes in the bronx section than there is up in westchester. so, it is really kind of a four-year story here, where bowman did get wind of this in 2020, but with significant opposition, in westchester county, and a lot of that opposition four years ago had to do with the issue of israel. the congressman, eliot engel was one of the most steadfast israel supporters in all of congress. on the foreign relations committee. and bowman unseated him. as i say, since then, that issue that bowman had in terms of opposition in westchester county around that issue, maybe around some of his behavior, it is only amplified, only grown, and so it was clearly a problem for him coming into 2024, exploded into this, the end of his tenure in the house. >> steve, thank you. that was a big one. and we'll watch what it could entail or, i guess, suggest for

other races as we move forward in the primaries. we have new numbers, by the way, i want to share with everybody from the department of homeland security showing that in the three weeks since president biden announced his executive action, limiting asylum at the border, encounters at the southwest border have decreased by 40%. so just under 2400 per day. before this executive order, or executive action, encounters averaged more than 4,000 a day. here's dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas here on msnbc. >> we are conducting more removal flights than ever before. we are moving people through the system and those who do not qualify are being removed or returned more rapidly. it is a remarkable feat that our personnel have accomplished in just such a short period of time. >> moments ago, in a surprising turn, the man accused of killing seven people during a july 4th parade in 2022, north of

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going on. courtney? >> reporter: we got the first look at the temporary pier system the u.s. military has anchored into the shore in gaza. it has been there about six weeks now, and during that time, the u.s. military had to learn some tough lessons. you can see the beach from this american pier off gaza, tonight our first look at the structure which has allowed the u.s. military to deliver much needed aid by sea. it took about an hour to get from the israeli port at ashdod to here. this is jla, a temporary u.s. military pier system meant to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza, but even after about six weeks of operating, the u.s. military is saying it has some limitations. including weather. high seas and winds damaged the embattled pier last month, forcing the u.s. to drag it back to israel for the weather here today is calm. aid is moving. once these waves get to four feet high, the pier has to be taken apart and moved or it risks being damaged. president biden unveiled it with

great fanfare during his state of the union. >> it will enable a massive increase in the amount of assistance getting into gaza every day. >> reporter: it cost american taxpayers over $220 million. it has delivered aid on 17 of the last 40 days. it has been online 17 days of the last six weeks, mainly for weather. when you look at that, do you still feel this mission is a success? >> absolutely. let me point out why. one, as a commander, personal, my soldiers and sailors stepped up. >> reporter: the deliveries were made. the u.s. military brought in nearly 14 million pounds of aid, often the main contributor to aid for gaza on any given day. the beach area stakes fire almost every day. aid agencies suspended distribution and haven't

delivered since june 9th. about 11.5 million pounds of aid are sitting in heat and sun where it can't help people. we live in a tent and eat canned food. our children stand in line to get water. aid is not always available, she says. the mission and the pier are expected to leave in the next six weeks. nbc news has learned the u.s. is working on a plan for what they will do after the system leaves gaza. it's likely to include delivering humanitarian aid through an israeli port. we have learned exclusively now that the u.s. has practiced this new potential maritime corridor, delivering successfully 300 pallets of aid in one day. >> so important. up next, why donald trump is threatening to sue a democratic

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right now on capitol hill, paris hilton is testifying before congress in a hearing aimed at reforming child welfare programs. she's talking about abuse she suffered as a teenager when she was sent to residential treatment centers. take a listen. >> these programs promised healing, growth and support. instead, did not allow me to speak, move freely or even look out a window for two years. i was forced-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff. i was violently restrained and dragged down hallways, stripped naked and thrown into solitary confinement. can you only imagine the experience for youth who are placed by the state and don't have people regularly checking in on them? >> paris hilton is there

testifying before the ways and means committee looking at ways to improve interventions before foster care is needed as well as prioritizing keeping children with their families. the trump campaign is now vowing legal action against a democratic aligned superpac over a digital ad that ran over the weekend. it was from the pennsylvania values pac. it used old clips of former president trump discouraging republicans from voting by mail. he began supporting mail-in ballots for the presidential election. we have the reporting. what more are you learning about this, jane? >> we saw it, obviously misleading if you know the context. you know he is encouraging voters to vote early, vote by mail. he is supporting the practice. using his own words in this context seemed a little fishy. it started to go viral on conservative media, online.

then, we see the trump campaign jump on it. he says it violates federal law and violates the ku klux klan act which protests voters from political retribution. whether or not that he will have a leg to stand on if he brings a legal challenge is to be seen. we know this ad is for people who may not watch the political circle as much as we are, could be confusing. it appears as if it's pitched from trump to his supporters. >> how is this different than when candidates or these superpacs take words that a candidate has made in the past and puts it out there, even if their position is now different? how is it different? >> it's a great question. as trump tries to sue this or says he is, the question is, was it legal when he said it four years ago saying that mail-in voting is a fraud? of course, there's no threat in this ad. the ad says, stand with president trump against mail-in

voting. it's not exactly the right that is protected by federal law. voting is the right that's protected by federal law. it's unclear if there's really any sort of legal lawsuit here. they sent a cease and desist. the ad had been taken offline by google saying there was a policy violation before trump sent this letter. for now, this is a media story more than actually affecting the voters. it's unclear if they will keep advertising it. they haven't run an ad in nearly six years when they put this online this weekend. >> that's interesting. what do we know about the mail-in voting situation as we head into the 2024 election? this was something that obviously became big during the coronavirus pandemic. a lot of states decided to continue with mail-in voting. >> americans don't usually like to give up a right they have enjoyed and used. many people voted by mail for the first time in 2020. this ad ran in pennsylvania, all over the state, not even specific