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vaughn hillyard on all of this, bringing us up to date.st, on the bond reduction, letitia james says the amount still stands. does that mean she's going to appeal, or does she mean it still stands against him? see if you can clarify before we talk to our lawyers, vaughn. >> reporter: right. this is a significant bond still that donald trump is going to to post within ten days. of course, we here in new york city, we're waiting for the appellate court to make a determination of whether they would either lower the bond or whether they would effectively stay it and delay donald trump having to post it until the actual new york appeals court hears his attorneys' appeal. we are looking at potentially, from some initial court filings, that appeal being heard as soon as this fall. still several months here from now. but donald trump struggled to come up with any insurance company that was able to put forward a bond of more than $450 million on his behalf. now, just in a statement a few moments ago, donald trump did explicitly say -- i want to rea
vaughn hillyard on all of this, bringing us up to date.st, on the bond reduction, letitia james says the amount still stands. does that mean she's going to appeal, or does she mean it still stands against him? see if you can clarify before we talk to our lawyers, vaughn. >> reporter: right. this is a significant bond still that donald trump is going to to post within ten days. of course, we here in new york city, we're waiting for the appellate court to make a determination of whether...
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i want to go quickly to vaughn hillyard.rial in new york city. >>> donald trump just walked back into the courtroom, of course, while they were on this recess on this hearing unrelated to the bond that he was going to have to put up today. of course, the appellate court did order that donald trump does not have to put up a bond for more than $450 million. instead, a bond of $175 million. donald trump did just address cameras saying he appreciated the decision of the appellate court. continued to bash judge engoron, who put up the initial decision that he would owe and have to put up this initial bond here. there is a reporter in the room that asked the question of whether he'd turn to a foreign entity to help cover the $175 million bond. there's still serious questions as to how he will be able to cover that, whether in the form of liquid cash that he may already have at his disposal or whether there is something else guaranteeing it as a personal gift or a loan to him, or whether he is going to turn to an outside entity in
i want to go quickly to vaughn hillyard.rial in new york city. >>> donald trump just walked back into the courtroom, of course, while they were on this recess on this hearing unrelated to the bond that he was going to have to put up today. of course, the appellate court did order that donald trump does not have to put up a bond for more than $450 million. instead, a bond of $175 million. donald trump did just address cameras saying he appreciated the decision of the appellate court....
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vaughn hillyard, matthew dowd and catherine christian are with us. vaughn, one statement that he wants to use his money to finance his campaign. is there any indication that that has happened or will happen? >> reporter: no. donald trump said the same thing in 2020, chris, which is what prompted garrett's keen question. because donald trump in 2020 election suggested he was going to put in a great deal of campaign cash to ensure he had a second term and he never actually ended up spending any of his money. now we've seen over the course of the last week, and you heard him here again today suggest that because he is going to have to use cash as collateral to put up this $175 million bond in ten days, he will not have cash in order to put towards his campaign. during the 2024 election, he has not put any money towards his own campaign at this point for very clear reasoning. there is a cash crunch for him on the personal side, though he's now suggesting that there is enough and needs to get a bond in order to satisfy this $175 million appeal. of course,
vaughn hillyard, matthew dowd and catherine christian are with us. vaughn, one statement that he wants to use his money to finance his campaign. is there any indication that that has happened or will happen? >> reporter: no. donald trump said the same thing in 2020, chris, which is what prompted garrett's keen question. because donald trump in 2020 election suggested he was going to put in a great deal of campaign cash to ensure he had a second term and he never actually ended up spending...
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. >> covering it all and leading us off shaquille brewster in south carolina and vaughn hillyard with former president trump in florida. shaq, let's start with you, there had been so much discussion about if or when haley would drop out, what did she say about the why, why is she stepping aside right now. >> reporter: there seemed to be an understanding of the reality especially on super tuesday where she lost all states with the exception of the one. you look at the map going forward, many of those states being winner take all states, in this primary she barely was able to get over a majority of states to have their contests up to this point. but one thing you continue to hear from nikki haley is that donald trump is in trouble, because he as a significant portion of the republican party willing to support someone else and to that point, she said it's now up to him to work to get those voters back. >> it's now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. and i hope he does that. at its best politics is about bringing people into yo
. >> covering it all and leading us off shaquille brewster in south carolina and vaughn hillyard with former president trump in florida. shaq, let's start with you, there had been so much discussion about if or when haley would drop out, what did she say about the why, why is she stepping aside right now. >> reporter: there seemed to be an understanding of the reality especially on super tuesday where she lost all states with the exception of the one. you look at the map going...
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i want to bring in carol lam, legal analyst and also vaughn hillyard as well.he says he has the cash. his lawyers says he didn't. but he says he has over $500 million. >> news to everybody. and apparently his attorneys too. so who is telling the truth? that is the outstanding question. but his attorneys earlier this week in that motion in which they wrote that it was an impossibility to get an appeal bond because of the refuse affiliate the bond companies to use his properties as collateral, that they wanted cash to be used in order to get this bond, that this was an effort by his attorneys to effectively stay him having to put up the full amount of that $454 million. either delay it in its entiredy or put up a bond for smaller amount like $100 million. and so donald trump this morning here at sunrise just undercut the effort of his own attorneys and potentially at a time when latitia james is already putting judgments in to westchester county to seize his seven springs and he is state as well as the trump national golf club up there. >> when you read through b
i want to bring in carol lam, legal analyst and also vaughn hillyard as well.he says he has the cash. his lawyers says he didn't. but he says he has over $500 million. >> news to everybody. and apparently his attorneys too. so who is telling the truth? that is the outstanding question. but his attorneys earlier this week in that motion in which they wrote that it was an impossibility to get an appeal bond because of the refuse affiliate the bond companies to use his properties as...
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we begin with our national correspondent, steve kornacki, at the big board, and vaughn hillyard coveringhe trump campaign, and ali vitali joining us from the road covering the haley campaign. >> the big picture to keep in mind, yellow, you see the republicans, and 1215 is the magic number to win the nomination. the big thing to keep in mind are the rules in the states, they are designed to determine a winner. demographically there are a lot of suburbs, big sprawling suburbs in california. nikki haley has done well in big, sprawling suburbs. you may say this could be a reasonable target for haley, but the rules in california, it's a closed primary, independents and democrats can't vote, and haley, that's the back of her support, it has come from independents and democrats so far. the rules also in california, a simple majority, 50% plus one, you get all the 169 delegates. texas, 161 delegates. it's not quite winner take all officially, but winner take almost all the delegates. between the two states, trump could get 300 plus delegates don't just between the two states. you can see he's ta
we begin with our national correspondent, steve kornacki, at the big board, and vaughn hillyard coveringhe trump campaign, and ali vitali joining us from the road covering the haley campaign. >> the big picture to keep in mind, yellow, you see the republicans, and 1215 is the magic number to win the nomination. the big thing to keep in mind are the rules in the states, they are designed to determine a winner. demographically there are a lot of suburbs, big sprawling suburbs in california....
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joining us now, vaughn hillyard, and brooklyn prosecutor here in new york and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman. vaughn, this money stuff, you and i have been talking about it. clearly it's a major problem. bring us up to speed. >> right. this is an issue here. well, you're looking at him campaigns in ohio over the weekend. of course the state of arizona continues to be a focus point for their political operation. donald trump and his family and the family business is wholly focused on the fact that they have got to somehow come up over the next seven days with $450 million. even whether it be in cash or whether it be in the form of an appeal bond, but what this motion here from donald trump's lawyer this morning, to the appellate court in new york seeks to do is put a stay on him having to execute on paying and putting forward that appeal bond for the damages. the difficult reality is that donald trump is having to come to terms with the fact that they have gone to surety bond companies, seeking help, and according to donald trump's lawyer, none of them have been able to come through.
joining us now, vaughn hillyard, and brooklyn prosecutor here in new york and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman. vaughn, this money stuff, you and i have been talking about it. clearly it's a major problem. bring us up to speed. >> right. this is an issue here. well, you're looking at him campaigns in ohio over the weekend. of course the state of arizona continues to be a focus point for their political operation. donald trump and his family and the family business is wholly focused on...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is following this one for us. hey, vaughn, good morning. >> reporter: tomorrow's deadline will tell us a lot about former president trump's financial stability and the future of his corporation. he needs to post an appeal bond of more than $464 million after a judge found him to have engaged in years of financial fraud. there is a chance that a state appeals court could delay this deadline until after it hears that legal team's actual appeal, but that hasn't happened yet. and new york attorney general, letitia james, has already begun the process of preparing to potentially seize several of his properties, including the seven springs estate and trump national golf club just north of manhattan and potentially several trump skyscrapers right here in the city as well. his own attorney has said 30 surety companies have denied mr. trump's request for a bond, though trump, in a social media post this week, undercut his own attorney's claims, saying he has nearly half a billion in cash on hand. on top of that financial d
nbc's vaughn hillyard is following this one for us. hey, vaughn, good morning. >> reporter: tomorrow's deadline will tell us a lot about former president trump's financial stability and the future of his corporation. he needs to post an appeal bond of more than $464 million after a judge found him to have engaged in years of financial fraud. there is a chance that a state appeals court could delay this deadline until after it hears that legal team's actual appeal, but that hasn't happened...
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joining us from scottsdale, arizona, nbc's vaughn hillyard who has been following the former president, and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. thanks, guys, for joining us. vaughn, tell us more about trump's trouble obtaining this bond and what he's now asking of the court. >> reporter: ana, as it stands right now donald trump has to in the form of cash or in the form of a bond put up more than $450 million by next monday, march 25th. what this motion from his attorney is seeking the do, the new york appellate court, asking the court to issue a stay from him having to put up more than $450 million. as part of this filing, of course, you hear donald trump's attorney suggest there were no victims, that there was nobody that lost money stemming from his business practices. judge engoran pushed back against that, that led to this decision to force donald trump to pay more than $450 million in damages. in this filing, donald trump's attorney said they went to more than 30 surety companies. no one was willing to put up this appeal bond. look at part of the 29
joining us from scottsdale, arizona, nbc's vaughn hillyard who has been following the former president, and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. thanks, guys, for joining us. vaughn, tell us more about trump's trouble obtaining this bond and what he's now asking of the court. >> reporter: ana, as it stands right now donald trump has to in the form of cash or in the form of a bond put up more than $450 million by next monday, march 25th. what this motion from...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is on the ground for us in arizona.ghn, what exactly is this money going to? >> reporter: right, katy. this is the type of official white house events that could also be very much of a political campaign one because it is tied directly to what he says the consequences of this administration's policies and bipartisan efforts are. and this is today, from president biden, going to be announced, the largest award yet stemming from the c.h.i.p.s act. $8.5 billion is being awarded to the intel corporation, and $11 billion in loans to go to the development of two manufacturing plants, semiconductor plants here in the east valley of the greater phoenix area. i think the context here for the biden administration is that there have been often stories told about towns and communities that have lost manufacturing jobs, but what you are seeing from the investment and the focus in semiconductor and chips manufacturing is an expansion. there are already 12,000 employees of intel here in chandler, arizona. this investment, these two ne
nbc's vaughn hillyard is on the ground for us in arizona.ghn, what exactly is this money going to? >> reporter: right, katy. this is the type of official white house events that could also be very much of a political campaign one because it is tied directly to what he says the consequences of this administration's policies and bipartisan efforts are. and this is today, from president biden, going to be announced, the largest award yet stemming from the c.h.i.p.s act. $8.5 billion is being...
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let's bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard who is covering the trump campaign. joining me here. a criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. vaughn, give us some background on the post that trump claims was made by the judge's daughter. >> reporter: right, chris, this goes back to a year ago when donald trump was first indicted in the state of new york, the days leading up to the indictment when he went on the attack against judge merchan as well as his wife and daughter. you noted that post there, suggesting that his daughter not only wanted to get trump in his words, she did at one point work for a progressive marketing agency. but he also posted a photo that contended that she had posted a photo of him behind bars. a spokesperson said this was in the her account, that she had deleted it more than a year ago and that apparently somebody recreated the account using a different e-mail address to make it appear as if it was still judge merchan's daughter. that is moment here, that loophole that you mentioned that donald trump is not able to go on the attack against witnes
let's bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard who is covering the trump campaign. joining me here. a criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. vaughn, give us some background on the post that trump claims was made by the judge's daughter. >> reporter: right, chris, this goes back to a year ago when donald trump was first indicted in the state of new york, the days leading up to the indictment when he went on the attack against judge merchan as well as his wife and daughter. you noted that...
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vaughn hillyard outside the polling station in phoenix and just spoke to her. what did you hear?d trump. that is the only election there on the ballot here in the state of arizona today. of course, she is going to be running, we expect in november, alongside of him. her primary in the state is four months from now. she is running against mark lamb, though in polling she has a significant lead yet still plenty of time to be had. donald trump in 2020 lost the state by just over 11,000 votes. in 2022, in her run for governor, she lost by just over 10,000 votes. and i put the question to her, particularly around the likes of doug ducey, karen taylor robison and the mccains who she criticized in her 2022 race, where she stands with her relationship now. take a listen. >> there has been a lot of talk about you extending olive branchs to some conservatives here in the state who you had spurned previously. my question to you is do you regret any of your past statements about republicans in this state? >> you know what, we're all human. we make mistakes occasionally. i do as well. i'm not
vaughn hillyard outside the polling station in phoenix and just spoke to her. what did you hear?d trump. that is the only election there on the ballot here in the state of arizona today. of course, she is going to be running, we expect in november, alongside of him. her primary in the state is four months from now. she is running against mark lamb, though in polling she has a significant lead yet still plenty of time to be had. donald trump in 2020 lost the state by just over 11,000 votes. in...
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i want to bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard from houston where the rnc met earlier today.sty greenberg is former deputy chief of the sdny criminal division. lisa rubin is an msnbc legal correspondent, and she is with me on set. so somehow enough money was brought together for a bond. what does that mean, and are we going to find out where that money came from. >> not necessarily, let's start with what it means. it means that at the end of the appeals process if e. jean carroll prevails, we know that she will get her money because the security for it has been posted, that $91 million plus has been set aside and essentially placed in an escrow account, alina habba trump's lawyer has asked judge lou kaplan for approval of this amount. he today earlier ordered that her lawyers, meaning carroll's lawyers could oppose that if they want. i've never seen that before. i've never seen someone oppose a bond. i think they will be very glad that donald trump has obtained the amount necessary to cover their verdict because, in her case, she doesn't care where it comes from. it's folks l
i want to bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard from houston where the rnc met earlier today.sty greenberg is former deputy chief of the sdny criminal division. lisa rubin is an msnbc legal correspondent, and she is with me on set. so somehow enough money was brought together for a bond. what does that mean, and are we going to find out where that money came from. >> not necessarily, let's start with what it means. it means that at the end of the appeals process if e. jean carroll prevails, we...
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vaughn hillyard, good to see you back here.t biden today is amplifying his calls for higher taxes on the rich. in his newly released budget proposal, president says billionaires should be paying a minimum 25% tax while proposing tax cuts for millions of low and middle income families. like all president budgets, today is mostly a statement of priorities without regard to what can actually get done, particularly given opposition in the republican-controlled house. nbc's christine romans is covering this story for us. hello, my friend, what more can you tell us about what the president is proposing? >> you're right. it is about priorities, especially in an election year. this is the president trying to show voters and show the electorate what he stands for. much like the state of the union, it's two main points here, affordability, lowering costs for families and what the president calls tax fairness. let's talk about the tax provisions here. a 25% tax on billionaires. he would quadruple the stock buyback tax from 1% to 4% and ra
vaughn hillyard, good to see you back here.t biden today is amplifying his calls for higher taxes on the rich. in his newly released budget proposal, president says billionaires should be paying a minimum 25% tax while proposing tax cuts for millions of low and middle income families. like all president budgets, today is mostly a statement of priorities without regard to what can actually get done, particularly given opposition in the republican-controlled house. nbc's christine romans is...
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i want to bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard from mar-a-lago.ard to restrain, vaughn, let's just put it simply, what donald trump has to say on and off the campaign trail. do voters you're talking to feel like he's been unable to share his side, that he's being shut down? what are you hearing? >> reporter: right, there is animosity towards every one of the prosecutors who have taken on these independent cases against donald trump. animosity from those who have been most loyal to him. among his millions of supporters around the country. feeling like this is a direct effort to undercut the republican party as a whole and the ability for the republican party to effectually change in washington, d.c. as the voters would like to see. when it comes to whether donald trump though is actually being silenced, look, there is nobody that is keeping him off the campaign stage, this is a matter of campaign resources at this point, but to an extent of that, there is also ire that so much money from the affiliated super pacs had to be spent on legal bills stem
i want to bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard from mar-a-lago.ard to restrain, vaughn, let's just put it simply, what donald trump has to say on and off the campaign trail. do voters you're talking to feel like he's been unable to share his side, that he's being shut down? what are you hearing? >> reporter: right, there is animosity towards every one of the prosecutors who have taken on these independent cases against donald trump. animosity from those who have been most loyal to him. among...
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joining me from houston, texas, is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. so who is michael whatley? >> reporter: michael whatley hails from the great state of north carolina, katy. he was the rnc chair in north carolina. this is a place where you would recall in 2020 donald trump actually beat joe biden, a swing state by just over 1 percentage point. it was notable, just one week ago in a rally in north carolina for donald trump, he said from that stage where he was previewing whatley's election to become rnc chair which took place here. in front of that north carolina crowd he said, quote, i had a choice of a lot of people. this is the guy because he stopped the steal. he stopped the steal, again making a direct reference to the fact that he won the state of north carolina. michael whatley is going to serve as chair, replacing ronna mcdaniel, but he's going to have the support of the cochair, laura trump, also a north carolinian, and also formally voted in here today. it's notable, there's a lot at stake, as you just said, not only on the legal front for
joining me from houston, texas, is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. so who is michael whatley? >> reporter: michael whatley hails from the great state of north carolina, katy. he was the rnc chair in north carolina. this is a place where you would recall in 2020 donald trump actually beat joe biden, a swing state by just over 1 percentage point. it was notable, just one week ago in a rally in north carolina for donald trump, he said from that stage where he was previewing whatley's...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is following this for us. good to see you. what are we now hearing from the trump camp about his struggle to secure a bond in his new york civil fraud case? >> reporter: right. this is not a normal presidential campaign here for donald trump. of course, well, his political team is focused on states like ohio and here and arizona over the next seven and a half months. donald trump, his family, and the trump organization are simply concerned over the next seven days with finding a way to put up bond or cash to pay that $450 million in damages stemming from judge engoron's decision in the civil fraud ruling from just last month. now, for donald trump, he has until march 25th to come up with that $450 million bond. in a new filing this morning from his attorney, they're making the case over 29 pages that in the words of the attorney, it's practically impossible because they have gone to 30 different charity bonds at this point, to try to come up and help aid donald trump with being able to post that sort of collateral. i want to l
nbc's vaughn hillyard is following this for us. good to see you. what are we now hearing from the trump camp about his struggle to secure a bond in his new york civil fraud case? >> reporter: right. this is not a normal presidential campaign here for donald trump. of course, well, his political team is focused on states like ohio and here and arizona over the next seven and a half months. donald trump, his family, and the trump organization are simply concerned over the next seven days...
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and vaughn hillyard. mike, let's start with you.s was just one big campaign ad for the biden campaign. our cameras were not allowed inside. you were there. tell us what you saw and heard. what is the strategy for taking on trump? >> reporter: sometimes i think we have to take a step back and remember what an unusual election this is. we have not seen in a long time a sitting president running against his immediate predecessor in a presidential election. yesterday, add to it the unusual scene. four presidents in the new york area. it turned out to be three against one. the democratic presidents each taking on donald trump to an audience that was very, very receptive. for obama, i thought what was interesting is he has been warning biden and his team they need to show more urgency to take on trump more directly. he said it's not enough to speak against trump, you have to highlight the things that joe biden has done for the american people. he really was testifying throughout the event to biden's personal character and to his accomplis
and vaughn hillyard. mike, let's start with you.s was just one big campaign ad for the biden campaign. our cameras were not allowed inside. you were there. tell us what you saw and heard. what is the strategy for taking on trump? >> reporter: sometimes i think we have to take a step back and remember what an unusual election this is. we have not seen in a long time a sitting president running against his immediate predecessor in a presidential election. yesterday, add to it the unusual...
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joining us now from arizona, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and glenn kirschner, former federalyst. vaughn, what more did we learn from what trump's lawyers said in this filing? >> reporter: jose, this is a direct acknowledgment by donald trump and his legal team that they are not able to put up the cash or be able to get a bond by this upcoming monday march 25th deadline for that more than $450 million that he owes in damages stemming from the financial fraud lawsuit that he lost in the lower manhattan from the new york attorney general's office. this is notable because he was able to put up a bond for that $93 million in damages for e. jean carroll, but in this filing this morning, from his attorney just in part it says, quote, defendant's ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment's full amount is a practical impossibility. these diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through four separate brokers, a bond requirement of this enormous magnitude effectively requiring cash reserves approaching $1 billion is unprecedented for a
joining us now from arizona, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and glenn kirschner, former federalyst. vaughn, what more did we learn from what trump's lawyers said in this filing? >> reporter: jose, this is a direct acknowledgment by donald trump and his legal team that they are not able to put up the cash or be able to get a bond by this upcoming monday march 25th deadline for that more than $450 million that he owes in damages stemming from the financial fraud lawsuit that he lost...
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. >> and nbc's vaughn hillyard is following the trump campaign from florida. ali vitali is in nikki haley's home state, on the road there, in south carolina. and our steve kornacki is at the big board for us. vaughn, what is the message coming out of trump's camp today? >> reporter: first, ana, the fact i'm standing here in florida and ali is in south carolina, the home states of these individuals, is telling about the state of this race. there is no last minute effort to turn out the vote in any of these 16 states. and for donald trump and his camp, you played that sound bite from him last night, that was with the trump loyal tv outlet that had that extended conversation with him, in which he called on nikki haley to get out of this race, so that republicans could unify and put their focus on the democrats and joe biden in november. and just this morning, he phoned in to fox and friends, and communicated the same message, repeatedly when asked if he was brokering or trying to broker any sort of a peace deal with nikki haley for her to step aside, but he has n
. >> and nbc's vaughn hillyard is following the trump campaign from florida. ali vitali is in nikki haley's home state, on the road there, in south carolina. and our steve kornacki is at the big board for us. vaughn, what is the message coming out of trump's camp today? >> reporter: first, ana, the fact i'm standing here in florida and ali is in south carolina, the home states of these individuals, is telling about the state of this race. there is no last minute effort to turn out...
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so michael whatley has a big task ahead of him. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. join us with his thoughts on the state of the union. >> and how it compares to others. on >> and how it compares to others >>> not since president lincoln and the civil war have freedom and democracy been under assaults at home as they are today. what makes our moment rare is the freedom of democracy are under attack both at home and overseas. at the very same time. >> that was president biden speaking out last night at the state of the union address. joining us now, presidential historian douglas brinkley, professor of history at rice university. great to see you. i thank you for your time. how do you think history will remember last night's speech? >> i think it is an extremely important state of the union address. joe biden was hemorrhaging in polls. there was a feeling within the democratic party that maybe they bet on the wrong horse, that being in his 80s wasn't going to work and we needed a younger candidate in the democratic party. but alas he delivered. it was fighting joe bi
so michael whatley has a big task ahead of him. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. join us with his thoughts on the state of the union. >> and how it compares to others. on >> and how it compares to others >>> not since president lincoln and the civil war have freedom and democracy been under assaults at home as they are today. what makes our moment rare is the freedom of democracy are under attack both at home and overseas. at the very same time. >> that was...
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joining us now, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and paul butler, former federal prosecutor androfessor at georgetown school of law, also an msnbc legal analyst. so, vaughn, talk us to about the significance of this merger and what this means financially for trump. >> number one, this is complicated. this merger deal essentially allows truth social to go public as soon as next week. and as a result of these companies merging, donald trump now owns more than 78 million shares in this newly merged company. and at a stock price of $43, that comes out to about a $3 billion plus stake in this company here. and now the part of this is that this is not direct cash that donald trump has at his disposal. but instead, as part of the company going public, there is a six-month cooling off period before donald trump could theoretically sell off his shares. now, there is a lot that goes into this, including number one, the fact that this to a certain extent, the stock price of this company, has been artificially inflated by particularly trump supporters, including some of those that are using
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with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and caroline polisi, a defenseney. the trump campaign reacted to this partial gag order already. what are they saying? >> it is important context that, of course, not only is the district attorney alvin bragg as well as judge merchan not included in this gag order. they have been his top two targets. i want to let you look at part of the trump campaign statement pushing back against the individuals including potential witnesses that donald trump is not able to effectively lash out or try to undermine the credibility of. in part, they write, quote, judge merchan's unconstitutional gag order prevents president trump, the leading candidate for president of the united states, for engaging in core political speech, which is entitled to the highest level of protection under the first amendment. worst of all, the gag order violates civil rights of over 100 million americans who follow president trump and have a first amendment right to receive and listen to his speech. the american voters have a fundamental right to hear
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. >> nbc's vaughn hillyard is covering the trump campaign.litical analyst. the good old days. trump dodged every primary, and also said, look, i'm way up in the polls, why do i need to debate. suddenly he wants this face-off. does he really? >> reporter: right, i remember i think probably a lot of americans after that first debate back in 2020, walking out of my home, and walking through the neighborhood and looking up at the stars and thinking about the world. whether we'll get those rematches in 2024 is an outstanding question. donald trump said it himself he wants to debate joe biden anytime, anywhere, even agreeing to the debates put on by the commission of debates, which donald trump was critical of, and the rnc voted to bar its future presidential candidates from partaking in debates and now that donald trump is the candidate, he can do whatever he wants. doesn't matter what the party says. take a look at his statement or response from the biden campaign who to note did not directly answer whether the current president would participate
. >> nbc's vaughn hillyard is covering the trump campaign.litical analyst. the good old days. trump dodged every primary, and also said, look, i'm way up in the polls, why do i need to debate. suddenly he wants this face-off. does he really? >> reporter: right, i remember i think probably a lot of americans after that first debate back in 2020, walking out of my home, and walking through the neighborhood and looking up at the stars and thinking about the world. whether we'll get...
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>> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> russian president vladimir putin is vowing revenge for that horrificerror attack in russia. two suspects were arrested with dozens more still missing. matt bradley has the latest. >> reporter: today moscow mourned, a rare silence over this city two days after russia endured its deadliest terror attack in 20 years. "that's why we're with the country. we're together," said this mourner. the death toll rose again to 137 according to russia's government including three children. as emergency workers continue searching for more dead under the rubble of this vast concert hall, investigators search for clues. one survivor recounting the terrifying moments gunfire erupted, people trying to run for safety and then seeing bodies on the ground. it was clear they had no signs of life. you realized then that there would be no hostage taking, he said. "we had to do something, to run away, because it was somebody coming to kill." two of the suspects were seen today in a video released by russian authorities as police transferred them to investigators and more than 80
>> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> russian president vladimir putin is vowing revenge for that horrificerror attack in russia. two suspects were arrested with dozens more still missing. matt bradley has the latest. >> reporter: today moscow mourned, a rare silence over this city two days after russia endured its deadliest terror attack in 20 years. "that's why we're with the country. we're together," said this mourner. the death toll rose again to 137 according to...
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joining us now, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. good morning.mp campaign as i'm sure, already using this to their political advantage. >> reporter: right. and donald trump has already put oit a social media post calling this a big win for america. of course his allies including the rnc have touted the decision by the supreme court, and the fact that it was a unanimous decision. there was concern from trump's team that in their own words including in those oral arguments last month in front of the supreme court that millions of americans would have their votes -- that they would be disenfranchised through this republican nominating process, and now tomorrow there are 16 states that are going to be going to the polls to vote in super tuesday and in each of those states, donald trump is dominating in polling, and we're looking at a reality, according to trump's team, that they believe they could hit the delegate threshold to become the presumptive nominees as soon as march 12th. if not march 12th, march 19th here. so we politically should be lookin
joining us now, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. good morning.mp campaign as i'm sure, already using this to their political advantage. >> reporter: right. and donald trump has already put oit a social media post calling this a big win for america. of course his allies including the rnc have touted the decision by the supreme court, and the fact that it was a unanimous decision. there was concern from trump's team that in their own words including in those oral arguments last month...
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. >> with us now, mike memoli, vaughn hillyard, bazell smikle, director of public policy program at the roosevelt house institute of hunter college and rosy sharon. you were at this record-breaking fund-raiser last night. what was it like? >> i was one of just a very small number of reporters that got to be in the room there last night. it was great. the performances by lizzo, ben platt, queen latifah, brought down the house. a lot of the 5,000 people that really enjoyed them, mindy kaling was very funny. she had some jokes including at the expense of those who have the most expensive tickets saying it is nice that they're supporting somebody who has openly vowed to raise their taxes. but really, the showcase, of course, was, think about it, 45 men have been president of the united states. and there were three of them, on stage, together, talking about what it is like to hold that off. and for the biden team, this was really valuable opportunity to have two people who held the job before him talk about how difficult it is. bill clinton really deconstructing the economic realities here,
. >> with us now, mike memoli, vaughn hillyard, bazell smikle, director of public policy program at the roosevelt house institute of hunter college and rosy sharon. you were at this record-breaking fund-raiser last night. what was it like? >> i was one of just a very small number of reporters that got to be in the room there last night. it was great. the performances by lizzo, ben platt, queen latifah, brought down the house. a lot of the 5,000 people that really enjoyed them, mindy...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard has been following this case for us. and lisa rubin is an msnbc legal correspondent. both vaughn and lisa are here with me on set. okay, harry, please explain in more detail about why the judge said these charges had to go, because in legalese, i'm going to read it again, he said, "the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is fatal." what happened here? >> okay. the essential legal element is how exactly they violated their oath of office. so in these six counts it says that defendants tried to push them to violate their oaths of office. mcafee says look, their oaths of office say one thing only, i'll follow the u.s. and georgia constitution. that's a really big document, and there could be hundreds of ways that you could violate it, and if they're not sure they can't prepare their defense. in the federal system and most other state systems, chris, it would be easily remedied. the prosecution would just come in and explain, okay, here's how you violated the oath. here's the clause that they pushed you to v
nbc's vaughn hillyard has been following this case for us. and lisa rubin is an msnbc legal correspondent. both vaughn and lisa are here with me on set. okay, harry, please explain in more detail about why the judge said these charges had to go, because in legalese, i'm going to read it again, he said, "the lack of detail concerning an essential legal element is fatal." what happened here? >> okay. the essential legal element is how exactly they violated their oath of office. so...
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ali vitali, vaughn hillyard, julie tsirkin, thanks to you. >>> coming up, steve kornacki is back at the big board to break down where nikki haley's voters could go from here. we'll be right back. voters could go from here we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. much more of our breaking news now. nikki haley has dropped out of the republican race for the white house. joining us now is bazell smikle, director of the public policy program at the roosevelt health institute of hunter college and susan del percio, nbc political analyst. thank you for joining us. susan, trump wrote on truth special he would like to, quote, invite all the haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. what does he need to do to gain the support? >> well, he has to stop saying, like, except for mitt romney or other republicans that he calls out all the time, which are exactly the people who voted for mitt romney donald trump needs if he's going to win. that was also after very ugly statement he made -- he's been -- or statements he's been making about nikki haley. he wants the voter
ali vitali, vaughn hillyard, julie tsirkin, thanks to you. >>> coming up, steve kornacki is back at the big board to break down where nikki haley's voters could go from here. we'll be right back. voters could go from here we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. much more of our breaking news now. nikki haley has dropped out of the republican race for the white house. joining us now is bazell smikle, director of the public policy program at the roosevelt health institute of...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is covering this story for us. sources in the arizona republican party, vaughn? >> reporter: back in december kari lake posted she needed to be less decisive. a couple of months have passed since, and i can tell you from conversations with multiple long time arizona republicans that she has struggled to do that. one individual, a local former gop legislative district chair who lives in kari lake's home district who was scorned during kari lake's 2022 run for governor and cast aside, they had coffee this winter at the arizona biltmore hotel and this local activist told me that kari lake never apologized to her and never apologized for any of the claims she made about other republicans, including not apologizing for her attacks against the mccain family. i was talking to a long time gop fundraiser in arizona who was the finance chair for donald trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns in the state, and she told me that folks are resigning themselves to the fact that ruben gallego could be the next u.s. senator out of arizona,
nbc's vaughn hillyard is covering this story for us. sources in the arizona republican party, vaughn? >> reporter: back in december kari lake posted she needed to be less decisive. a couple of months have passed since, and i can tell you from conversations with multiple long time arizona republicans that she has struggled to do that. one individual, a local former gop legislative district chair who lives in kari lake's home district who was scorned during kari lake's 2022 run for governor...
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nbc's vaughn hillyard has been following this for us.eral prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. what does richard say and what's lake conceding? >> reporter: kari lake still contends that the 2022 election was a sham and that she should be the governor of arizona, and she went repeatedly on the attack against maricopa county recorder stephen richer. to give you an idea, richer is a republican himself and was the one who was in the public office position of actually executing maricopa county's election in 2022, and i want to let you listen to kari lake because as part of his defamation suit against her, he listed numerous occasions in which she directly suggested and asserted that he had sabotaged the race to undermine her and effectively rigged the election. take a listen. >> richer and gaetz and their crew printed a 19 inch image, the wrong image on the ballot so that the tabulators would jam all day long. that's exactly what happened. these clowns trampled on our sacred right to vote. and now we know that richer and gaetz
nbc's vaughn hillyard has been following this for us.eral prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. what does richard say and what's lake conceding? >> reporter: kari lake still contends that the 2022 election was a sham and that she should be the governor of arizona, and she went repeatedly on the attack against maricopa county recorder stephen richer. to give you an idea, richer is a republican himself and was the one who was in the public office position of actually executing...
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here is nbc's vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: former president donald trump on the brink of financial peril. >> we have a great company but they want to take it away. >> reporter: he has just hours left to find more than $450 million in cash to post an appeal bond in new york before monday's judge-ordered deadline and if he fails to do that, new york attorney general letitia james can begin seizing his major properties and other assets. >> it's all politics. >> reporter: trump claims the money is not an issue, even on his social media account that he has nearly $500 million in cash on hand, but in court his lawyers are making a different claim filing a motion earlier this week to delay him having to post the bond, saying he did not have the necessary cash. in that motion, they wrote that the current bond demand is a practical impossibility and that 30 insurance companies had already rejected his terms. every single person came to him saying hey, can i get a half billion dollar bond. maria, they were laughing. >> reporter: to avoid the a.g. from taking the next steps, he could potentially re
here is nbc's vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: former president donald trump on the brink of financial peril. >> we have a great company but they want to take it away. >> reporter: he has just hours left to find more than $450 million in cash to post an appeal bond in new york before monday's judge-ordered deadline and if he fails to do that, new york attorney general letitia james can begin seizing his major properties and other assets. >> it's all politics. >>...
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vaughn hillyard joins me now on set with more.e you inside for a change, in person and inside. talk to us about what we're expecting. >> we know donald trump and joe biden are going to be their party's nominees. of course that's formalize at the convention but tonight is big because both of them have the chance to make it at least official in terms of how many delegates they have. because at the convention the delegates show up and they raise their hands on behalf of one of the candidates and there's a certain number that comes from every state. throughout this process they're allocated for tonight, donald trump needs to get 140. 50% or more of the vote that will take all of the delegates. . in the case of hawaii, these are proportion ately located. a chance tonight we could have presumptive nominees joe biden and donald trump coming out of this. >> how are the campaigns feeling? biden's team seem quite jazzed after that state of the union address. >> definitely a pep in the step. we have our man and he's ready to take on donald t
vaughn hillyard joins me now on set with more.e you inside for a change, in person and inside. talk to us about what we're expecting. >> we know donald trump and joe biden are going to be their party's nominees. of course that's formalize at the convention but tonight is big because both of them have the chance to make it at least official in terms of how many delegates they have. because at the convention the delegates show up and they raise their hands on behalf of one of the candidates...
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joining us now, vaughn hillyard, live from maricopa county, arizona, and nbc news correspondent, darshabeach, florida. at the big board, steve kornacki. vaughn, you are in your hometown of phoenix. what are some of the issues driving voters to the ballot box? >> reporter: today is an odd day, and we already know donald trump and joe biden are going to be the respective nominees, and that's the only thing on the ballot here in arizona, and i already know from family and friends here in the state that casts their ballot a month ago when nikki haley was still in the race, and we will be able to 15 information from the results in a state where trump lost to joe biden by 11,000 votes. you said it, the issues here at the heart of the electorates focus, we know there's conversation around the democracy. we saw people like kari lake, she was a key election denier as well, and alongside donald trump she's running for the u.s. senate this year here, and the economy is front and center. you have immigration. again, that immigration conversation is very layered. of course, not only the actual numbe
joining us now, vaughn hillyard, live from maricopa county, arizona, and nbc news correspondent, darshabeach, florida. at the big board, steve kornacki. vaughn, you are in your hometown of phoenix. what are some of the issues driving voters to the ballot box? >> reporter: today is an odd day, and we already know donald trump and joe biden are going to be the respective nominees, and that's the only thing on the ballot here in arizona, and i already know from family and friends here in the...
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we want to begin with vaughn hillyard where the president is head ed. monica alba is joining us as well. vaughn, i want to start with you. mr. trump says he was talking about cars. we have heard similar inflammatory comment from him throughout his campaign. you witnessed it on a regular basis. most recently, the focus has been about undocumented immigrants who he said quote are not people. how is all of this playing right now? >> reporter: right. this is i think what we should expect from donald trump here in the months ahead. his campaign has even indicated it's not like he's going to be having daily campaign rallies so instead, he's going to focus largely on the weekends and what you saw this weekend was in dayton, ohio. republican nominee for the president of the united states suggested he views some of the migrants coming into the united states as not even people. he suggested while standing on stage that those january 6th defendants were in his words, hostages. there was a rendition of the star spangled banner that played sung by some of those defe
we want to begin with vaughn hillyard where the president is head ed. monica alba is joining us as well. vaughn, i want to start with you. mr. trump says he was talking about cars. we have heard similar inflammatory comment from him throughout his campaign. you witnessed it on a regular basis. most recently, the focus has been about undocumented immigrants who he said quote are not people. how is all of this playing right now? >> reporter: right. this is i think what we should expect from...
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. >> vaughn hillyard with the latest for us, thank you. >>> let's bring in nbc news chief political analyst chuck todd, you watch all this so closely, 900 delegates up for grabs tonight. bottom line, of those 900 what does nikki need to keep her in this race? >> what is need? meaning like, there's no path to the nomination for her. right the question is, what does she want out of? does she want to send a message for a wing of party that she hopes to lead in the future, right, so the question is, what kind of show of force can she have tonight there's a significant chunk of this party isn't ready not concede this to trump. right now, she's in line to probably -- he'll probably win 4 to 1 tonight, as far as the rules, right, 51% in california means he gets all their delegates. but if she wins virginia, something that, you know, donald trump won virginia last time, if she can win virginia, minnesota, vermont, then i think she can then say, hey, i told you that people aren't ready to, you know, to coronate donald trump yet. i don't have the majority. but it ain't nothing. >> beyond tonight, hal
. >> vaughn hillyard with the latest for us, thank you. >>> let's bring in nbc news chief political analyst chuck todd, you watch all this so closely, 900 delegates up for grabs tonight. bottom line, of those 900 what does nikki need to keep her in this race? >> what is need? meaning like, there's no path to the nomination for her. right the question is, what does she want out of? does she want to send a message for a wing of party that she hopes to lead in the future,...
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vaughn hillyard is following all of this for us. joining us from scottsdale, arizona.'s start with the breaking news about the bond needed for mr. trump's fraud judgment in new york. what does it mean that he doesn't have the bond. >> reporter: this is the difficult, for his political operation they love to focus on key states like ohio and here in arizona but a reality for donald trump and his family business and that is the fact that they've got to somehow come up with more than $450 million by this monday. and in a letter from his attorney just this morning to the judge of the appellate court making the case they've gone to 30 different surety bond companies. and have been unable to get more than $450 million bond. meanwhile if we get to monday and the appellate court has not ruled on the stay, the new york attorney general has made it clear she intends to go forward and begin seizing assets, which could include key properties in manhattan. >>> turning to the comments that mr. trump made over the weekend. put it in context for us. he was talking about a blood bath.
vaughn hillyard is following all of this for us. joining us from scottsdale, arizona.'s start with the breaking news about the bond needed for mr. trump's fraud judgment in new york. what does it mean that he doesn't have the bond. >> reporter: this is the difficult, for his political operation they love to focus on key states like ohio and here in arizona but a reality for donald trump and his family business and that is the fact that they've got to somehow come up with more than $450...
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vaughn hillyard is covering the event in oakland. jonathan alter knows the kennedy family.s chosen. >> reporter: this was a selection process that took part of the course of months. he has been looking for a vp pick. he had to make one quickly in order to qualify for the ballot. he floated aaron rodgers, the quarterback of the new york jets. tulsi gabbard, the former congresswoman. >> sorry, i have to interrupt because the press conference is beginning. >> m-u-i-s-e. first time is m-a-r-c-e-l. our investigator in charge for this investigation but just given that we've arrived on scene today, it's very early. i've asked that he remain at the command post to continue what he is doing so that i can brief you on what we're doing so far. also with me is one of our newest board members. this is alvin brown. this is his training launch. so the ntsb arrived on scene at 6:00 a.m. to investigate an accident involving a singapore registered vessel with the name dali, d-a-l-i, which made contact with the francis scott key bridge in baltimore, maryland at around 1:30 a.m. this morning.
vaughn hillyard is covering the event in oakland. jonathan alter knows the kennedy family.s chosen. >> reporter: this was a selection process that took part of the course of months. he has been looking for a vp pick. he had to make one quickly in order to qualify for the ballot. he floated aaron rodgers, the quarterback of the new york jets. tulsi gabbard, the former congresswoman. >> sorry, i have to interrupt because the press conference is beginning. >> m-u-i-s-e. first...
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we start with vaughn hillyard, ali vitali following the haley campaign, kelly o'donnell near the whiteshaquille brewster in north carolina, and priscilla thompson in dallas. vaughn, first to you. mr. trump is coming off that unanimous supreme court victory. what's his plan for today? >> reporter: this is the day that donald trump wants declared he is the presumptive nominee for the republican party. today is the day he will not hit the delegate threshold required to walk into the milwaukee convention to be that presumptive nominee. but he hopes that he is able to sweep all 16 states. that's what his campaign is banking on. have a delegate hold that sends a clear message to nikki haley that this is over and to step aside. this morning, he phoned into fox news. he made it clear that the republican party should unify and focus resources to beating joe biden and the democrats in november. this is happening the same week that the rnc members are set to meet in houston, just 48 hours from now, to most likely select their new chair and co-chair, which is his hand-picked michael watley and lar
we start with vaughn hillyard, ali vitali following the haley campaign, kelly o'donnell near the whiteshaquille brewster in north carolina, and priscilla thompson in dallas. vaughn, first to you. mr. trump is coming off that unanimous supreme court victory. what's his plan for today? >> reporter: this is the day that donald trump wants declared he is the presumptive nominee for the republican party. today is the day he will not hit the delegate threshold required to walk into the...
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joining is aaron gilchrist, and vaughn hillyard is here. and lisa rubin.'s start with trump's finances. he owes $500 million and more and counts on legal judgments. how is that putting a strain on his ability to run a campaign? >> let's just look sat 2020, katy. for the biden compangs and their allies they spent more than $1.6 billion, compare that to donald trump and his allies, just over $1 billion. 600 trillion less. joe biden was barely able to win that election in several key states. pass post to 2024, not only do they look at a deficit in finances compared to biden but $80 billion has already gone to legal-related expenses over the last two years for trump-affiliated super pacs. so they're starting with a deficit. add on to the reality, that the rnc is having to best also to senate endowed races. there are serious questions for the trump team and how they're even able to compete. >> you mentioned the rnc. let's talk about the rnc. who is now in charge? and what might donald trump expect of the rnc in the coming months? >> well, i was at the rnc in ho
joining is aaron gilchrist, and vaughn hillyard is here. and lisa rubin.'s start with trump's finances. he owes $500 million and more and counts on legal judgments. how is that putting a strain on his ability to run a campaign? >> let's just look sat 2020, katy. for the biden compangs and their allies they spent more than $1.6 billion, compare that to donald trump and his allies, just over $1 billion. 600 trillion less. joe biden was barely able to win that election in several key states....
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joining us from outside the courthouse is nbc's vaughn hillyard.ith me charles coleman and caroline polisi. vaughn, we're getting updates from our team inside the courthouse right now. what i'm seeing is todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, is trying to argue these sdny documents with testimony from michael cohen, there's so many of them that they're going to need an extended delay on this. according to laura jarrett who is inside that courtroom, judge merchan is basically saying i don't think so. >> reporter: right. is skeptical. merchan, the judge, is questioning donald trump's attorney, todd blanche, on just how many documents they have received from the sdny federal prosecutors that they deem relevant enough to they need to go through. judge merchan said, is that 2,000, 20,000? we're talking about 200,000 pages of material. the prosecutors for district attorney alvin bragg say just 300 of the 200,000 payables are actually relevant to today's hearing in terms of michael cohen as a witness in the alleged hush money payment scheme. but what the
joining us from outside the courthouse is nbc's vaughn hillyard.ith me charles coleman and caroline polisi. vaughn, we're getting updates from our team inside the courthouse right now. what i'm seeing is todd blanche, donald trump's attorney, is trying to argue these sdny documents with testimony from michael cohen, there's so many of them that they're going to need an extended delay on this. according to laura jarrett who is inside that courtroom, judge merchan is basically saying i don't...
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joining us is blayne alexander and lisa ruben and vaughn hillyard.a, first to you on the legal aspects of this. one of the counts against the president involved the famous brad raffensperger call. >> it does. even though the count itself has been thrown out, the evidence pertaining to the call and more importantly the allegation that it is an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy means it stays in the case. all that judge mcafee has done is say that these cannot stand as standalone counts in the indictment. they are still on the hook for a rico conspiracy and the call is part of that and remains in the case. >> we have not heard any decision from judge mcafee -- we expected it this week -- on the challenge against having willis remain as d.a. on the case, because of her relationship with the lead prosecutor. >> reporter: absolutely. when we started the week, that was the big decision we were expecting. according to people that i have spoken with who are involved in this case, today's decision caught them by surprise. it was a surprise to all of
joining us is blayne alexander and lisa ruben and vaughn hillyard.a, first to you on the legal aspects of this. one of the counts against the president involved the famous brad raffensperger call. >> it does. even though the count itself has been thrown out, the evidence pertaining to the call and more importantly the allegation that it is an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy means it stays in the case. all that judge mcafee has done is say that these cannot stand as standalone...
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vaughn hillyard, one of our reporters who covers trump on the road at his rallies, brought back someporters after tucker carlson was in russia. and i have to admit i don't know where to find tucker carlson these days, so i didn't watch it. but i watched jon stewart's reporting on tucker carlson's reporting. and there's this ludicrous thing with shopping carts in grocery stores and whatnot. but what was so chilling was to see trump supporters at the rallies willingly really being interviewed by nbc correspondent vaughn hillyard saying you know what, i don't think there's anything wrong with putin or russia and i think we should just let him have ukraine. do you see a direct line, congressman, between the socializing of trump standing in helsinki, his denial was strong, trump saying putin's really smart at the beginning of the war in ukraine, tucker carlson, you know, sucking up to putin's russia all over the right wing airwaves, the normalization of putin savaging, ravaging ukraine, what is the line between -- if any, between that mindset in our country on one side of the aisle and wh
vaughn hillyard, one of our reporters who covers trump on the road at his rallies, brought back someporters after tucker carlson was in russia. and i have to admit i don't know where to find tucker carlson these days, so i didn't watch it. but i watched jon stewart's reporting on tucker carlson's reporting. and there's this ludicrous thing with shopping carts in grocery stores and whatnot. but what was so chilling was to see trump supporters at the rallies willingly really being interviewed by...
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vaughn hillyard. talk to me about the contours of the race in arizona with sinema out. >> reporter: right. there is a lot of questions on whether she was going to run for the obvious reason, that she was expected to pull the vote from gallego. in a new poll that came out two weeks ago, he had a three-point advantage over lake when it was a three-way race. but in a two-way race, his advantage widened out to ten percentage points. the unfavorability numbers are what so stark. it was 26%. lake, 49% of arizona voters according to that poll from mike nobles believe that view her in an unfavorable light here. for senator sinema, the question was would there be an opening for her. it was going to require her to get 43,000 signatures of arizona independents by april 1st and she hadn't even declared her candidacy. at the same time, i just talked to somebody here who was telling me about a fund-raiser sinema was holding for her campaign this friday night in phoenix in which she was collecting checks, so seeming
vaughn hillyard. talk to me about the contours of the race in arizona with sinema out. >> reporter: right. there is a lot of questions on whether she was going to run for the obvious reason, that she was expected to pull the vote from gallego. in a new poll that came out two weeks ago, he had a three-point advantage over lake when it was a three-way race. but in a two-way race, his advantage widened out to ten percentage points. the unfavorability numbers are what so stark. it was 26%....
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nbc's vaughn hillyard is reporting from west palm beach, florida. back with us, former governor john kasich, and alencia johnson. what do we know about trump's campaign funds and frankly, something we have talked about, and where does it stand with all of these legal bills now weighing him down? >> reporter: right. it's absolutely cutting into the funds that have been available to the trump allies. just like at the super pac alone. already $80 million over the last two years spent by trump affiliated super pacs to go toward the legal-related expenses. that's more than $80 million, and when you're talking about a presidential campaign and the plans ahead, look, you just got 34 weeks until the general election, and of course money is going to be at the forefront of this. i want to let you listen to part of a conversation that trump's co-campaign manager had with my partner on trump, garrett haake. take a listen. >> the biggest challenge we have probably is on the money side. i mean, we're very confident in our ability to put together the resources wit
nbc's vaughn hillyard is reporting from west palm beach, florida. back with us, former governor john kasich, and alencia johnson. what do we know about trump's campaign funds and frankly, something we have talked about, and where does it stand with all of these legal bills now weighing him down? >> reporter: right. it's absolutely cutting into the funds that have been available to the trump allies. just like at the super pac alone. already $80 million over the last two years spent by...
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. >> joining us now, vaughn hillyard and also monica alba.n we expect to hear from the president today? he is as we speak right now speaking. >> reporter: exactly. this is the first of two scheduled remarks for the president today. and it is a day where the white house is unveiling its budget plan and proposal. now, every year when we take a look at this list of priorities, we would put it into the context that it is not necessarily something that will become law automatically, it is really a blueprint for where the white house and the biden administration wants to showcase what they are talking about and carrying about most. but in the context of a re-election year, you can really look at it as a roadmap to if he is able to win re-election president biden would want to do with four more years in office. so i believe he is discussing that generally in these remarks here in washington today first when it comes to trying to talk about a fair tax code, that was one of sort of the questions and call and responses that he had in the state of the u
. >> joining us now, vaughn hillyard and also monica alba.n we expect to hear from the president today? he is as we speak right now speaking. >> reporter: exactly. this is the first of two scheduled remarks for the president today. and it is a day where the white house is unveiling its budget plan and proposal. now, every year when we take a look at this list of priorities, we would put it into the context that it is not necessarily something that will become law automatically, it...
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vaughn hillyard is in arizona today for us because it is a primary day.k how the campaign is responding to the criticism. >> reporter: trump is his own spokesperson for his own campaign. looking at comments like these, this is not the first time he made the comments. even back in 2019, he said, quote, i think any jewish people that vote for a democratic i think it shows a lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. then two years later in 2021, he said, quote, there's people in this country who no longer love israel. and in 2022 he said u.s. jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in israel before it's too late. a few months ago after the hms hamas attack on israel he said if he's not elected, there will be no israel. suggesting he's a staunch defender of israel and it's imperative he has another time in the white house. >> we know it's biden/trump but there are still primaries today, that's why you're in arizona. what are you hearing from voters about trump and the race more broadly? >> reporter: right. president biden, in fact, is f
vaughn hillyard is in arizona today for us because it is a primary day.k how the campaign is responding to the criticism. >> reporter: trump is his own spokesperson for his own campaign. looking at comments like these, this is not the first time he made the comments. even back in 2019, he said, quote, i think any jewish people that vote for a democratic i think it shows a lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. then two years later in 2021, he said, quote, there's people in this country...
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joining us now is vaughn hillyard and nbc news justice reporter, ryan riley. ryan, tell us more.trump says he wants to pardon all of them. get them out of jail. what would that mean? what would that logistically mean for the justice department? >> this is the largest investigation in history. it's a lot of defendants, tough to keep them straight. this would be a massive undertaking to get rid of these charges. including people who brutally assaulted law enforcement on that day. just really terrible attacks on law enforcement. the most recent arrest was somebody who fired off a gun at the capitol on january 6th itself. someone who nbc news identified more than two years ago but it wasn't clear until recently they fired that weapon and they were arrested and picked up on friday. there's a detention hearing for them on wednesday, tomorrow. that's a small segment of these individuals are held pretrial. a lot of them have been sentenced but we're talking about a universe of 1,300 people who have been charged overall. about 950 have been convicted in some capacity and about 500 have be
joining us now is vaughn hillyard and nbc news justice reporter, ryan riley. ryan, tell us more.trump says he wants to pardon all of them. get them out of jail. what would that mean? what would that logistically mean for the justice department? >> this is the largest investigation in history. it's a lot of defendants, tough to keep them straight. this would be a massive undertaking to get rid of these charges. including people who brutally assaulted law enforcement on that day. just...