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trump's maga lackeys are freaking out whining that it's unfair that trump is required to be in court just like every other person who's accused of a crime. >>> plus, the republican normalization of violent threats as senator tom cotton calls for violence against pro palestinian protestors. >>> we begin tonight at the end of the second day of jury selection in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. seven jurors have been selected so far, a salesman, an oncology nurse, two attorneys, an i.t. consultant, a teacher and a software engineer. 11 more needed. that includes six alternates. inside the courtroom donald trump again appeared deep in contemplation at times, or perhaps slumber, with his eyes closed and his tiny mouth pursed. but outside the courtroom the defendant attempted to try his case using his alternative facts. >> i would pay a lawyer and marked it down as an illegal expense, some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. you get indicted over that. legal expense. that's what you're supposed to call it. >> a legal e
trump's maga lackeys are freaking out whining that it's unfair that trump is required to be in court just like every other person who's accused of a crime. >>> plus, the republican normalization of violent threats as senator tom cotton calls for violence against pro palestinian protestors. >>> we begin tonight at the end of the second day of jury selection in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. seven jurors have been selected so far, a salesman, an oncology...
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trump versus biden. 42% are for trump. 29% are for biden. the question was, the differences between life in 2020 and life today in 2024. 42% to 29% that life was better in 2020. at the end of 2020, there were 23 million cases of covid in the united states of america. >> right. >> there were 409,651 deaths at the end of 2020. >> right. >> do people not remember that? >> i mean, eddie? facts don't seem to matter to a lot of people. they keep talking about how horrible america is today. they just have to work really hard to suggest that we're a weak, broken power. as i've said in my travels across the world, the complaints aren't what they were during the obama administration, which is, oh, you guys are back on your heels. you guys are leading from behind. no, they're saying, you're exerting yourself too much, u.s. you're too powerful. you're controlling our economy this way or our military that way. like, we're out there. >> you know, joe, i was sitting here listening to the conversation, and i was just thinking about all the measures that you
trump versus biden. 42% are for trump. 29% are for biden. the question was, the differences between life in 2020 and life today in 2024. 42% to 29% that life was better in 2020. at the end of 2020, there were 23 million cases of covid in the united states of america. >> right. >> there were 409,651 deaths at the end of 2020. >> right. >> do people not remember that? >> i mean, eddie? facts don't seem to matter to a lot of people. they keep talking about how...
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it won't just be donald trump explaining. it will be a chance for each juror to determine whether or not they believe the story that he is selling. >> andrew, i wanted to ask about a supreme court oral argument today which is going on a couple of blocks from here, which is in the case of a january 6 rioter who is challenging the charge that he was charged with obstructing an official proceeding. depending on how the court rules in this case, that could affect one of the charges against donald trump, charged with the same thing, interfering with an official act. >> yeah. this is a statute i know very well. it was promulgated in light of the enron scandal i was a prosecutor on. without getting into the weeds of the statute, it's true that this is a charge that has been used against many, many people involved in january 6 in connection with obstructing the counting of the lectoral votes. it's a charge that donald trump is also charged with in the d.c. federal case. however, it's worth noting that amy coney barrett noted this tha
it won't just be donald trump explaining. it will be a chance for each juror to determine whether or not they believe the story that he is selling. >> andrew, i wanted to ask about a supreme court oral argument today which is going on a couple of blocks from here, which is in the case of a january 6 rioter who is challenging the charge that he was charged with obstructing an official proceeding. depending on how the court rules in this case, that could affect one of the charges against...
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trumps social media company. dj t stock took another nosedive today in the market, after they announced possible millions of shares being sold. but guess who was going to get a lot of that stock? donald trump himself. i want you to listen, because this is not bad news for him. it is fantastic news. when all is said and done, donald trump could end up with 65% of all of the shares in this company. so sure, you might think oh my god, he's getting crushed, but he is not. every single share, every dollar is found money. this is all a trick. the trick is to get as many shares as he can, and he is doing that, and they converted to cash or a loan, before people lose interest in this stock and the party ends. i just keep hearing every day, people laughing at him, laughing as the stock falls, saying he is losing his shirt, his stake was worth 5 billion, now it's only worth 2 billion, but it is still worth 2 billion. he did not have to spend one single dollar to get it, he is getting more shares, and in the not so distant
trumps social media company. dj t stock took another nosedive today in the market, after they announced possible millions of shares being sold. but guess who was going to get a lot of that stock? donald trump himself. i want you to listen, because this is not bad news for him. it is fantastic news. when all is said and done, donald trump could end up with 65% of all of the shares in this company. so sure, you might think oh my god, he's getting crushed, but he is not. every single share, every...
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trump didn't save him. trump is going to look out for himself. johnson is not going to be someone he's going to necessarily save even as he continues to push the big lie going forward. >> i think what really gets to me is that we're normalizing the present speaker of the house going to see a man facing 88 indictments and four trials like this is normal. one trial starts in new york monday. the speaker of the house, third in line to the presidency, is going to see a guy out on parole who has to be in criminal court monday morning. and we expect our children to grow up in the same kind of world of a respectful government that we did. the bar has been lowered so that we don't even know what the bar is. when the speaker of the house has to kiss the liar who has court dates from now until the end of the year, and the speaker is going to prostrate before him. this is sad. >> it is sad. you have the president, the vice president and the speaker. that speaker is in line with vladimir putin and donald trump. going down to mar-a-lago didn't help kevin mcca
trump didn't save him. trump is going to look out for himself. johnson is not going to be someone he's going to necessarily save even as he continues to push the big lie going forward. >> i think what really gets to me is that we're normalizing the present speaker of the house going to see a man facing 88 indictments and four trials like this is normal. one trial starts in new york monday. the speaker of the house, third in line to the presidency, is going to see a guy out on parole who...
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trump also gets something out of this. he gets to bring johnson down there, remind him, he, himself, trump is the top guy in the party and remind him of his policy positions which differ on different things, on abortion, on ukraine aid and fisa, which a procedural vote failed yesterday. this is really both men getting to -- to get their political goals met here. what this looks like is interesting, and they are expected to talk about this legislation to move forward that would ban noncitizens from voting. i'll note noncitizens are already barred from voting in the u.s., but that will be the political story they can go out and potentially take questions and if they do, expect there to be lots of questions on abortions particularly after the arizona ruling this week. >> thank you for that fact check and the meeting here, the timing is such many people on the hill think next week could be make-or-break for ukraine aid funtding. i'm sure trump will try to influence johnson on that today. everything is shadowed by abortion. he
trump also gets something out of this. he gets to bring johnson down there, remind him, he, himself, trump is the top guy in the party and remind him of his policy positions which differ on different things, on abortion, on ukraine aid and fisa, which a procedural vote failed yesterday. this is really both men getting to -- to get their political goals met here. what this looks like is interesting, and they are expected to talk about this legislation to move forward that would ban noncitizens...
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remember the example of kevin mccarthy, who tried to cozy up to trump and, at the end of the day, trump didn't come to save him. >> yeah, if he is banking on donald trump to be a reliable partner to save him, yeah, kevin mccarthy would like to have a word with him about it. this is a bizarre pairing here. i mean, as much as kevin mccarthy was an ally of donald trump, i don't recall them having a press conference like this together. my former boss certainly never did. it feels to me like there's some type of trade going on here, what's going on. yeah, donald trump can certainly protect mike johnson to a certain degree, but i don't know that marjorie taylor greene is necessarily going to step aside. you know, as we've seen, she seems dedicated to coming after mike johnson. i'm sure she'll say she's just as close of an ally to donald trump. i don't know this saves him, but i'm worried what mike johnson may give away to donald trump. perhaps scuttling ukraine, for example. >> keep an eye on that tomorrow. let's talk more about marjorie taylor greene and her threats. we played sound earlier
remember the example of kevin mccarthy, who tried to cozy up to trump and, at the end of the day, trump didn't come to save him. >> yeah, if he is banking on donald trump to be a reliable partner to save him, yeah, kevin mccarthy would like to have a word with him about it. this is a bizarre pairing here. i mean, as much as kevin mccarthy was an ally of donald trump, i don't recall them having a press conference like this together. my former boss certainly never did. it feels to me like...
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one of today's potential jurors told the court he has read it multiple trump books and not from trump himself. prosecutors could strike that if they believe he might be to bias. they don't have to but that is the process. ultimately, they did. the other x factor in this of course is trump himself. not only did the prospective jurors have to pass trump protesters and a sea of press to get into court, not only do they know that this case will be watched around the world, when they actually get in the courtroom they are seated just feet from the former president. today, our colleague interviewed ager who was struck about what that was like. >> what was it like answering questions including some about donald trump as he is sitting 30 feet from you. >> it was odd. it was such an interesting experience because i had never seen him in person before. you see someone blown up so larger-than-life on the media for so many years. to see them in person is very jarring. you get the sense that it's like this is just another guy. also he sees me talking about him which is bizarre. >> the defendant ca
one of today's potential jurors told the court he has read it multiple trump books and not from trump himself. prosecutors could strike that if they believe he might be to bias. they don't have to but that is the process. ultimately, they did. the other x factor in this of course is trump himself. not only did the prospective jurors have to pass trump protesters and a sea of press to get into court, not only do they know that this case will be watched around the world, when they actually get in...
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trump is a con man. he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair and to lie about it to his wife, which i did. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign, and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how would it impact me, my family, or the public, and i am going to jail in part, because of my decision to help mr. trump hide that payment from the american people before they voted a few days later. >> that is donald trump's former personal attorney and fixer, michael cohen, testifying before the house oversight committee in february of 2019, and taking responsibility for the things he did on behalf of donald trump. nbc news has learned cohen is on the list of witnesses expected to be called to testify in the former president's hush money criminal trial with jury selection set
trump is a con man. he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair and to lie about it to his wife, which i did. mr. trump directed me to use my own personal funds from a home equity line of credit to avoid any money being traced back to him that could negatively impact his campaign, and i did that too without bothering to consider whether that was improper, much less whether it was the right thing to do or how would it impact me, my family, or the public, and i am going...
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trump. >> let's listen to trump's response later after court when asked by our own dasha burns about his ideal juror. listen. >>. >> mr. president, what kind of juror in your mind is an ideal juror in this trial? >> anybody that is fair. >> do you believe that -- >> i'll let you know after the trial. don't forget, we're appealing. >> an ideal juror, somebody who's fair. then goes on to say they're appealing. he also had comments about the district attorney. we'll discuss more about the location and what he said there in a moment. just your reaction to what we heard there and your sense of what we're learning about his mind-set and how this process is going. >> right away when i heard that, i thought the election is fair if he wins and the jury will be fair if he's acquitted. we've heard it so many times, and i think that's where we're heading. this will go up on appeal i would imagine if he loses. it's going to be the same as the civil trial. i think that's where we're at in terms of his mind-set on it. if he wins, it's fair. if he doesn't, it's not. >> is there anything that you thi
trump. >> let's listen to trump's response later after court when asked by our own dasha burns about his ideal juror. listen. >>. >> mr. president, what kind of juror in your mind is an ideal juror in this trial? >> anybody that is fair. >> do you believe that -- >> i'll let you know after the trial. don't forget, we're appealing. >> an ideal juror, somebody who's fair. then goes on to say they're appealing. he also had comments about the district...
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trump, you can never do that. this is criminal case, not a civil case, you have to be here every day, and trump probably bugged them until they said, all right, we'll ask, but you're not going to get it, sometimes we lawyers do that. and they turned to the judge and said can he miss court and the answer is for all criminal defenses, no, you have to be here every single day. this is criminal court, not civil court. you have to be here. judge merchan may cut him a break and let him go to a graduation here or there, but this is not something you can breeze in or out of whenever you want. >> we want to get on the record the bad faith argument there. thank you for starting us off. we'll be talking to you in the days and weeks ahead. >>> next up here what house speaker mike johnson is saying about his new effort to pass aid for israel and ukraine this week. we'll dive into that. plus a judge deals rudy giuliani a major blow in his fight to overturn a multi-million dollar defamation verdict. those stories, other top head
trump, you can never do that. this is criminal case, not a civil case, you have to be here every day, and trump probably bugged them until they said, all right, we'll ask, but you're not going to get it, sometimes we lawyers do that. and they turned to the judge and said can he miss court and the answer is for all criminal defenses, no, you have to be here every single day. this is criminal court, not civil court. you have to be here. judge merchan may cut him a break and let him go to a...
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trump lashed out. this morning he called the trial itself a disgrace and argued that all he was indicted was for paying a lawyer and it was just a quote, legal expense. it is a story that collapsed on live tv like a house of cards years ago thanks to rudy giuliani. watch. >> having something it do with paying some stormy daniels woman $130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. sorry, i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. it is not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. so -- >> they funneled it through a law firm. >> funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. >> oh, i didn't know that. he did? >> yeah. >> and funneling, is a word associated with legal financial schemes, in this case, a hush money payment according to rudy giuliani funneled through his lawyer with the intent to influence the 2016 election. so, back in 2018, when the fakes were examined, a federal judge ruled this about the fakes. quote, cohen committed tw
trump lashed out. this morning he called the trial itself a disgrace and argued that all he was indicted was for paying a lawyer and it was just a quote, legal expense. it is a story that collapsed on live tv like a house of cards years ago thanks to rudy giuliani. watch. >> having something it do with paying some stormy daniels woman $130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. sorry, i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. it is...
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people that love trump they will continue to love trump. that is his base. what the swing voters will do, to bd. there are unknowns about this trial that we can not determine now. one, is that if he wins he did two things not just about paying off with am to stay silent. it will be because of a campaign and there was a larger plot that included the national inquirer to keep stories, not just out of the inquirer but using catch and kill to keep things out of the public. that could be a real question on how he is going to run the campaign. and if he is able to prove those things it will be interesting to see how the american people respond to that, this is what trump will be doing or could be doing. and the other thing that we don't know is if there will be violence during this trial that could impact how voters feel about trump the fact that there is so much security around this courthouse. the fact that we need to see this much security around the courthouse and the trial could go on for several weeks. if is going to be interesting to see what happens around
people that love trump they will continue to love trump. that is his base. what the swing voters will do, to bd. there are unknowns about this trial that we can not determine now. one, is that if he wins he did two things not just about paying off with am to stay silent. it will be because of a campaign and there was a larger plot that included the national inquirer to keep stories, not just out of the inquirer but using catch and kill to keep things out of the public. that could be a real...
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trump. trump had pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts, and denied the affair ever happened. there is no court today, jury selection resumes tomorrow morning to fill the 11 remaining seats. joining us now, nbc news senior national political reporter jonathan alan, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, both have been inside the courthouse during the trial, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney for the manhattan d.a.'s office, she is also an msnbc legal analyst, and former republican congressman carlos curbelo from florida, an msnbc political analyst. so, lisa, what do we know about the seven jurors who have already been selected? >> jose, they're a cross section of new yorkers. we have got two attorneys on the jury, we got two residents of harlem, we have an oncology nurse, a salesperson, a teacher, and a software engineer. one of the things i find notable is that several of the jurors are young, appear to be in the early stages of their career, for example, one of them said t
trump. trump had pleaded not guilty to all 34 counts, and denied the affair ever happened. there is no court today, jury selection resumes tomorrow morning to fill the 11 remaining seats. joining us now, nbc news senior national political reporter jonathan alan, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, both have been inside the courthouse during the trial, catherine christian, former assistant district attorney for the manhattan d.a.'s office, she is also an msnbc legal analyst, and former...
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there's been polling indicating a lot of voters do not blame trump or credit trump depending how you look at it with these abortion bans. that's going to be their messaging challenge and opportunity from november is close that gap and make the connection if trump appointed justice, abortion is banned, and these stories are happening as a result. >> well, they can use trump's own words to make that case as he said in a video yesterday he was proud of employing justices to overturn roe v. wade. grace, thank you for joining us. >>> still ahead here we'll take an early look what's driving markets this morning as major indexes close flat yesterday. >>> plus, apple is working on the best big thing that involves robots. we'll discuss the new product the tech giant is now exploring when we come right back. en we c. oh, yeah, man. take it from your inner child. what you really need in life is some freakin' torque. what? the dodge hornet r/t... the totally torqued-out crossover. [stomach growling] it's nothing... sounds like something. ♪when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion♪ ♪upse
there's been polling indicating a lot of voters do not blame trump or credit trump depending how you look at it with these abortion bans. that's going to be their messaging challenge and opportunity from november is close that gap and make the connection if trump appointed justice, abortion is banned, and these stories are happening as a result. >> well, they can use trump's own words to make that case as he said in a video yesterday he was proud of employing justices to overturn roe v....
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allegations that trump denies. allen weisselberg was the chief financial officer for the trump organization and was mentioned several times in michael cohen's recording as being a part of the plot. >> i have spoken to allen weisselberg. >> in july 2021, allen weisselberg and the trump organization worse indicted for scheming for tax fraud and was sentenced to five months in prison and a plead -- agreed to plead guilty. >> they are looking to squeeze him again to get to donald trump. >> on march 2024 allen weisselberg pled guilty to perjury and lying under oath in the fraud case, a deal that sends him back to prison but does not require him to testify in the hush money case. the manhattan district attorney and his team are the prosecutors. harvard educated democrat and former assistant attorney general of new york and on december 6 2022, the da secure the conviction of the trump corporation and the payroll corporation for conspiracy, criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records. on march 30, 2023, donald trump
allegations that trump denies. allen weisselberg was the chief financial officer for the trump organization and was mentioned several times in michael cohen's recording as being a part of the plot. >> i have spoken to allen weisselberg. >> in july 2021, allen weisselberg and the trump organization worse indicted for scheming for tax fraud and was sentenced to five months in prison and a plead -- agreed to plead guilty. >> they are looking to squeeze him again to get to donald...
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trump is a difficult client. and i think ideally, he will be able to try the case he wants to try, which is a very compelling chance. michael cohen, he is perhaps the most unbelievable witness in history. his lies, they are legendary. he's already been convicted of perjury. >> to that end though, do you think michael cohen would go and tell lies on the witness stand? >> oh yeah. >> somebody who has done time, they understand what it is all about on a very personal level, do you really think he would lie about something again? >> he is a liar. >> what about trump wanting to testify when you are working with him? did he want to do that? >> you know, he did publicly stated he would prefer that. to manage. they declined to do it. he chose not to litigate that. he is not really afraid. he is not afraid to engage. on the other hand, most of the time he should not engage. it is easily challenge will as cohen is. >> yeah. last question, when you heard donald trump that he would be honored to serve a day in jail, do you b
trump is a difficult client. and i think ideally, he will be able to try the case he wants to try, which is a very compelling chance. michael cohen, he is perhaps the most unbelievable witness in history. his lies, they are legendary. he's already been convicted of perjury. >> to that end though, do you think michael cohen would go and tell lies on the witness stand? >> oh yeah. >> somebody who has done time, they understand what it is all about on a very personal level, do...
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trump is not in jail. he will walk in, give a statement, something before he talks and goes in the courtroom and he will go into a black hole for a couple hours and then he will come out. before any of the reports have come out, of what actually happened at the trial trump will spin it into whatever political campaign thing he wants to spin. sit right there on the courthouse steps and lie, lie about what happened. lie about stormy daniels, lie about michael cohen, lie about the judge, lie about the judge's family and prosecutors and nothing is going to happen to him. it will happen to all of us for six weeks. in terms of the law here, it is pretty simple. you don't have to do much. as david explains, we already know for the most part, for the most part, that he had sex with stormy daniels. we already know that he lied about it. we already know he paid her money to make sure she kept quiet about it. we already pretty much know he took the money illegally from his campaign funds without telling anybody. all
trump is not in jail. he will walk in, give a statement, something before he talks and goes in the courtroom and he will go into a black hole for a couple hours and then he will come out. before any of the reports have come out, of what actually happened at the trial trump will spin it into whatever political campaign thing he wants to spin. sit right there on the courthouse steps and lie, lie about what happened. lie about stormy daniels, lie about michael cohen, lie about the judge, lie about...
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>> jury selection is going to be the ballgame because all trump needs is one cultist, one trump supported to sneak into that jury and he can hang the whole thing. that's going to be where the ballgame is but to answer your question at a higher level, ayman, the goal is not to find somebody who doesn't have an opinion on trump . that is impossible. the goal is to find people who in good faith are willing to put aside what they already know and believe about trump and instead, taken only the evidence presented to them at trial. that is difficult. that is frankly not something that i could do. i would be like no, i've already made up my mind. i am out of that jury. i think in new york city, you can find 12 people, not who don't have an opinion but who are willing to that aside as best they can and listen to the evidence presented to them at trial. i think there is a hope that that can happen and i hope that both the judge and the prosecutors are looking for those 12 people. attorneys are going to be looking for their own cultists. -- >> who is wearing the red tie. david, elie, please stick a
>> jury selection is going to be the ballgame because all trump needs is one cultist, one trump supported to sneak into that jury and he can hang the whole thing. that's going to be where the ballgame is but to answer your question at a higher level, ayman, the goal is not to find somebody who doesn't have an opinion on trump . that is impossible. the goal is to find people who in good faith are willing to put aside what they already know and believe about trump and instead, taken only...
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trump or the trump o. and as you pointed out, andrea, this is his second felony conviction, his second time that he'll be incarcerated at age 77 years of age, and nowhere inside this plea agreement is there any requirement that mr. weisselberg cooperate against former president trump. but what it will do is prevent mr. weisselberg in a very real way from testifying in this upcoming hush money trial for former president trump, for former president trump's benefit, because mr. weisselberg is now a convicted perjurer, he's a convicted tax avoider and any credibility that he might otherwise have had assigned or any hope that former president trump could get any favorable testimony that would be credible at all in front of a jury is evaporated with this currency sentence of five months in rikers for mr. weisselberg. >> and speaking of that new york trial and interestingly, judge merchan is not framing it as a hush money case, he's framing it as an election interference case. jury selection set to begin on monda
trump or the trump o. and as you pointed out, andrea, this is his second felony conviction, his second time that he'll be incarcerated at age 77 years of age, and nowhere inside this plea agreement is there any requirement that mr. weisselberg cooperate against former president trump. but what it will do is prevent mr. weisselberg in a very real way from testifying in this upcoming hush money trial for former president trump, for former president trump's benefit, because mr. weisselberg is now...
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agree with donald trump taking the stand. if i'm a prosecutor on the case, i'm praying and wishing that he does. because there are so many public statements, and as michael cohen just said, donald trump's ability to tell the truth is so well documented that that cross-examination could last as long as voidere. i don't think the chances of donald trump taking the stand are very high. if i'm a prosecutor in this case, i am hoping and praying he does so that i can show the world exactly his character for truthfulness and impeach everything he just said. >> kristy, one other aspect of this that i think is going to be fascinating as you have the jury selection process unfolding, donald trump, as we noted on "the weekend" for a long time now, has been using this opportunity, these court scenarios and now this upcoming trial as his platform. no different than a campaign stop. in many respects. he was put up on truth social regarding this trial. just yesterday he said quote there is no way i can be given a fair biden trial on monday
agree with donald trump taking the stand. if i'm a prosecutor on the case, i'm praying and wishing that he does. because there are so many public statements, and as michael cohen just said, donald trump's ability to tell the truth is so well documented that that cross-examination could last as long as voidere. i don't think the chances of donald trump taking the stand are very high. if i'm a prosecutor in this case, i am hoping and praying he does so that i can show the world exactly his...
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we saw donald trump leave trump tower. we do not know where he headed off to. his campaign team has not gotten back to us with details. at this point in time, the president of poland is in new york city. it is suggested on twitter that he intended to meet with former president trump while here visiting the city. of course, poland, a major outlie of ukraine and the united states. we could expect the president of poland to try to win over and try to use this opportunity to make the case to donald trump to support u.s. aid to ukraine because we saw just one week ago david cameron, british foreign diplomat make the same case to donald trump here with the acknowledgement that we are six months away from the general election. while donald trump is in the middle of a criminal proceeding, they are realizing they should engage with somebody who could be the next president of the united states. >> and paul butler, there were seven jurors selected in a day and a half. the first half day was taken up with pretrial motions. it's one full court day for seven jurors. he think
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>> it depends on whether trump would -- >> but trump would give it back. what would you like republicans to do in november? >> i think they should not vote for trump. i understand given the arithmetic that may mean that biden is elected. that's not going to make me happy, but i would be happy to talk to any republican and i talk to many of them frequently to say that this misplaced idea that they have that trump is better than biden is simply inaccurate. >> what do you make of liz cheney's commitment to do everything in her power, i think she said, every cell in her body will go towards making sure trump is never elected again? >> i think it's a worthy effort. i hope he's not re-elected. >> do you view the threat of trump as -- his celebration of orban, was that something that you saw behind closed doors. do you view the threat of trumpism akin to the threat of an autocracy? >> i do not believe that trump represents an existential threat to democracy. and i think that probably puts me at a minority on this network. but i think our constitution is strong. i
>> it depends on whether trump would -- >> but trump would give it back. what would you like republicans to do in november? >> i think they should not vote for trump. i understand given the arithmetic that may mean that biden is elected. that's not going to make me happy, but i would be happy to talk to any republican and i talk to many of them frequently to say that this misplaced idea that they have that trump is better than biden is simply inaccurate. >> what do you...
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attorney michael cohen and former trump white house aids, and trump organization employees. set the scene for us for jury selection and how it will work tomorrow and what you will be watching for >> new york state courts have a jury selection pros threes is different from other jurisdictions in particular federal court. when you are there the judge almost does everything. lawyers, we don't speak up unless the judge lets us. the judge is in charge. in new york, things are different. the attorneys get to speak directly to the jurors and question them and believe me, questioning them they are trying to feed them their version of the case. they are trying to educate the jury on their viewpoints. so, there is a lot of things to be accomplished when the lawyers all take part in questioning the jury. before that happens, there will be a 42 questionnaire that has been carefully crafted by the judge. does not include the question, who did you vote for. let's face it. a lot of the questions in there. giving you a good idea. are you or ever a member of the proud boys, the answer to tha
attorney michael cohen and former trump white house aids, and trump organization employees. set the scene for us for jury selection and how it will work tomorrow and what you will be watching for >> new york state courts have a jury selection pros threes is different from other jurisdictions in particular federal court. when you are there the judge almost does everything. lawyers, we don't speak up unless the judge lets us. the judge is in charge. in new york, things are different. the...
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typically these have been all about donald trump. he has been attending them and when he does there is a strong of supporters usually on the street behind me. today he is not here. some about the supporting cast respect the two co-defendants, his employees walt ngata the valet and also the property manager, both accused of conspiring to obstruct justice, specifically to attempt to delete video footage that showed mr. ngata moving boxes. today their lawyers will argue that anywhere charges should be dismissed because they were not aware of a pending criminal investigation and they were not fully aware of the significance of what was in those boxes. and therefore they couldn't have committed the crimes. jack smith's attorneys, special counsel's office will argue that that is really a fact question, not a legal question and that motions to dismiss are about whether the law appies to the fact and judge should assume the facts as alleged are true. so that is the argument today. and motions to dismiss are very difficult to win. but the jud
typically these have been all about donald trump. he has been attending them and when he does there is a strong of supporters usually on the street behind me. today he is not here. some about the supporting cast respect the two co-defendants, his employees walt ngata the valet and also the property manager, both accused of conspiring to obstruct justice, specifically to attempt to delete video footage that showed mr. ngata moving boxes. today their lawyers will argue that anywhere charges...
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donald trump. who benefits from donald trump? putin. in my view, there is a connection there. >> we will be talking much more as this election year goes on. speaker emerita nancy pelosi, thank you. >> we are going to win the house, the president had be re-elected, and chuck schumer feels good about the senate. so we just have to -- we made a decision to win. we will win. our democracy is at stake. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. great to see you. >> nice to see you. >>> our third hour of "morning joe" continues right now. >>> former president trump compared himself in a truth social post to the late south african president nelson mandela. if there is anything truth social users hate is when you make them google something. former first lady melania trump finally got to meet an actual billionaire. >> okay. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it's tuesday, april 9th. donald trump is running out of options to delay his hush-money trial. we will have expert legal analysis on the last-ditch effort by his legal team days before jury
donald trump. who benefits from donald trump? putin. in my view, there is a connection there. >> we will be talking much more as this election year goes on. speaker emerita nancy pelosi, thank you. >> we are going to win the house, the president had be re-elected, and chuck schumer feels good about the senate. so we just have to -- we made a decision to win. we will win. our democracy is at stake. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. great to see you. >> nice to see...
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that list includes rona graff, trumps executive assistant, the former director of trumps overall office operations and hope hicks, trumps former white house senior advisor, who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they will give up the goods on their former boss. today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg appeared to send a strong message to any potential witnesses who may or may not be considering lying for trump on the witness stand. the former chief financial officer of the trump organization was sentenced to five months in jail after alvin bragg's office prosecuted him for lying in his testimony in trumps recent civil fraud case. alan weiselburg is 76 years old and this is his second stint at rikers island. he served three months behind bars just last year for tax fraud. joining me now is former assistant district attorney in the manhattan das office trial division and also a new york criminal defense attorney, great to see you. it sure seems like a message to throw alan michael burton in jail, again, at 76. he was already seen
that list includes rona graff, trumps executive assistant, the former director of trumps overall office operations and hope hicks, trumps former white house senior advisor, who was once considered one of his closest confidants. it is an open question whether or not they will give up the goods on their former boss. today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg appeared to send a strong message to any potential witnesses who may or may not be considering lying for trump on the witness stand. the...
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trump and biden are nearly tied. the gop candidate up. it does mark a real shift from february where in the same survey found trump leading biden by five points. that time it was 48-43. the change is due in large part to reversal in support among many non-white voters. after trailing by six points with hispanic voters, biden is up by trump by 9%. and with hispanics he leads be two points. when asked by the times about the choice, one voter said this. you can recover from bad policies, but you can't recover from a bad heart, and donald trump has a bad heart. the othertakeaway, these are democratic voters coming home to biden. just again, the snapshot, the trend line favors the democrat. >>> still ahead, turning to sports, we'll show you how scottie scheffler won his second masters. >>> plus, we'll give you a look at the nba picture now that the regular season is over. that's all straight ahead. regulr that's all straight ahead. ahh. it's a good day to cough. oh no. bye, bye cough. later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!
trump and biden are nearly tied. the gop candidate up. it does mark a real shift from february where in the same survey found trump leading biden by five points. that time it was 48-43. the change is due in large part to reversal in support among many non-white voters. after trailing by six points with hispanic voters, biden is up by trump by 9%. and with hispanics he leads be two points. when asked by the times about the choice, one voter said this. you can recover from bad policies, but you...
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trump. in deep blue manhattan, many jurists swiftly dismissed for saying they cannot be impartial, the judge driving home the stakes of the unprecedented moment for the presumptive gop nominee morning mr. trump today if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sorted and sweeping. previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by the release of the infamous access hollywood tape, killing mr. trump's determination and prosecutors telling to buy the silence of stormy daniels -- daniels, originally directing michael cohen to pay her so she wouldn't go public saying she had had sex with mr. trump. >> that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. >> reporter: the judge ruled prosecutors cannot play the access hollywood tape at trial, but can introduce what he said. mr. trump
trump. in deep blue manhattan, many jurists swiftly dismissed for saying they cannot be impartial, the judge driving home the stakes of the unprecedented moment for the presumptive gop nominee morning mr. trump today if he fails to show up, he risks arrest. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the 34 counts of falsifying business records, a low level felony, but the story prosecutors seek to tell, more sorted and sweeping. previewing the central theme today of a presidential campaign rocked by...
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importance to trump. he was the chief financial officer, he was in charge of the books, the numbers, sort of assessing the profits and revenues as well as the losses for trump's real estate portfolio, and you know, he's the person who trump would go to to learn, you know, heist making money, how they're assessing all of that, what they're reporting back to the irs, et cetera. so a really key figure in trump world for decades before trump entered political office and so to see him now be going to jail as we learned today is a real blow to the former president. >> so kristy, legally speaking it would seem like this could close the book on allen weisselberg, but i understand that attorney general letitia james now wants trump's court appointed monitor in the civil fraud case to look more deeply into some of the circumstances surrounding weisselberg's plea. what could that mean? >> i think what tish james is really trying to understand is whether or not that some of those documents that made it clear that all
importance to trump. he was the chief financial officer, he was in charge of the books, the numbers, sort of assessing the profits and revenues as well as the losses for trump's real estate portfolio, and you know, he's the person who trump would go to to learn, you know, heist making money, how they're assessing all of that, what they're reporting back to the irs, et cetera. so a really key figure in trump world for decades before trump entered political office and so to see him now be going...
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trump did this. vice president kamala harris now will travel to arizona on friday. she was in phoenix just over a month ago as part of her fight for reproductive freedoms tour as it is called. the white house says the vice president has held more than 80 event in the 20 states inside the supreme court overturned roe just under two years ago. so joyce vance, we can talk about the politics but let's talk about the legal side of this. how did we get from a code in 1864 to a supreme court uphold ruling in 2024? >> so yesterday the arizona supreme court confirmed what we know about the zombie laws. these are pre-roe laws that banned abortion in 1973 when the supreme court decided roe v. wade. they were no longer good law. but instead of removing them from the books in many conservative states, they were permitted to stay looking forward to a day where roe v. wade would be overturned. and that is precisely what has happened. we've seen a series of these laws, you know, i think this is the oldest one we've
trump did this. vice president kamala harris now will travel to arizona on friday. she was in phoenix just over a month ago as part of her fight for reproductive freedoms tour as it is called. the white house says the vice president has held more than 80 event in the 20 states inside the supreme court overturned roe just under two years ago. so joyce vance, we can talk about the politics but let's talk about the legal side of this. how did we get from a code in 1864 to a supreme court uphold...
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trump. >> it doesn't mean the alliance between kennedy and trump world is weakening. the trump team's view is simple and backed by public and private polling. the more candidates in the race, the better for mr. trump. the question is now, how do democrats deal with this? i will ask the only person in modern history who has had the distinction of running the democratic national committee and appearing on a democratic presidential ticket, next. dem presidential ticket, next. millions of children are fighting to survive due to inequality, conflict, poverty and the climate crisis. save the children® is working alongside communities to provide a better life for children. and there's a way you can help. please call or go online to give just $10 a month. only $0.33 a day. we urgently need 1000 new monthly donors in the next 30 days to help the children we support around the world. you can help provide food, medicine, care and protection, plus so much more that a child needs by calling right now and giving just $10 a month. all we need are 1000 monthly donors in the next 30
trump. >> it doesn't mean the alliance between kennedy and trump world is weakening. the trump team's view is simple and backed by public and private polling. the more candidates in the race, the better for mr. trump. the question is now, how do democrats deal with this? i will ask the only person in modern history who has had the distinction of running the democratic national committee and appearing on a democratic presidential ticket, next. dem presidential ticket, next. millions of...
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trump and reached an agreement. he would pay $150,000 to karen mckuball, former play mate of the month so the american people wouldn't know about that affair and said and met with trump that trump promised to repay him. it's a separate narrative that the american people weren't affair of. they only know about michael cohen. mr. trump has not attacked his close friend. >> he has not. that's interesting to note. before i let you know, if prison time is on the table. there are sentencing guidelines. i would note that judge merchan said he regretted to agreeing a five month sentence for trump company ceo saying he would have imposed a harsher punishment. we never know what a judge will decide. you know that well. is it conceivable for people watching if he's convicted he'll go to jail for this? >> he most certainly will. if he's elected president, i hope that won't take place. he says he can pardon himself and he will probably try. he cannot pardon a criminal conviction by a jury of a state crime. he must go to jail. i
trump and reached an agreement. he would pay $150,000 to karen mckuball, former play mate of the month so the american people wouldn't know about that affair and said and met with trump that trump promised to repay him. it's a separate narrative that the american people weren't affair of. they only know about michael cohen. mr. trump has not attacked his close friend. >> he has not. that's interesting to note. before i let you know, if prison time is on the table. there are sentencing...
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trump revocable trust, and kept and maintain bid the trump organization. the following 33 counts detail other related invoices and checks. as manhattan district attorney alvin bragg explained, this is a common white collar crime that his office prosecutes all the time. >> my office, including the talented prosecutors you saw at arraignment earlier today have done this hundreds of times. this charge can be said is the bread and butter of our white collar work. >> you probably haven't heard of those other cases because they're generally low profile and mundane. few recent examples include a case against a bronx business owner indicted for failing to report over $1 million in income, avoiding paying $60,000 in taxes, an insurance broker indicted for allegedly filing fraudulent certificates of liability insurance, and a mental health therapy aide indicted for allegedly defrauding over $35,000 in workers compensation benefits. these are all people that got prosecuted for this. but there's a really key part about alvin bragg's case against donald trump that sepa
trump revocable trust, and kept and maintain bid the trump organization. the following 33 counts detail other related invoices and checks. as manhattan district attorney alvin bragg explained, this is a common white collar crime that his office prosecutes all the time. >> my office, including the talented prosecutors you saw at arraignment earlier today have done this hundreds of times. this charge can be said is the bread and butter of our white collar work. >> you probably haven't...
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we'll start on the former president trump front. even though johnson is going to mar-a-lago, this trip has everything to do with what's happening here on capitol hill. the fact that johnson is once again an embattled speaker, much like his predecessor, former speaker, kevin mccarthy. only for johnson, the issue is ukraine aid or even potentially the way this fisa or data privacy battles continues to go. these two things could be enough to trigger an ousting of his job from within his own conference. when it comes to the ukraine vote, i've had democratic house members tell me if they see johnson be willing to give a vote on ukraine, they would potentially save his job if that situation were to unfold. johnson is going to mar-a-lago, to the source of republican power, being next for former president trump, for what i'm told is an event about election int rity. that's something we talked a lot about when he got the speakership in the first place, katy. it's central to his role as he heads to mar-a-lago amid a really wild sea of dynamic
we'll start on the former president trump front. even though johnson is going to mar-a-lago, this trip has everything to do with what's happening here on capitol hill. the fact that johnson is once again an embattled speaker, much like his predecessor, former speaker, kevin mccarthy. only for johnson, the issue is ukraine aid or even potentially the way this fisa or data privacy battles continues to go. these two things could be enough to trigger an ousting of his job from within his own...
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johnson and trump will be addressingtr trump's other favorite conspiracy theory, the idea that u.s. elections are rigged. what comes of out of the this meeting is anyone's guess. on the one hand johnson has the fight to save ukraine and on the other hand he has trump and putin. a very stark choice in front of him. pass a f ukraine aid bill or remain speaker. >> how he handles funding ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle a motion to vacate. >> joining me now is julia yaffe. julia, it's great to see you. i'm so eager to hear your assessment of how and why this is happening. iy mean the russian propaganda piece of it, which is so blasant and so obvious, is it all just a desire to curry favor with trump, or do you think the roots of it extend deeper than that? >> well, there's a couple things here. you mentioned all the examples of republicans parroting russian propaganda points. documents show how it pushes exactly the kind of messages you show in those primary ads about how it's either the border or ukraine, about how ukraine is corrupt and we shouldn't spend a
johnson and trump will be addressingtr trump's other favorite conspiracy theory, the idea that u.s. elections are rigged. what comes of out of the this meeting is anyone's guess. on the one hand johnson has the fight to save ukraine and on the other hand he has trump and putin. a very stark choice in front of him. pass a f ukraine aid bill or remain speaker. >> how he handles funding ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle a motion to vacate. >> joining me now...
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they want to cut off any funds raised by republicans who use trump's name or trump's image or trump's likeness. according to a memo from nbc news. trump's co-campaign managers require a split of 5% of all fundraising solicitations. this, quote, any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the rnc and president trump's campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations. politico was first to report on the memo. president biden's campaign said it has raised over $190 million. that's much more -- that's twice as much as what trump has brought in so far. another break for us. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. ♪ that colonoscopy for getting screened ♪ ♪ is why i'm delaying ♪ ♪ i heard i had a choice ♪ ♪ i know the name, that's what i'm saying ♪ -cologuard®? -cologuard. cologuard! -screen for colon cancer. -at home, like you want. -you the man! -actually, he's a box. cologuard is a one-of-a-kind way to screen for colon cancer that's effective and non-invasive. it's for people 45+ at average risk, not high r
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>> donald trump. seriously. donald trump uses phrases like you're going to eviscerate the constitution, he will be a dick dictator on day one. he has a very jaded view of the constitution. he made it clear he doesn't plan on abiding by parts of it. at least he's saying it out loud. >> joining us now, white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the playbook, eugene daniels. good to see you. so let's start there with the president's sitdown interview with univision. it comes as polls show at least some growing support for donald trump among latino voters. how concerned is biden's team about that? >> i think that they are really concerned. and the way that you can tell is that they started investing really early in the latino vote months ago putting together an entire organization that their job is just to focus on the latino vote especially in swing states like arizona and nevada where there are huge populations of latinos. and what is really difficult about this issue for them is that latinos are knd
>> donald trump. seriously. donald trump uses phrases like you're going to eviscerate the constitution, he will be a dick dictator on day one. he has a very jaded view of the constitution. he made it clear he doesn't plan on abiding by parts of it. at least he's saying it out loud. >> joining us now, white house correspondent for politico and co-author of the playbook, eugene daniels. good to see you. so let's start there with the president's sitdown interview with univision. it...
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donald trump. forget it. >> and even some more, because there were not people who took themselves off the topic but came back, and when they were ready to take the jury questionnaire, they said, i thought about it overnight and they can't do it. >> that's two cuts. i can't do it. and the other one are like, i can do it. and then to me, the slightly comical spectacle of trumps lawyers and legal team furiously checking out the social media file of these people. and in a number of cases, finding, you know, someone posted in ai video of trump saying i'm a dumb -- f word. i think on the day the election was declared on facebook, being like -- lots of means about trump being a buffoon or bad or dumb, being right into court from the record of prospective jurors. what was that like? >> it was fascinating, because on some level, some of them, you can see they really were legitimately struck for cause. for example, there was someone who, relevant to the events at issue here, had posted something on face sayi
donald trump. forget it. >> and even some more, because there were not people who took themselves off the topic but came back, and when they were ready to take the jury questionnaire, they said, i thought about it overnight and they can't do it. >> that's two cuts. i can't do it. and the other one are like, i can do it. and then to me, the slightly comical spectacle of trumps lawyers and legal team furiously checking out the social media file of these people. and in a number of...
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they go after trump. >> okay. let's forget for the moment that major crime -- the facts that major crime in new york city has actually gone down this year. incessant attacks from bragg and trump and the right have been a way to expand their reach to attack other progressive prosecutors. >> he's one of maybe a dozen or more across the country that get elected on an ideological agenda, usually with funding from people like george soros. >> they weaponized the d.a.'s office there, as they have other soros' funded d.a.'s offices around the country. >>> joining me is joyce vance and rashad robinson. thank you both for being here. i want to go to you first, rashad. the day that donald trump's jury selection began in his trial, election interference trial, he floated this memo that named george soros all soros-funded d.a.s. talk about this trebd in attacking people calling them soros-funded and also naming color of change. >> look, it's no surprise that the rich and powerful, who now sometimes every once in a while are h
they go after trump. >> okay. let's forget for the moment that major crime -- the facts that major crime in new york city has actually gone down this year. incessant attacks from bragg and trump and the right have been a way to expand their reach to attack other progressive prosecutors. >> he's one of maybe a dozen or more across the country that get elected on an ideological agenda, usually with funding from people like george soros. >> they weaponized the d.a.'s office...
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donald trump's hush money trial beginning. we will have special cover ledge tomorrow morning and throughout the afternoon. i will be down at the courthouse. that is tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that wraps it up for me right now. i am back at 9:00 p.m. i will see you then. we have more breaking news. my friend, every time you and i are together we are on the brink of a new conflict. >> i hope you don't say that because it is definitely the last thing we want right now is for anyone to be watching this and think oh, no it is going in the wrong direction we hope 24 hours later since last night it thinks at least trending in a peaceful direction than what we were seeing. >>> will israel retaliate for saturday's strikes. >> seeing wider conflict is ahead and that america could get dragged into it. also tonight, pretrial tantrums, trump on the attack against key figures in his hush money trial. and on the lead back to your rights. let's begin. >> we are continuing to follow this weekend's major escalation acro
donald trump's hush money trial beginning. we will have special cover ledge tomorrow morning and throughout the afternoon. i will be down at the courthouse. that is tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that wraps it up for me right now. i am back at 9:00 p.m. i will see you then. we have more breaking news. my friend, every time you and i are together we are on the brink of a new conflict. >> i hope you don't say that because it is definitely the last thing we want right...
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donald trump. have they voted for him? that's not a question, not what their political party affiliation is, but have they attended a rally? did they follow him on social media? what is their media diet? you know, various questions about whether or not they think that he's been treated unfairly in this case, that it is unfair to, you know, charge, criminally charge a former president of the united states. that'll be first and foremost. what both sides are going to be looking for, as well as people who have a distrust of the law enforcement and the justice system. people who are very opinionated. lawyers, you want lawyers off the jury. those are the kinds of people that both sides will be looking for. prosecutors will want to keep those people off the jury, and the defense will want them on in the hopes of a mistrial. >> let's bring in former litigator and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin from outside the courthouse in new york city. finally, you've been leading up to this and giving us context,
donald trump. have they voted for him? that's not a question, not what their political party affiliation is, but have they attended a rally? did they follow him on social media? what is their media diet? you know, various questions about whether or not they think that he's been treated unfairly in this case, that it is unfair to, you know, charge, criminally charge a former president of the united states. that'll be first and foremost. what both sides are going to be looking for, as well as...
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trump ban a partial-birth abortion? >> i am very pro-choice. i hate the concept of abortion. i hate it. i hate everything it stands for and i cringe when i hear people debating the subject, but i still just believe in choice. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion yes or no as a principle? >> the answer is there has to be some sort of punishment. >> for the woman. >> yes. >> the justices that i'm going to appoint will be pro-life, they will have a conservative bent. >> unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the white house. >> so for 52 years people have wanted to end roe v. wade, to give it back to the states. we did that. it was an incredible thing, an incredible achievement. we did that, and now the states have it. >> meanwhile, a year after the dobbs decision, more than 60% of voters disapproved of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. so where does the battle over abortion go from here? joining me now is the democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. governor whitmer, welcome back
trump ban a partial-birth abortion? >> i am very pro-choice. i hate the concept of abortion. i hate it. i hate everything it stands for and i cringe when i hear people debating the subject, but i still just believe in choice. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion yes or no as a principle? >> the answer is there has to be some sort of punishment. >> for the woman. >> yes. >> the justices that i'm going to appoint will be pro-life, they will have a...
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trump. >> and the lack of money preventing him from doing so much, but there's been a big difference between this time in the courtroom and past times. past times, most of the time it was voluntary. here, big difference between a voluntary appearance and an appearance where you are required to attend, and i will just say, yeah, anybody sitting six, seven, eight hours. if i were sitting somewhere for eight hours, i would be falling asleep. >> he can't even get through four. >> writing songs! yeah, it's hard to get through four, and mika lets me talk to stay awake. what a physical toll for anybody. >> this is where also it helps to have real firsthand knowledge of donald trump over the course of over a decade. and the guy has no attention span. we've seen it up front and how we've known people who have worked for him, and they have to work around this sort of add mentality that he has, and the need for attention. constant attention. making moments and mara gay -- >> and by the way, being in ch
trump. >> and the lack of money preventing him from doing so much, but there's been a big difference between this time in the courtroom and past times. past times, most of the time it was voluntary. here, big difference between a voluntary appearance and an appearance where you are required to attend, and i will just say, yeah, anybody sitting six, seven, eight hours. if i were sitting somewhere for eight hours, i would be falling asleep. >> he can't even get through four. >>...
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others are more specific if they worked for a trump organization, gone to a trump rally. another asks if you, a relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for any anti-trump group or organization. another asks if they have read either of mark pomerantz's or michael cohen's books about the case. are these your typical jury questions? >> some of them are. let's say two corporations are going to trial against one another in a civil trial that had a jury. it would be typical to have questions, have you or any member of your family or close friends worked for corporation a or corporation b. it is typical to ask, do you know any of the lawyers here, do you know the law firm that they come from? those kinds of questions are typical. what is less typical here are the things about the jurors' political beliefs, not beliefs, but how strongly they feel those beliefs. they're not asking people, are you a republican or a democrat, who did you vote for, judge merchan said he's not going to ask that. but they're testing the intensity of feeling by asking things like, have you v
others are more specific if they worked for a trump organization, gone to a trump rally. another asks if you, a relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for any anti-trump group or organization. another asks if they have read either of mark pomerantz's or michael cohen's books about the case. are these your typical jury questions? >> some of them are. let's say two corporations are going to trial against one another in a civil trial that had a jury. it would be typical to have...
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hope hicks at one point provided cover for trump. either willingly or unwillingly, but she said what happened didn't happen. and it's interesting to me to watch whether or not she has had a crisis of confidence in herself as many people in trump's world do and uses this venue to come clean. i suspect trump suspects some of that is coming. >> all right. we will be watching. tim o'brien, thank you very, very much. >>> next, folks, we're turning back to the other top stories we're watching this story. we're going live to israel to get the latest on what's happening on the ground. this is "the weekend." ♪ ("good feeling" flo ri♪ this is a hot flash. (♪♪) this is a hot flash. (♪♪) but this is a not flash. (♪♪) for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause... veozah is the first and only prescription treatment that directly blocks a source of hot flashes and night sweats. with 100% hormone—free veozah... you can have fewer hot flashes and more not flashes. veozah reduces the number and severity of hot flashes
hope hicks at one point provided cover for trump. either willingly or unwillingly, but she said what happened didn't happen. and it's interesting to me to watch whether or not she has had a crisis of confidence in herself as many people in trump's world do and uses this venue to come clean. i suspect trump suspects some of that is coming. >> all right. we will be watching. tim o'brien, thank you very, very much. >>> next, folks, we're turning back to the other top stories we're...
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we are already living in a trump 1.5 world. despite multiple civil charges, he has exerted influence over current u.s. policy having swept the nomination, he is calling the shots on capitol hill on issues ranging from the stall ukraine military aid package. how accurate do you think that is? yesterday's events solidified this moment as a trump 1.5 world. >> yeah. tomorrow he heads to new york for his first criminal trial. the first criminal trial of any president. this week on a couple issues he came out saying that it should be left up to the states and every republican lawmaker who has been more conservative on the issue came out to say, their previous stance was not realistic or he had someone go with trump to become the more moderate position and then you have pfizer. the first version of that bill had no chance of passing. then you had something like this on the immigration bill that you mentioned. trump had to say one word and you had his defenders on the hill before that bill even came out. yeah. he has a lot of sway ove
we are already living in a trump 1.5 world. despite multiple civil charges, he has exerted influence over current u.s. policy having swept the nomination, he is calling the shots on capitol hill on issues ranging from the stall ukraine military aid package. how accurate do you think that is? yesterday's events solidified this moment as a trump 1.5 world. >> yeah. tomorrow he heads to new york for his first criminal trial. the first criminal trial of any president. this week on a couple...
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donald trump would do whatever he needs in order to get donald trump back into office. he's already proud of overturning roe v. wade. plunging this country back to a place where my daughters have fewer rights than i did. plunging people in places like arizona back into the 1800s. this is what is governing women's reproductive healthcare. laws that were put on the books in the 1800s. this is thanks to donald trump. believe him when he tell you he's proud he overturned roe v. wade. >> what do you say to people who are worried about the economy and might think donald trump is bert on the economy and are also worried about abortion. do you think one issue outweighs the other? >> he was terrible for the economy. joe biden got us out of a potential recession. we passed the largest investments in infrastructure in this country. we are creating jobs all over this country thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure deal, the american rescue plan has been responsible for saving industries across this country and of course, we have the inflation reduction act thanks to president biden
donald trump would do whatever he needs in order to get donald trump back into office. he's already proud of overturning roe v. wade. plunging this country back to a place where my daughters have fewer rights than i did. plunging people in places like arizona back into the 1800s. this is what is governing women's reproductive healthcare. laws that were put on the books in the 1800s. this is thanks to donald trump. believe him when he tell you he's proud he overturned roe v. wade. >> what...
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it's dangerous for donald trump and lara trump. and i think shame plays a role in this not just for the candidates but for republican activists down the line that peddle this crap. >> and peddle this crap they do. they plan to do some peddling tomorrow at mar-a-lago. tim heaphy, if you talk a little about -- what trump did on january 6th was hijack the sets. right? he used the white house as a set. not to serve the country, not to run the country but he wanted the pentagon to seize voting machines. he had mike flynn and the pillow person and the overstock person there to plot a coup. but he's obsessed with the sets and the optics. tomorrow the set is mar-a-lago. the actor is the speaker of the house. just talk about his manipulation of settings and seemingly normal official political figures. >> yeah, that's a really good point and an interesting point. when he got to the ellipse the morning of january 6th his first focus was on the relatively sparse crowd that was inside the magnetometers. there are a lot of people that were stand
it's dangerous for donald trump and lara trump. and i think shame plays a role in this not just for the candidates but for republican activists down the line that peddle this crap. >> and peddle this crap they do. they plan to do some peddling tomorrow at mar-a-lago. tim heaphy, if you talk a little about -- what trump did on january 6th was hijack the sets. right? he used the white house as a set. not to serve the country, not to run the country but he wanted the pentagon to seize voting...
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for donald trump, he's acting up because he's donald trump. you admonish the lawyer to tell them tell your client because you can't have as the judge i believe said, any intimidation. >> i also just wouldn't underestimate the way donald trump would use that to his political advantage. being admonished by the judge. i know a lawyer doesn't like it. it's uncomfortable for a lawyer to have their defense or clients getting admonished. they don't want to go too far in the courtroom, but donald trump is using this in a political way right now calling himself the victim of this. so anytime something like this happens, you can bet there will be a fund raising e-mail that goes out and donald trump's own words talking about how unfair it is. really good to have you as always. don't go too far because we might have to bring you back for some analysis. steve, thank you. and yasmine. >>> house impeachment managers including marjorie taylor green are on the senate floor. what they're presenting to the upper chamber about this guy on your tv screens. >>> plu
for donald trump, he's acting up because he's donald trump. you admonish the lawyer to tell them tell your client because you can't have as the judge i believe said, any intimidation. >> i also just wouldn't underestimate the way donald trump would use that to his political advantage. being admonished by the judge. i know a lawyer doesn't like it. it's uncomfortable for a lawyer to have their defense or clients getting admonished. they don't want to go too far in the courtroom, but donald...