pathetic, democracy, not only with this weaponization of our justice this border invasion that is allowing a of illegal aliens into the country. we are heading towards world war iii. those of the issues real americans care about. that is why president trump is going to win this election, andl because he has the truth on his side and he is an innocent man . >> make no mistakes, this is election interference of the highest order. crooked joe biden and his campaign are in complete freak out mode, and that is why they have gone back on their word and now they have gone in bed with a highly conflicted judge, and now they're making a political mockery of this entire thing. the fact remains that president trump will overcome, he will fight these charges up and down.

there is nothing to stop the truth from coming out. thank you. >> thanked him everybody. ■)■president trump will speak to the courthouse media when the >> former president trump's sone outside the courthouse as closing arguments were underway. during their 10-minute remarks, they criticize the charges against the former president.

donald: hello, guys. i think todd blanche summed it up best -- if there is an m.v.p. of liars, it is michael cohen. michael cohen is the embodiment of reasonable doubt, and this entire case hinges on a person was light to every single body he has been in front of. he's light in front of every branch of congress, he has light before his wife, he has lied to all of you in the press, and he has lied to that very jury. and yet he is the only person of relevance that this entire case hinges on. we understand that this is a political persecution. that was evidenced today, today the biden campaign themselves holding a they bring in robert'e

has cranked out a good movie. think about it, they bring out one actor. remember 2020 when every a-list actor in the road showed up joey one? now they get one person. dwayen "the rock" johnson say i regret voting for him, cardi b, all the people who lined up before joe biden understand he has failed the country, failed the citizens of this nation. frankly, he has failed the world. the fact that they are holding a rally across the street from this very witch hunt, right across the street, tells us exactly what we all knew all along, that it is a political persecution, it is a witch hunt. there is reason one of the people sitting at that desk was the number three person in joe biden's doj. i know my father is not allowed to say matthew col angelo, his name.

he has been gagged. ■ithe president of the united states is not allowed to exercise his first amendment rights in new york city this day and age. does that not tell us all about everything we need to know about what we are witnessing? it is a witch hunt, they are using it as a political fundraiser, just like this very judge's daughter has profited from this very case. it is insanity, is an embarrassment, it is an abomination to democracy and a republic. and yet it continues. everyone in this case is conflicted, and it hinges on one man, who is not just a liar. convicted, someone who has lost his law license, has been disbarred, someone who has served jail time for line before congressional bodies. that's it, that is where we are today in america. ■ this is a sham and it needs to stop because if you think for one second the stops with donald trump, you have not been watching what has gone on with the democrat party the last few years. they want power at any and all

cost, your rights be damned. that can't happen. this sham prosecution, this abomination has to stop now. >> after watching this trial, do you think the jury will make the right decision? donald: forget about politics for a second. i've been in that courthouse with my father everything with a, women getting front in front of trains, kids getting shot in times square, the degradation of the city, not a single new yorker believes tha a 130,000 dollars payment from nine yearsyears ago, the entire das office is aligning that courtroom. they are sitting there, they are laughing, they are giggling. this was their moment. embarrassed donald trump this is legal lawfare, all while the state absolutely melts. every single one of you knows this is not the same state we knew 10 years ago. new york is not the same state we saw five years ago.

you have the total degradation of new york city because the only thing that alvin bragg wants to do, only think letitia james once to do is criminally prosecute donald trump, and they are doing it for one reason, they are doing it because they have a political vendetta, they are all funded by george soros. that's what this is, political lawfare, and it has to stop. i watched a man, the toughest man i've ever seen, and he endures this nonsense everything will they. he sits in that seat, and that's not comfortable they tried to impeach him in d.c., they■w tried to impeach him a second time, they went after his supreme court justices, they turned the doj, they turned the fbi against him. when that didn't work, guess what they did. they went after his family, they went after me. bpoenas i received. i've never gotten so much as a parking ticket. they went after don, they went after lara, they went after little barron trump as a young

kid, they went after tiffany. they tried to make his life help. and then-- his life hell. and then they weaponized every ag and every far left area because biden is incompetent and losing across the pulse. -- polin every quantifiable metr country is going to hell. go after him for $130,000. i want to say sorry to the jury that is in there. this has been a colossal waste of time. i want to say thank you to the nypd. they could be protecting our streets. instead they are guarding the courthouse for this sham trial. this has caused new york millions and millions of dollars, and new yorkers are so much better. i can't wait for the day we win. we will. the entire country knows this is nonsense. a poll just came out from "the

new york■ times," even the vast majority of democrats know this are going to prevail, and i'm proud of the toughest person i've met in my entire life for having the backbone and fortitude to go through this whole mess, as uncomfortable as it has been, and i'm proud to have stood there every single second by his side in that freezing cold courtroom against unspeakable authentic rep to judge and people making a lot of money -- unspeakable odds and a corrupt judge and people making a lot of money in this political witch hunt. he is an inspiration to me every day, and he will be vindicated. thank you very much. lara: well, i don't know what else to say that has been set, t it is pretty obvious after all of the evidence has been presented now, we can very clearly see if you didn't already know that this was never a case about seeking justice, this was never a case about prosecuting an actual crime, this was never a case about protecting the citizens of the city of new york. this is a case about politics,

simple. and it is such a shame, as someone who used to live in this city, to see the top law enforcement officer in the city of new york, alvin bragg, sitting up in that courtroom, knowing all the resources he pulled together, all the time, all the taxpayer money in this city that was spent to go into this case went as eric just noted, you have crime skyhigh, people being pushed in front of subways, women getting punched in the face in broad daylight, antisemitism spewing out of our universities right here in new york city. they'ret any of those kinds, they are not pursuing any of those crimes. they care about this, which we know is not a crime. they have not proven anything to be a crime whatsoever, and they will not, because at the end of this, we all know what it is about. and to the jury, when they realize these people who have

ime in there, that they have been part of a political game, as new yorkers, i'm pretty sure they're going to be upset about it. this is not the united states of america. this is banana republic type stuff. if they can profit off it on the other side, so can we. donaldjtrump.com. they cannot succeed we will -- they cannot succeed, they will not succeed. we will continue to fight alongside my father-in-law, the 45th and 47th president. >> [indiscernible]

>> -- for most members it is a . their primary is where they view their time and voting records. the districts have gone from here to here. the way people receive their news has gone from factual,

that it news, to here. they don't go for information, they go for affirmation, to get their views validated. and the money politics, a centering force for years, out to these super pac enforcement mechanisms in primaries. there is no cavalry for members who deviate from the party line. i think those factors together have made it very difficult for members to step across those lines and get outside their comfort zone. >> two words don't show up in our founding documents anywhere. the word "democracy" doesn't show up, the wood "compromise." i've never seen anybody run for office and promise to be a compromise or. [laughter] i'll avoid to have a short career in politics--hell of a wt career in politics. we have two chambers in the legislative branch not because

we wanted a spare. they created an architecture that made us think twice about things along the way. that notion of democracy is totally dependent upon compromise. you the believe a compromise, you don't have a democracy -- to lose the ability to compromise computer and have a democracy. you have a winner take all system. >> a group of former lawmakers gathered to discuss congressional gridlock and offer their thoughts on causes and possible solutions to finding common ground. you can watch the full event tonight on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> today an armada landed on the shores of normandy. >> these are the men who took

the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the hees end a war. >> 2 sons -- blood-soaked surf and met death on an even plain. >> they mounted their own attacks at that exact moment on these pages, the forces of freedom -- on these beaches, the forces of freedom turned the tide of the 20th century. >> the road was hard and long and traveled by weary and valiant men. and history will always record where that road began. it begane with the first footprints on the beaches of normandy. >> what than 150,000 so -- more

than 150,000 souls set off toward this sliver of sand upon which hung more than the fate of a war, but rather the course of human history. >> today we remember those who fell and we honor all who fought right here in normandie. --a normandy. >> watching c-span's special coverage of the 80th anniversary of d-day,ring a speech by president biden from normandy, france. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. ♪