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. >> our friend andrew weissmann, former fbi counsel would like to jump in. am i right to advise you have a question? >> i do have a question. i have a question for jen psaki because she's always asking me questions. i'm going to flip the script. this picks up what chris was talking about, which is this was an example today of what judges say all the time about facts and law matter in a court of law. and that -- i would think is a message that seems to be joe biden's message as well because he's an institutionalist and he took office he was very much about i want to restore faith in institutions. and it's also not the case this -- this verdict didn't just appear. it's based on facts, mainly as people pointed out from loyalists to him just like the january 6th hearings. why is that not the message that they're sort of jumping on? even if i get your point maybe not today because it's not needed, but why isn't that sort of a bigger deal? or is it they don't need to do it because for people like me who believe in facts and law, i'm already somebody they don't wor
. >> our friend andrew weissmann, former fbi counsel would like to jump in. am i right to advise you have a question? >> i do have a question. i have a question for jen psaki because she's always asking me questions. i'm going to flip the script. this picks up what chris was talking about, which is this was an example today of what judges say all the time about facts and law matter in a court of law. and that -- i would think is a message that seems to be joe biden's message as well...
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>>> of course andrew weissmann told a great story during the commercial break, the 11th hour starts right now. >>> tonight, the star witness giving the defense a run for their money, the tents cross- examination of stormy daniels and what happens when trump's team asked again, for a mistrial. plus, blowback from biden's warning to israel. the defiant comments today, from prime minister benjamin netanyahu about a ground invasion of rafah. >>> and guesses back, as trump and biden fight for her voters, nikki haley is coming out of the sidelines as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. >>> good evening we are now 180 days out from the election and 14 days into donald trump's criminal trial. today, adult film star stormy daniels returned to the witness stand and faced off against trump's defense team in a very interesting cross-examination. my coley, laura jarrett, has more. >> tonight, stormy daniels leaving court after a blistering cross-examination former president trump's defense team suggesting she's been trying to cash in on her story of sex with mr. trump at a celebrity go
>>> of course andrew weissmann told a great story during the commercial break, the 11th hour starts right now. >>> tonight, the star witness giving the defense a run for their money, the tents cross- examination of stormy daniels and what happens when trump's team asked again, for a mistrial. plus, blowback from biden's warning to israel. the defiant comments today, from prime minister benjamin netanyahu about a ground invasion of rafah. >>> and guesses back, as trump...
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weissmann saying this is terrible judicial action on all of the pre-trial actions. a fairly simple case, keeping classified documents, denying it to the fbi. there's a search. hiding things during a search. witnesses to the hiding the alleged obstruction, all of this about pre-trial motions being so complicated, is unnecessary delay. >> that's a rationale. we can't have a trial. not only did she suspend the trial date, she set five separate hearings on these various motions, some of which many legal experts say, you don't need to have a hearing on that. you will burn a day of court time? that's exactly what's happening. the issue is, for those who say, this shows she's unfair, can't they get her to be recused? what she's saying is i need more time to hear the evidence. that's a plausible explanation but legal experts say it doesn't hold water. >> in fact, paul, let's talk about the fact that some of the motions have to do with jury instruction, before she's even convened a jury. that's what pushes it over the edge. i was watching some of your colleagues saying it's
weissmann saying this is terrible judicial action on all of the pre-trial actions. a fairly simple case, keeping classified documents, denying it to the fbi. there's a search. hiding things during a search. witnesses to the hiding the alleged obstruction, all of this about pre-trial motions being so complicated, is unnecessary delay. >> that's a rationale. we can't have a trial. not only did she suspend the trial date, she set five separate hearings on these various motions, some of which...
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let's bring in andrew weissmann, nyu law professor, former prosecutor in the mueller investigation. you have been in the overflow room set up for reporters, lawyers like andrew who are contributors with us, as to what's happening. andrew, we are fascinated here, chris and i. we are reading it. tell us what you think about the cross-examination of stormy daniels. how was she? it reads as though she was aggressive in defending herself. what about the redirect? were they wise to bother with the redirect? chuck rosenberg raised the issue of let it go and say, no further questions, your honor. what do you think? >> first, let me start with as always, barb mcquade has it right. what's going on now is more important than stormy daniels' testimony. it was riveting in the courtroom. the jury doesn't actually even need to believe her story. they just need to know it is the story that donald trump, they could find, wanted to suppress before the october, then november election, that that was the critical period where he did not want exactly what the jury just heard to come out before the electi
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. >> andrew weissmann is also not in this room like lawrence is not in this room but wants to ask a question. andrew, you are allowed to ask michael cohen a question. >> hi, michael. hi, done you. i have a question about the actual last witness in the case on the defense case. bob costello. we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you are em on and some that were happening behind your back which i think, the jury were led to believe, probably concluded, that it was a huge effort that was undertaken by him, by rudy giuliani, and by defendant trump to keep you from cooperating so you would not flip. i was wondering if you could take us back to that time as to what was it within you that new to not go with bob costello and go with a petrillo and end up breaking with trump world and seeing this was not the road that was being orchestrated for you was not where you wanted to be? >> that's a great question, andrew. from the first meeting i had with him and jeffrey, all they wanted me to do was sign every trainer agreement and all they were interested in doing -- bob castillo was intere
. >> andrew weissmann is also not in this room like lawrence is not in this room but wants to ask a question. andrew, you are allowed to ask michael cohen a question. >> hi, michael. hi, done you. i have a question about the actual last witness in the case on the defense case. bob costello. we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you are em on and some that were happening behind your back which i think, the jury were led to believe, probably concluded, that it was a...
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former top official at the department of justice and msnbc legal analyst, andrew weissmann, melissa murray joins us at the table, she's an msnbc contributor and nyu law professor. at the table, as she is every day, from the courthouse, susan craig. sue, i start with you. let's start with the testimony. we will work our way back to the beginning of the day and the gag order. as someone who teaches us all the time about how trump ran afoul of the law in his financial dealings, tell us why the two witnesses today matter. >> they are really important. they establish part of the crime here, which is the falsification of the entries -- there's 34 entries that are alleged to have been falsified. today, the jury saw them on the screen, one by one. it was michael -- there were various invoices and entries made into the books that were -- said for legal fees, but the prosecution is arguing they were for the hush money payments. it was one by one by one so that they could establish it and enter them into the record. it's important because they don't have to show that trump actually made the entries t
former top official at the department of justice and msnbc legal analyst, andrew weissmann, melissa murray joins us at the table, she's an msnbc contributor and nyu law professor. at the table, as she is every day, from the courthouse, susan craig. sue, i start with you. let's start with the testimony. we will work our way back to the beginning of the day and the gag order. as someone who teaches us all the time about how trump ran afoul of the law in his financial dealings, tell us why the two...
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and andrew weissmann, msnbc legal analyst and former federal prescription. i want to let each of you, and i'll do ladies first, tell me what you expect to see happen in the summation and you could try to anticipate for us what you think those jury instructions might look like? >> yeah, so two really important questions, joy. you know, it is a little bit frustrating being a lawyer in a trial because in opening statements, all you can do is predict to the jury what you think the evidence will be. you can't make any arguments about what it means. you can't do that when you're asking witnesses questions. but closing argument, that is the time you get to let loose and share with the jury your views of what the evidence means when you stack it all up together. it doesn't always come in seccen shall order, and sometimes we have to have custodians of records. this is opportunity to explain to the jury, here is how all of the evidence adds up to guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. and these are extraordinarily good prosecutors. it is a fine job and a tough case. i think
and andrew weissmann, msnbc legal analyst and former federal prescription. i want to let each of you, and i'll do ladies first, tell me what you expect to see happen in the summation and you could try to anticipate for us what you think those jury instructions might look like? >> yeah, so two really important questions, joy. you know, it is a little bit frustrating being a lawyer in a trial because in opening statements, all you can do is predict to the jury what you think the evidence...
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also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in robert mueller's special counsel's office. good to have all of you here. so since you just joined us, where would you pick up? >> let's just take the $60,000 that michael cohen said he stole. you know, this is the kind of thing that catherine and i when we were prosecutors and put on witnesses who had done lots of bad things, the defense wants to, and has an obligation to bring out a lot of the bad acts of what they have done before. but very often those bad acts, evidence of it is the witness, in fact, saying it himself or herself. here, michael cohen is the one who provided the evidence of it, and the amount of evidence is one single witness, michael cohen, and one of the things you will probably hear is what we used to argue to the jury, which is when michael cohen says something bad about himself, that should be believed. take it to the bank. and when he says he stole money, which, by the way, the only way people know about it, the state knows about it, the defense knows about it, is because he admits it. that you should t
also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in robert mueller's special counsel's office. good to have all of you here. so since you just joined us, where would you pick up? >> let's just take the $60,000 that michael cohen said he stole. you know, this is the kind of thing that catherine and i when we were prosecutors and put on witnesses who had done lots of bad things, the defense wants to, and has an obligation to bring out a lot of the bad acts of what they have done...
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also, andrew weissmann, former chief of the [ inaudible ] division. and neil, former active u.s. solicitor general, who has argued over 50 cases before the united states supreme court. he is a professor at georgetown law. andrew and neil are both msnbc legal analyst analysts and andrew, i want to begin with the judges discussion of contempt this morning. he hands out his opinion and then he speaks extemporaneously from the bench addressing himself directly to donald trump. didn't seem to register on the defendant? >> absolutely, lawrence, and the fact that it registers is memorialized in the conferences that trump does every day. the reporters tried to, i don't think this is too strong a word, bait him to again violate the gag order asking and by reading some of the questions here. is stormy daniels a liar, is michael cohen a liar? could you do a night at rikers? why did you pay michael cohen? asked about the jury. each time, nothing from trump and it's clear to see why trumpism stating because this is the first time judge merchan has vocalized that threat to trump and if he put
also, andrew weissmann, former chief of the [ inaudible ] division. and neil, former active u.s. solicitor general, who has argued over 50 cases before the united states supreme court. he is a professor at georgetown law. andrew and neil are both msnbc legal analyst analysts and andrew, i want to begin with the judges discussion of contempt this morning. he hands out his opinion and then he speaks extemporaneously from the bench addressing himself directly to donald trump. didn't seem to...
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and here's another key thing here is that the trump attorney himself bove actually slipped up as andrew weissmann was one of the first to point out following this word by word during the case that bove characterizes the payment to cohen as a reimbursement. and mcconney agrees with that. that was a huge slip up because that's their whole defense is that it wasn't a reimbursement. it was a legitimate payment for legal fees for services rendered. >> joyce, if you're the prosecutor taking notes, that you're going to use in your closing argument, is that one of the points at which you point the finger? >> you know, it absolutely is. but as y'all pointed out, it's a slip of the tongue, and prosecutors won't focus too heavily on something like that. this case isn't about one witness or one piece of evidence. it's about all of the circumstantial evidence that this was not a payment for legal fees, that it was compensation for the payment that was made to stormy daniels and that trump was in on the scheme. so we'll see the prosecution layer evidence upon evidence when they close to tell the jury
and here's another key thing here is that the trump attorney himself bove actually slipped up as andrew weissmann was one of the first to point out following this word by word during the case that bove characterizes the payment to cohen as a reimbursement. and mcconney agrees with that. that was a huge slip up because that's their whole defense is that it wasn't a reimbursement. it was a legitimate payment for legal fees for services rendered. >> joyce, if you're the prosecutor taking...
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vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with andrew weissmann and catherine christian who are still with us as well. so, vaughn, it's the top of the hour. i will let you top us off. >> reporter: we're looking at the 3:00 p.m. eastern hour, and michael cohen is still on the stand, and there were questions of whether michael cohen when we started the day would be off the stand by lunch hour. that's not the case as there has been of course the back and forth over potential witnesses, the back and forth over the c-span clip from october 24th. a video clip that was filmed just six minutes before that october 24th, 8:06 p.m. phone call that michael cohen testified to, that he called keith schiller with donald trump on the other end of the phone, and he has claimed that he had a conversation during that very phone call in which it was told by donald trump to go through with that $130,000 payment just in the last half hour now, they have entered that clip back into as evidence, with michael cohen testifying to keith schiller being present on that stage. but now you're looking at p
vaughn hillyard is outside of the courthouse, along with andrew weissmann and catherine christian who are still with us as well. so, vaughn, it's the top of the hour. i will let you top us off. >> reporter: we're looking at the 3:00 p.m. eastern hour, and michael cohen is still on the stand, and there were questions of whether michael cohen when we started the day would be off the stand by lunch hour. that's not the case as there has been of course the back and forth over potential...
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alex wagner and lawyer andrew weissmann, joy reid is here, and jen psaki. welcome to all of you. joy, i mentioned earlier, donald trump has spent not only his recent political life, but much of his public life on the run from the long arm of the law. today, it caught up with him. your thoughts about this verdict. >> well, not on the run from the long arm of the law, but also touting law and order. he was incredible hawkish on the idea of convicting the exonerated central park five. he wanted the death penalty for them. they were tried in the same courthouse where he was tried over the past couple of months. he was very hawkish on the idea that police need to be harsher in the way they put people into their police cars and vehicles. that they need to, you know, don't be so nice. he's been a big backer of the idea that police should be freed from any sort of legal, you know, liability for hurting people, for killing people. he wants to unleash them. he's vowed to unleash them. so he has claimed to be a law and order guy. while himself evading the law, and he said that there are two
alex wagner and lawyer andrew weissmann, joy reid is here, and jen psaki. welcome to all of you. joy, i mentioned earlier, donald trump has spent not only his recent political life, but much of his public life on the run from the long arm of the law. today, it caught up with him. your thoughts about this verdict. >> well, not on the run from the long arm of the law, but also touting law and order. he was incredible hawkish on the idea of convicting the exonerated central park five. he...
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andrew weissmann talking about how he thinks these are devastating. you would be hard pressed to say that weisselberg would do something outside of donald trump's knowledge. weisselberg is serving a second sentence. >> you could also say he's a criminal. >> certainly you could say he's a criminal, but he's a criminal on behalf of donald trump. these handwritten notes saying here's what we're going to pay michael cohen back. this is a polling company, as you said, right, duncan, and then to say that we're also going to pay him for the taxes he took out. it's a very specific number obviously. i just don't see where the daylight is from these documents. if there's a smoking gun in this case, is this it? >> this document proves the falsity of the business records on the face of it. the number itself, the grossed up figure shows falsity. it's not a reimbursement. we know that. it's easy. that part of the case is a slam dunk case. remember, the d.a.'s office didn't bring that case because the statute of limitations had run on it. they brought it as a felony
andrew weissmann talking about how he thinks these are devastating. you would be hard pressed to say that weisselberg would do something outside of donald trump's knowledge. weisselberg is serving a second sentence. >> you could also say he's a criminal. >> certainly you could say he's a criminal, but he's a criminal on behalf of donald trump. these handwritten notes saying here's what we're going to pay michael cohen back. this is a polling company, as you said, right, duncan, and...
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former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann, thank you very much. of course, we'll be watching all day today. by the way, after weeks of watching republican members of congress who support trump showing up at the courthouse, the biden campaign sent a surrogate of its own to lower manhattan yesterday, actor robert de niro. the two-time oscar winner and new york city resident showed up shortly after court got under way. he was joined by biden campaign communications director michael tyler as well as two of the police officers who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th. michael fanone and harry dunn. there de niro delivered a message on behalf of the campaign warning about the dangers of a second trump administration. >> i don't mean to scare you. no, no, wait, maybe i do mean to scare you. if trump returns to the white house, you can kiss these freedoms good-bye that we all take for granted. and elections, forget about them. that's over. that's done. if he gets in, i can tell you right now, he will never leave. he will never leave. when trump ran in
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joining us now is nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, andrew weissmann. andrew, the way stormy daniels handled cross-examination, there was a lot of zingers in there. it was, just to watch, like psych, was it useful for the prosecution to have her being number one for the prosecution so detail oriented and then almost defensive at the defense cross? >> great questions. i think the details the state argued and i think they're right that the details mattered and the reason is this. they said it gave motive for the president to want to pay the hush money. in other words, what the jury was hearing, whether they believed it or not, because you don't actually need to believe it for this all to have work. she had a very detailed story and that's the detailed story that donald trump did not want the electorate to hear in october 2016 right after the "access hollywood" tape came out. and so the more sort of salacious, the more detailed it is, the more that he would have a motive to make sure that nobody heard it, even, by the way, if it were not true. i was in the
joining us now is nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, andrew weissmann. andrew, the way stormy daniels handled cross-examination, there was a lot of zingers in there. it was, just to watch, like psych, was it useful for the prosecution to have her being number one for the prosecution so detail oriented and then almost defensive at the defense cross? >> great questions. i think the details the state argued and i think they're right that the details mattered and the reason...
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nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann. msnbc legal analyst danny se value louse and joyce vance with us. peter baker and white house correspondent for politico, co-author of the play book eugene daniels and jonathan lemire. let's go right in line. any indication what these changes could mean as well just upon hearing them? >> well, i think it is very much at face value that judge merchan last week said he did not want a significant break between the summations of the parties and the actual deliberations. and so by putting this off to start on tuesday, next week, not tomorrow, he avoids that situation because this week they're not sitting on wednesdays, which is typical. they normally don't sit on wednesdays. and they weren't sitting on fridays. it was going to be a significant issue from the judge's perspective. also, we do have, as vaughn said, this potential issue of mr. costello testifying, that's sort of been floated other the weekend as a possible defense witness. it's quite curious. i'm sure joyce has a lot to say ab
nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann. msnbc legal analyst danny se value louse and joyce vance with us. peter baker and white house correspondent for politico, co-author of the play book eugene daniels and jonathan lemire. let's go right in line. any indication what these changes could mean as well just upon hearing them? >> well, i think it is very much at face value that judge merchan last week said he did not want a significant break between the...
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. >> let's bring in nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann. sort through the testimony for us. we've heard from both sides that trump got what he needed from hope hicks. others saying the prosecution got what they needed from hope hicks. sort through it for us, if you will. >> sure. you know, i was listening to your conversation in the last block and also with lisa rubin. you know, the piece where people think this may have had some benefit to the defense is one i really don't agree with because of the law the jury is going to be told at the end of the case. that is, what if donald trump acted out of dual motives? what if he was, in part, thinking of the campaign, and, in part, thinking about his family when he paid these hush money payments? the law on that is clear. dual motives are sufficient to convict. you do not have to have 100% thinking in my head, i'm only doing this for the campaign. in other words, if you have some part of you that is thinking, i also would not like my wife to find out, that doesn't mean you're not guilty. it is tru
. >> let's bring in nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann. sort through the testimony for us. we've heard from both sides that trump got what he needed from hope hicks. others saying the prosecution got what they needed from hope hicks. sort through it for us, if you will. >> sure. you know, i was listening to your conversation in the last block and also with lisa rubin. you know, the piece where people think this may have had some benefit to the...
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let's bring into the conversation msnbc news legal analyst, former prosecutor andrew weissmann. good morning. what stood out to you yesterday from michael cohen's testimony? >> well, to follow up with what dan said, it's worth remembering, one of the sort of small pieces that really should be shocking is michael cohen confirming that not only was there sort of this catch and kill component to the deal with david pecker, also, he said we disseminated false stories and we got the stories before they were printed and could pass on them and shape them and edit them. he gave examples of that involving ted cruz, marco rubio, and hillary clinton, where they actually saw the headlines and the stories and gave comments and directed how those stories should appear. that is shocking. you know, it is one thing to have media outlets accuse you of being biased or favoring one side or the other, but this idea you'd have a private agreement to sort of both catch and kill stories that would denigrate one candidate and disseminate negative stories against another is truly sort of the stuffer that
let's bring into the conversation msnbc news legal analyst, former prosecutor andrew weissmann. good morning. what stood out to you yesterday from michael cohen's testimony? >> well, to follow up with what dan said, it's worth remembering, one of the sort of small pieces that really should be shocking is michael cohen confirming that not only was there sort of this catch and kill component to the deal with david pecker, also, he said we disseminated false stories and we got the stories...
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andrew weissmann is standing by with us at msnbc headquarters. we will be joining lisa rubin i believe at a camera outside the courthouse, moments from now. this has all been breaking as we have been discussing about it. there is a lot to get to. we know that even though you know this is important news and history in the making, you also have a life, a job, school, childcare. lots of people have traveled to deal with after the holiday weekend. we know you have stuff to do. as this trial draws to a close, as the days in court get longer and longer, tonight going until 8:00 p.m., just moments ago, we know it is hard to follow it all in real time through the course of the day, but that is why you have us. our aim tonight is to catch you up and let's do it. we will talk about the big picture of what happened today. we will talk about where we are in the overall process. when we will learn trump's fate. we will talk about the main points made by both sides in the closing arguments. we will talk about how they are landing legally and more broadly. we t
andrew weissmann is standing by with us at msnbc headquarters. we will be joining lisa rubin i believe at a camera outside the courthouse, moments from now. this has all been breaking as we have been discussing about it. there is a lot to get to. we know that even though you know this is important news and history in the making, you also have a life, a job, school, childcare. lots of people have traveled to deal with after the holiday weekend. we know you have stuff to do. as this trial draws...
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katie benner, andrew weissmann, barbara mcquade and ari melber, thank you all very much. ari, we will be watching "the beat" tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up, we'll break down the political implications the verdict will have on the 2024 campaign. >>> first, let's go to willie geist. what do you have coming up on "sunday today"? >> i have a bit of a palate cleanser from all this criminal hush money and porn star talk. to the elegant, the delightful emily blunt is my guest this weekend, talking about "the fall guy," her oscar-nominated performance in "oppenheimer" and much more. we will be right back here on a historic friday morning on "morning joe." ." ♪♪ >>> 6:30 in the morning in los angeles, 9:30 here in new york. a couple of magazine covers to show you this morning reacting to the news of donald trump's conviction on 34 felony counts. the new yorker's cover has an artist depiction of trump with his hands to be placed in cuffs. "time magazine" has an illustration of a gavebanging down on trump. joining us, the reverend al sharpton, john heilemann and pre
katie benner, andrew weissmann, barbara mcquade and ari melber, thank you all very much. ari, we will be watching "the beat" tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up, we'll break down the political implications the verdict will have on the 2024 campaign. >>> first, let's go to willie geist. what do you have coming up on "sunday today"? >> i have a bit of a palate cleanser from all this criminal hush money and porn star talk. to the elegant, the...
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thank you, andrew weissmann. i'm going to stay out of it. >>> just ahead for us, donald trump may or may not testify in front of a jury of his peers, but he does now have a date to debate joe biden. it's next month. we will preview what that will look like after a very short break. don't go anywhere. e after a vert break. don't go anywhere. ed tardive dyskinesia, or td. so his doctor prescribed austedo xr— a once-daily td treatment for adults. ♪as you go with austedo♪ austedo xr significantly reduced dan's td movements. some people saw a response as early as 2 weeks. with austedo xr, dan can stay on his mental health meds- (dan) cool hair! (vo) austedo xr can cause depression, suicidal thoughts, or actions in patients with huntington's disease. pay close attention to and call your doctor if you become depressed, have sudden changes in mood, or have suicidal thoughts. don't take if you have liver problems, are taking reserpine, tetrabenazine, or valbenazine. austedo xr may cause irregular or fast heartbeat,
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. >>> joining us now, house minority leader hakeem jeffries and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann and the host of "politics-nation" president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. leader jefferies, thank you for being here. spoke a moment with with senator whitehouse about justice samuel alito and these flags. he seems to think it's pretty clear there needs to be a discussion about recusal for justice alito. where do you stand? >> a circumstance where justice samuel alito should be permitted to preside with respect to any case that has to do with the january 6th violent insurrection. absolutely he should recuse himself. he disqualified himself in terms of either the appearance of impartiality or actual impartiality. >> how do you get him to reconsider? how do you get the chief justice to get him to even consider this? >> part of the challenge that we confront with the runaway supreme court. it appears to want to conduct itself as if the judiciary is above the law. for years members of the house and senate indicated it's time for the supreme court to have an ethical
. >>> joining us now, house minority leader hakeem jeffries and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann and the host of "politics-nation" president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. leader jefferies, thank you for being here. spoke a moment with with senator whitehouse about justice samuel alito and these flags. he seems to think it's pretty clear there needs to be a discussion about recusal for justice alito. where do you stand? >> a circumstance where...
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it's what our friend andrew weissmann in the last hour called nerdy stuff, a lot of specific wordings and definitions and applications of new york laws. but getting all that straightened out between both sides is of utmost importance because it lays out the parameters for the jurors to make their ultimate decisions. the final showdown between the prosecution and defense set to take place next tuesday when both sides present their summations before the jury who then begin their deliberations, deciding whether the ex-president is guilty of any of the 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for which he was charged. he could face a maximum of four years in prison if convicted. it's where we start the hour, former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general harry litman is back with us, david kelly is here, he served as chief of fdny's crime and terrorism unit, also joining us contributor editor for new york magazine andrew rice. i need to ask you about costello. i understand -- how could they put him up and have the last thing the jury hear -- i mean, you prosecute
it's what our friend andrew weissmann in the last hour called nerdy stuff, a lot of specific wordings and definitions and applications of new york laws. but getting all that straightened out between both sides is of utmost importance because it lays out the parameters for the jurors to make their ultimate decisions. the final showdown between the prosecution and defense set to take place next tuesday when both sides present their summations before the jury who then begin their deliberations,...
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weissmann is here. just back from the courthouse. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard is here. "new york times" investigative reporter susan craig joins us and former federal prosecutor and sdny deputy chief, msnbc legal analyst, christy greenberg is here. vaughn hillyard, word on the street is blanche is bombing. how is that going to go over with trump? >> a man supposed to be his voice. sue and i were on the subway and following along the last hour and wondering if there was going to be -- >> is that fair? >> a dialog from todd blanche going on the offense against michael cohen. but that hasn't taken place yet. over the course of the first several minutes there was a drawn out back and forth over whether he leaked a story to the press or not. all of us sitting in the courthouse there were looking at one another like this is not what we anticipated. we're thinking there was going to be questions about his credibility. even when todd blanche brought up a photo of michael cohen wearing a shirt that ha
weissmann is here. just back from the courthouse. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard is here. "new york times" investigative reporter susan craig joins us and former federal prosecutor and sdny deputy chief, msnbc legal analyst, christy greenberg is here. vaughn hillyard, word on the street is blanche is bombing. how is that going to go over with trump? >> a man supposed to be his voice. sue and i were on the subway and following along the last hour and wondering if there...
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andrew weissmann, tell me about your paper, you got 34 lines. i can't even get into my computer. rachel maddow is here. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> what are you thinking? >> well, this is an important moment, and we don't know, and we're about to know. i just think for those of us with the privilege of covering this story, this verdict is, just take a breath, right? we are a democracy, this is a government by and for the people. that means everybody is subject to the rule of law. and we're about to see that in action. what are these jurors decided they are are peers of donald trump as citizens. and they have followed an impeccable process. and if there's anything that isn't impeccable about this process, he will have full access to the appeals process. this is a moment of democratic reset as a country. a process is happening here because we are a democracy because the rule of law applies to all of us. as a defendant, he has benefited from the protection that's all defendants have. and this is a sober thing. some people will dance in the streets no matter what the ruling is. t
andrew weissmann, tell me about your paper, you got 34 lines. i can't even get into my computer. rachel maddow is here. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> what are you thinking? >> well, this is an important moment, and we don't know, and we're about to know. i just think for those of us with the privilege of covering this story, this verdict is, just take a breath, right? we are a democracy, this is a government by and for the people. that means everybody is subject to the rule...
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weissmann, and deputy chief for the southern district of new york, christie greenberg is back. with start with von hilliard outside the courthouse. there's so much to say, so much to relive. we have two hours and rachel maddow coming to do some with us later in the show. let's start with what is -- what trump is on trial for. let's live where you and i almost always do in stormy daniels' testimony about what happens to her story about her sexual encounter with donald trump from the day after the "access hollywood" tape drops. >> reporter: it was the day after the "access hollywood" tape dropped. about 36 hours later is when keith davidson and dylan howard of the "national enquirer" started exchanging text messages about stormy daniels' story. it was acknowledged by dylan howard, editor-in-chief of the "national enquirer," that if her story went public, if she went out and talked about it in the closing weeks of the 2016 election, it would be, quote, the nail in the coffin for donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign. three days after the drop of the tape on october 10th is whe
weissmann, and deputy chief for the southern district of new york, christie greenberg is back. with start with von hilliard outside the courthouse. there's so much to say, so much to relive. we have two hours and rachel maddow coming to do some with us later in the show. let's start with what is -- what trump is on trial for. let's live where you and i almost always do in stormy daniels' testimony about what happens to her story about her sexual encounter with donald trump from the day after...
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with us for the hour msnbc's legal analyst andrew weissmann, "the new york times" reporter suzanne craig and donny deutsch back with us, the host of "on brand" podcast. let's start with my friend and colleague, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn, this is a day, i think, widely anticipated is a fair way to describe it. i think a lot wanted to see how michael cohen would be and a lot were interested in how the prosecution would clean up, if that's the right term to use, from any damage to his credibility that todd blanche did last week. with those metrics and any others that you were looking for as the day began, tell me how today has gone. >> reporter: right, nicolle. after 15 days of the prosecution presenting its case to the jury, four of those with michael cohen directly testifying about the years of experience that led him to ultimately flip on donald trump and come to this courthouse and testify what he says was the truth about his negotiations with david pecker in august of 2015 to have this catch and kill scheme be ultimately executed and have sto
with us for the hour msnbc's legal analyst andrew weissmann, "the new york times" reporter suzanne craig and donny deutsch back with us, the host of "on brand" podcast. let's start with my friend and colleague, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. vaughn, this is a day, i think, widely anticipated is a fair way to describe it. i think a lot wanted to see how michael cohen would be and a lot were interested in how the prosecution would clean up, if...