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andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the bodies of threeisraeli hostages are found in gaza. the cia director will try to revive talks. the humanitarian situation in rafah is disastrous. the order is largely symbolic. >>> where do we stand in the 2024 campaign? joe biden lags in the polls and donald trump prepares for a verdict in his hush money trial. >>> a day after being a guest at the state dinner at the white house, hunter biden is back in a delaware court for a pre-trial hearing in his federal gun trial. that trial is set to start a week from monday. we will have a live report. new reporting on how the white house is strategizing for dealing with the upcoming trial. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the nation heads into the long memorial day weekend, cia director bill burns is traveling back to europe with an urgent push to revive cease-fire talks and get hostages out of gaza. the world court today ordering israel to immediately stop the rafah invasion, citing an immense risk to civilians there. israe

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," former president trump lashing out again at the judge overseeing his new york hush money trial, as stormy daniels will be on the stand for more cross-examination tomorrow. the federal judge in charge of the trump classified documents case in florida, who critics say has been foot dragging for months, postpones that trial indefinitely. new strikes in rafah. the white house delays shipping massive bombs to israel as the cia director meets today with prime minister netanyahu, trying to close a hostage deal. while the trump trial dominates the headlines, president biden is campaigning in wisconsin today. jen psaki joins me with her inside look. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is set to speak later this hour in the critical state of wisconsin after his major speech tuesday condemning the rise of anti-semitism across the nation. former president trump is at mar-a-lago today while his hush money trial is in a one-da break. on tuesday, the judge denying

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andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden welcoming the president of kenya for a state visit. elevating kenya to the status of a major non-nato ally. that's important. it's a big move. the two leaders are scheduled to hold a joint news conference this hour after meeting in the oval office. i will speak to a top biden advisor, former chair of the senate foreign relations subcommittee on african affairs. >>> nikki haley throwing her support behind former president trump after previously calling him unstable and unhinged. >>> calling intensify for supreme court justice samuel alito to recuse himself from all 2020 election cases before the high court, after pictures of yet another flag used by january 6 rioters and others is seen outside the justice's beach house on the jersey shore. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is meeting with kenya's president at this hour. welcomed for a state visit with all the pomp and circumstance to signal kenya's importance. mr. biden is designated it

i'm andrea mitchell in new york.an unprecedented trial that has galvanized the nation, 12 jurors are now deliberating on the guilt or innocence of a former president of the united states. donald trump, the presumptive republican presidential nominee, is awaiting his fate inside a manhattan courthouse steps away from where the jury is deliberating on the 34 felony counts, with which trump is charged. the jurors are behind closed doors. this is the first time that they are permitted to discuss the case amongst each other. they will be pouring over more than 200 pieces of evidence, 80 hours of testimony from 22 witnesses. yesterday's marathon closing arguments that took them well into the evening. they are going over that evidence and all of that testimony. the marathon closing arguments took them into 8:00 p.m. judge merchan laying out instructions to the jury. reminding them the burden of proof is on the prosecution and that intent to commit fraud suffices. judge merchan said that we do know whether -- if it's a verdi

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i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as president trump awaits closing arguments, the judge's instructions and the hush money trial going to the jury, important developments today in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. trump defense attorney todd blanche will try again to get the 40 federal charges in the florida classified documents case thrown out. when judge cannon convenes a hearing on the dismissal request in 90 minutes. the second one today. she recently post poponed the tl indefinitely. critics say she's deliberately slow walking the case. newly unsealed filings from the judge who oversaw jack smith's grand jury is citing strong evidence that the former president illegally intended to hide boxes at his mar-a-lago estate. the unsealed information from that federal judge revealing that even more classified documents were found inside donald trump's bedroom at mar-a-lago, months after the initial fbi raid. the chief judge writing, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss that classified m

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the secretary of state was in israel today and spoke with our andrea mitchell. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: today secretary of state tony blinken trying to reassure distraught families of hostages still held by hamas who were protesting outside his hotel. >> please be strong, keep the faith. we will be with you every single day until we get this done. >> reporter: blinken then meeting for 2 1/2 hours with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is vowing an offensive against hamas in rafah where more than a million palestinian civilians are also taking refuge. with or without a deal the hostage talks at a critical stage. >> if they go into rafah, there's no chance for a hostage deal or a cease-fire. >> well, look, we're focused on the hostage deal. i believe the israeli government is as well, and that's i think evident from the fact that the proposal, the most recent proposal they put on the table shows that they're wilk to make big compromises in order to get a deal. >> reporter: blinken blaming hamas for not taking what he calls an extremely generous cease-fire offer but s

lester. >> andrea mitchell in israel, thank you. >>> in wisconsin, a potential shooting at a middle school was averted after officials say a gunman was unable to get into the school and was stopped by police. maura barrett is there. >> two shots fired. rifle was observed. >> reporter: tonight a middle school student is dead after police respond to reports of an active shooter outside at a wisconsin school. >> deadly force was iced in the incident, and the subject is deceased. >> reporter: police responding to 911 calls around 11:00 a.m. the mt. horeb school district enacting a full lockdown minutes later. school officials say the suspect was unable to breach the entryway of the school preventing the gunman access to the students. as news spread, parents frantically trying to reach their children inside the school. >> she finally answers, and she's obviously bawling her eyes out. >> getting that call and not knowing, like, you know, are they going to make it? is this going to be our last phone call? >> reporter: police releasing little information but confirmed there were no reports of inju

good day, i'm andrea mitchell, along with my colleague, chris jansing here in new york. the next three hours, we will bring you live updates on exactly what is going on inside that manhattan courtroom. >> what has been going on all day long. that's where we begin our special coverage. vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. also with us, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, "washington post" national editor philip rucker, co-author of two books about donald trump. joining us in new york, two people who worked in the manhattan district attorney's office, katherine christian and jeremy salind. >> let's get to it. vaughn is outside the courthouse. as the cross-examination continues -- now, it's the defense -- the prosecution, rather, on redirect, how did the defense try to undermine ms. daniels' credibility? at times, she was very aggressive in interrupting, as the defense lawyer tried to pin her down. she would say, no, that's not right and injected things that were very graphic about her career. >> reporter: right. from inside the courtroom, storm

andrea mitchell picks it up right now. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, joe biden and donald trump are ready to throw out the old rules for presidential debates. mr. trump accepting president biden's proposal to square off as early as next month and again in september. one-on-one without robert f. kennedy jr. or other third party candidates according to the current rules in a studio without a live audience by passing the presidential debate commission that has run every general election debate since 1988. in new york today the trump legal team gets another chance tomorrow to cross-examine michael cohen as the trial could wrap up sooner than expected. also the white house taking hits from all sides as it prepares to send $1 billion in weapons to israel after withholding heavy bombs that could have been used in rafah. plus russian forces pushing deeper into eastern ukraine prompting president zelenskyy to cancel foreign trips and stay close to home. and moments from now, president biden honoring fallen police officers at an annual memorial event on capitol hill. we'll bring it

. >> our co-anchor andrea mitchell will join us in a moment., the jury has gone home until one week from today. that's when we will see closing arguments. before we can get there, the court must decide if the jury should only consider the 34 felony counts against the former president, or if the judge's instructions should also include the option of lesser misdemeanor charges. >> that process will begin when court reconvenes in a little over two hours. right now, our legal team will explain the pros, the cons, what comes next, what it all means. joining us throughout the hour, former u.s. attorney and former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, former manhattan prosecutor duncan levin, and former manhattan d.a. catherine christian. let's begin with andrea mitchell. bring us inside the courtroom. you saw the final arguments of this case, the final witness, i should say. what was it like to have her cross-examine him? what was the jury doing during this? >> it was extraordinary to be in this courtroom to watch donald trump walk in and his entourag

come on, it is andrea mitchell. >> but it was a woman's case. and it was very heavily -- >> i don't want to get -- if we're in a jury room, we're going to listen to what andrea has to say, having said that, i've often heard it is the jury foreman who generally is the most influential. is that true and have relationships developed by now that might disprove that? >> well, you have to understand one thing. they are prohibited from talking about the case at this point. >> but they give a sense of each other. >> unless they're sitting in object silence, they're talking to each other about everything but the case. and do relationships form? sure. they're casual and they're congenial and people talk about where they live and where they grew up and family and college and things like that or whatever strikes them, you know, the knicks losing in the playoffs to the pacers. >> oh, knife to the heart, chuck. >> how does the foreman get chosen? >> in new york, it is the first person. it is just juror number one. >> it is automatic. >> often they're like, me?

i'm andrea mitchell in new york. the trump trial is underway.ht now, the former president's close aide, trusted advisor and former white house communications director, hope hicks is on the stand. she no longer has an official role in trump world. has testified to the january 6th house select committee. but hicks was by trump's side throughout his 2016 campaign and for a time when he was serving as president. she potentially has a firsthand account of the alleged crimes her former boss is now charged with. we begin with peter alexander who covered the trump white house and covered hope hicks and know her well, former manhattan district attorney catherine christian on set with me, former prosecutor david henderson and former doj official, mary mccord. peter, explain why hope hicks is so critical to the time line and the prosecution's case potentially. >> reporter: let's start with the fact that hope hicks is about as close to donald trump as any member of his own family. she was in effect a daughter to donald trump for her time working on the camp

s office, andrea mitchell is co-anchoring with me from washington. >> thanks, chris.oining us here is jonathan allen. he's been in the courtroom earlier this week and vaughn hillyard who is outside the courtroom. kimberly is a lawyer and political analyst and renato mar attie is a former federal prosecutor. so, jonathan, donald trump did everything he could to avoid this moment. again, objected to her testifying today. that was overruled by judge merchan. she's now sitting in the witness stand, you were in the courtroom. it's been described to us as 15 feet away from the defendant. you've been covering him for years. what must this be like for donald trump, past president, future -- well, current candidate, potentially future president? >> it's an amazingly tight space. you've got donald trump sitting so close to the witness box. this person is telling these prurient details about their alleged sexual relationship from many years ago. you have the jury, you know, almost right on top of all the action. it's almost as if you were watching a cartoon or something and the

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," fireworks at the trump hush money trial this morning with judge merchan threatening the former president with the possibility of jail time

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>> i want to bring in nbc's andrea mitchell. in addition, andrea, to not having anything official from the israeli government -- and you just heard raf talk about the visit by secretary of state blinken, and you were on that trip. you know on the other side of this, in addition to the fact that there is a statement from the political wing of hamas saying they have accepted whatever this deal is, we don't know the details. there are so many hamas factions. so the fiendish details are not just about israel. they're also obviously about hamas and who speaks for hamas. >> and that is so critical, chris. you're absolutely right. as raf well knows, yahya sinwar is the most militant military wing of hamas. he's believed to be underground in one of the tunnels. he's agreed to be the mastermind of october 7th, not haniyen, whose name is signed to the agreement of the cease-fire proposal. some reporting that it's been watered down to what was originally offered. we don't know the exact outlines of it yet. one of the things that over the we

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," new potentialassified documents from the fbi in mar-a-lago. even as the former president's legal team is preparing for next week's closing

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andrea mitchell, chris jansing, and katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. our special coverage, next >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in new york along with my colleague, katy tur. the prosecution is quickly wrapping up its case in the first criminal trial of a former american president. the state is gets its chance now to repair any damage done by the testimony of its star witness. moments ago, the defense wrapped up with michael cohen after three days of cross-examination. >> it was a grueling three days. the big wild card is donald trump himself. will he live up to his promise to take the stand or put his defense team rest without presenting a single witness? dramatically demonstrating their argument that the state has failed to meet the burden of proof. >> judge merchan has set a new schedule this week guaranteeing the case will not go to the jury until after the long memorial day holiday weekend. he announced this morning that closing arguments will not take place until next tuesday he says because he does not want a long holiday break between closing

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," formerge overseeing his new york hush money trial, as stormy daniels will be on the stand for more cross-examination tomorrow. the federal judge in charge of the trump classified documents case in florida, who critics say has been foot dragging for months, postpones that trial indefinitely. new strikes in rafah. the white house delays shipping massive bombs to israel as the cia director meets today with

i'm andrea mitchell reporting from washington. joined by my colleagues katy tur and chris jansing in new york. >> right now, michael cohen is stitching together the details which back up the state's felony charges that trump falsified business records to cover up the 2016 hush money scheme, or at least that's what prosecutors hope. cohen testified that retainer invoices were faked and legally should have been called reimbursements. cohen also testified that the description on the checks signed by then president trump were also a lie. >> as early as this afternoon, cohen will face intense cross-examination as the defense looks to paint the prosecution's star witness as a liar. here with us in new york, former brooklyn prosecutor charles coleman and criminal defense attorney danny cevalos. >> here with me is paul butler, a markus childress. markus, let me ask you first, how important is this testimony as they are closing it out? how damaging is some of the admissions that michael cohen is making today? >> i think it's been impressiv

andrea mitchell and chris jansing pick up with our special trump trial coverage next. ♪♪ >>> good dayeryone. i'm andrea mitchell in new york alongside chris jansing for what could be the end of testimony in donald trump's criminal trial. michael cohen is on the stand for a second day of cross-examination. >> katy tur will join us in a moment. trump's attorney, todd blanche, is pressing the president's one-time loyal ally turned adversary. the defense highlighting the many times cohen admits he lied under oath. is he lying now? the only person who can counter much of what cohen is testifying about is donald trump himself. we are still waiting for a final decision on whether he will take the stand. >> with us in the studio, danny cevalos, catherine christian, and criminal defense attorney and former manhattan prosecutor jeremy sala. catherine, very low expectation that donald trump will take the stand. one of the things we are interested in, a 19-minute sidebar before michael cohen came in. we are waiting for the transcript, which should hit during these hours. there was a provocative s

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the bodiesostages are found in gaza. the cia director will try to revive talks. the humanitarian situation in rafah is disastrous. the order is largely symbolic. >>> where do we stand in the 2024 campaign? joe biden lags in the polls and donald trump prepares for a verdict in his hush money trial. >>> a day after being a guest at the state dinner at the white house, hunter biden is back in a delaware court for a pre-trial hearing in his federal gun trial. that trial is set to start a week from monday.

andrea mitchell and chris jansing pick up special coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> good day. andrea mitchell in new york city with my colleague chris jansing here in the studio. we are in the final stretch of the first criminal trial of a former president. the defense is presenting its closing arguments in donald trump's hush money trial. the former president's lead attorney, todd blanche, has spent the morning trying to plant seeds of reasonable doubt by saying the prosecution's trove of checks and documents do not link president trump to the crime. they can only believe this if they believe michael cohen. >> they moved on to stormy daniels, suggesting she hasn't told the truth either. once that's done -- we think it's getting close to the end of the defense case -- the prosecution will follow with what's expected to be four hours plus of their closing argument as they tie together their sprawling case after jurors heard from 20 witnesses. they saw about 200 pieces of evidence over a six-week period. the challenge? to sum up those arguments behind the 34 felony counts agains

i'm andrea mitchell in new york.h my colleague chris jansing for a landmark moment in our nation's history. our teammate katy tur will join us in a moment from inside trump tower where donald trump has just talked about the prosecutor and judge who presided over his case and said he would have loved to testify. >> this is a scam. this is a rigged trial. it shouldn't haven't been in that venue. we shouldn't have had that judge. he should have allowed us to have an election expert. we will appeal this scam. we will be appealing it on many different things. he wouldn't allow us to have witnesses. he wouldn't allow us to talk. he wouldn't allow us to do anything. the judge was a tyrant. >> sentencing is set for july 11th, days before the republican national convention kicks off. trump is expected to be overwhelmingly declared the official party nominee. while other felons have run for president in the past, trump will be the first nominated by a major party with a felony conviction and a solid shot of winning the white h

here's andrea mitchell. >> reporter: in a stinging rebuke of a close american ally, president biden halting a weapons shipment of 3500 bombs to israel just as israeli troops are targeting rafah. >> they go into rafah, i'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah. >> reporter: fearing israeli forces could drop 2,000-pound bombs on rafah as it did last fall killing civilians. >> we have concerns about what that would mean for the civilian population there, when you look at the way israel has conducted its operation in the past. >> reporter: but the move angering many republicans. >> i think it's a hugely irresponsible decision. there should never be any question about america's commitment, united states' commitment to israel. >> reporter: an israeli official telling nbc news, there is deep frustration over the u.s. decision, and also a rift over humanitarian aid. with the rafah border crossing now occupied by israeli tanks, aid not getting through. the state department calling that unacceptable. it comes despite secretary of state blinken's repeated urging

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andrea mitchell has late details. >> reporter: tonight in a stinging rebuke of a close american ally, president biden halting a weapons shipment of 3,500 bombs to israel, just as israeli troops are targeting hamas in rafah. >> they go into rafah. they haven't gone into rafah yet. they go into rafah, i'm not supplying the weapons used historically to deal with rafah. >> reporter: fearing israeli forces could drop 2,000-bombs on rafah as it did on a suspected terrorist killing civilians last fall. >> shouldn't we have concerns for what it means for the civilian population there and the way israel has acted? >> reporter: the move angering many republicans. >> i think it's a hugely irresponsible decision. there should never be any question about america's commitment, the united states' commitment to israel. >> reporter: an israeli official saying there is deep frustration over the u.s. decision and tonight also a rift over humanitarian aid with the rafah border crossing now occupied by israeli tanks, aid not getting through. the state department calling that unacceptable. it comes despite

ok, that is the international development secretary andrea i development secretary andrea mitchell ——ecretary. beijing has dismissed this claim, here's the chinese foreign ministry spokesman. translation: the remarks of the uk politicians are absurd. _ china firmly opposes and fights all forms of cyber attacks. we also firmly reject using the cyber security issue politically to smear and vilify other countries. stay with us on bbc news, back very shortly. let's ta ke let's take you live to the house of commons here in london. we are expecting grant shapps to speak in a few minutes. he is due to make a statement about a hack which has compromised the payroll system of the british armed forces. government officials have told the bbc that china was most likely responsible — something the chinese foreign ministry has dismissed as "absurd". china's president xijinping in europe at the moment, and france, having lunch with french president macron. the chinese dismissing the idea that it could be behind this hack as observed, but we are expecting a statement from the uk defence secretary and

andrea mitchell has the latest >> reporter: in the rebuke of the ally, president biden halting a weaponspment to israel as israeli troops are targeting hamas in rafah. >> we stopped one shipment >> reporter: hearing israeli forces to drop 2,000-pound bombs on rafah as it did last fall. >> we have concerns over what that would mean for the civilian population there when you look at how israel has conducted operations in the past >> reporter: the move is angering republicans >> that is an irresponsible decision there should never been a question of america's commitment to israel. i think biden's treading on thin ice. >> reporter: israel official saying there is deep frustration over the decision and rift over the humanitarian aid and the border crossing occupied by israeli tanks and aid not getting through. that is unacceptable that comes despite secretary blinken's comments last week >> it is imperative they get the food they need and water they need and medical supplies. >> reporter: new reporting cia director is back in cairo for cease-fire talks is israeli official denies it the state

andrea mitchell is on assignment.are keeping watch on the manhattan courthouse where the jury is back in the courtroom and donald trump's defense team is starting cross-examination of a key witness in the former president's first criminal trial. the questions towards stormy daniels' former attorney. earlier today, a second gag order hearing for additional alleged violations after judge merchan found trump in context tuesday and warned the only way to deter further violations might be jail time. the state insisting it's not what they are after in hopes of keeping disruptions to a minimum. the first violations were done on social media on his campaign website. we begin this hour with nbc's yasmin vasiljevs and jeffrey sloman. what's the latest from inside the court? >> the question going into this was, what was the purpose of davidson's testimony when it comes to the prosecution? that was setting up the purpose, the context of how this payoff went through. now we are into the cross. we are seeing this strategy emerge he

. >>> and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us on social media @mitchellreports. just go to msnbc.com/andrea. i'll be back in new york tomorrow for the resumption of the trump trial. "chris jansing reports" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. this could be epic, biden versus trump, the presidential candidates now agreeing to meet on a debate stage next month. they don't like each other, they don't respect each other, and the last time around it was a brawl. the move sends a bolt of lightning into a campaign that's been centered on a new york city courtroom. how the big change both sides agree to will make this debate sound and feel completely different from 2020. >>> plus, while trump's trial is dark, senator bob menendez's corruption trial is just getting going. opening statements expected to start in the next hour. the new jersey democrat accused of accepting a car, cash, even gold bars in exchange for official acts. we'll get the very latest from the courtro

and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember to follow the show on social media @mitchellreports. you can watch the best of our show anytime on youtube. just go to msnbc.com/andrea. "chris jansing reports" with josÉ diaz-balart starts now. >>> good day, i'm josÉ diaz-balart in for chris jansing. political wisdom or wishful thinking. donald trump using one of his precious few days outside the courtroom to campaign in minnesota ahead of any swing states. so does the former president really think he can win a state that's disappointed republicans for more than five decades? >>> plus, the u.s. is throwing a lifeline to thousands of palestinians at risk of starvation, courtesy of a makeshift effort to get food and fuel into gaza, but getting the supplies there is just step one. workers have to figure out how to get it to the people who need it in the middle of an active war zone. >>> and sentencing for the man convicted of brutally attacking nancy pelosi's husband with a hammer set to start any minute now. why federal prosecu

. >> andrea mitchell and katy tur will pick things up after a quick break. i'll see you back at 1:00 eastern time. keep it here. lots going on. >>> good day, everyone. the star witness takes the stand. >> now the critical figure in the hush money case. michael cohen, once donald trump's loyal attack dog, is now face-to-face with his former boss for the first time in months. cohen is the lynch pin of the prosecution's case. they argue cohen acted at trump's direction in an attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election. the defense's counter, once a liar, always a liar. painting cohen as a man obsessed with the former president who now profits by tearing trump down. >> in the next four hours, we will bring you live updates of how this is playing out inside that manhattan courtroom. we kick it off, kicking off our coverage with vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. here with us in studio, criminal defense attorney, danny and catherine christian. vaughn, outside the courtroom, talk about michael cohen, the star witness. a difficult witness, a challenging wi

i'm chris jansing alongside my colleagues, andrea mitchell and katy tur. >>> sorry, michael cohen acknowledged under oath that he stole $60,000 from the trump organization, that he did it out of anger that mr. trump cut his bonus. >> the prosecution is trying to use their second shot at questioning michael cohen to redirect the focus back to the former president. we're going to bring you live updates as we read them when michael cohen returns to the stand in just a few minutes after the lunch break. >> nbc's yasmin vossoughian is live at the courthouse. catherine christian is still with us. 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 t

that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on social media @mitchell reports. have a safe memorial day and remember our veterans. you can rewatch the best parts of our show on youtube. "chris jansing reports" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. just minutes ago we got our first update from hunter biden's hearing ahead of his trial on federal gun charges. and in just an hour, the judge has already ruled on four motions. our crew at the courthouse will tell us about the ground rules he's laying for this trial. >>> plus, donald trump trying to win over black and hispanic voters as he rallies in the deep blue south bronx. his many controversial messages and the response from one of the most diverse crowds at any of his rallies. >>> and take a look at this, a massive tornado caught on camera carving a path of destruction through parts of oklahoma. this terrifying scene just one of hundreds that have already touched down this year, and now even more danger

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i'm katy tur alongside my colleagues, andrea mitchell and chris jansing.hat's happening right now in donald trump's hush money trial could determine how it all ends. a legal conference between judge merchan, prosecutors, and attorneys for donald trump to determine the charges the jury can consider. >> and there aren't any fireworks to note inside the courtroom right now, no fireworks, but really important conversations, arguments with the conference that's highly sequential, there's gamesmanship at play on both sides. >> this is the final phase of the proceedings, right, before closing arguments begin next week. and jurors now have an extra-long weekend. actually, they have a full week to absorb this week's testimony. they probably need it. they're not going to be back in court until a week from today, next tuesday, when closing arguments will start. >> prosecutors rested their case against the former president earlier, after another less-explosive round of testimony from defense attorney, robert costello. more on that in a moment. and the cross-examinatio

i'm chris jansing alongside my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur, along with her notes and court. >> i won't show you the court sketches which are no good. before the break, trump's defense attorney was most fired up, the most fired up we have ever seen him, and i had personally seen in person raising his voice while pressing michael cohen about whether he lied about a critical 2016 phone call to donald trump, and by the way, ladies, the jury was reacting. >> i'm sure they were, it was during that call, that important call that michael cohen says he informed his former boss about the payment. but according to the defense, cohen only spoke to mr. trump's body guard about a teenager who kept prank calling him and the call was only about 1:36. >> yep. >> i want to bring back our panel, nbc's vaughn hillyard and also joining us the conversation, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, chuck rosenberg. there was two lines at the end of what was probably the most dramatic we have seen so far, this back and forth about this phone call, either ending it and saying the lunch break t