let's go back to danny cevallos right now. y, any other observations you want to make right now? >> several. as much as the judge observed that there was enough to go to a jury, make no mistake about it, nobody knows for sure, the prosecution, the defense. there was a shot. the defense had a shot, and it was because of a possible misstep by the prosecution. the prosecution here had plenty of data, plenty of evidence, but they got ambitious. they wanted to introduce a theory of a motive, which they don't have to prove, but they wanted to give the jury something to hang on to. and that theory was that to avoid financial crime prosecution and to engender sympathy, alex murdaugh killed his wife and son. it was a theory that was just too much for people to buy. and the defense seized on that in their closing. in fact, it was a central theme of their closing. and if there had been an acquittal, i suspect that would have been a major factor, because that motive became a real liability for the state here. >> all right, danny cevallos,

let's ask msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos who's back with me.enting this as sort of a classic example of how do you protect minors without government overreach? >> there's federal law that addresses this somewhat. federal law requires if these companies are obtaining information about the minor, then they require verifiable parental consent, the challenge is what is verifiable parental consent, after all, a child can get on the phone and say, oh, sure, i'm my parents. people have been doing that, when they call out sick for school for millennia, probably. now they can do it on their phone. the challenge becomes how do you make sure it's verified parental content. the slightly problematic part might be the curfew. i wonder if that might be challenged on free speech first amendment grounds. you are restricting free speech overnight. the argument might be that minors have a diminished first amendment privilege. utah is attempting to affect what national global companies do within their state borders online. >> one of the questions that's been asked

jack, i'm going to go around the horn here, danny cevallos, standing by. jack, what has stood out to you in the prosecution's case? >> i think he's doing a good job pulling everything together in the closing argument. he's using a power point presentation so he doesn't forget anything, and it's a very difficult task to make it as coherent as he's doing. and you know, we're going to hear from jim, i believe, is going to do the closing argument for the defense, and he's going to be effective too. i mean, i have been involved in cases with these guys, and they're very good, very good lawyers. i'm proud of them. >> danny cevallos, weigh in for me. what's standing out to you today? >> this is prosecutor closing argument 101, using a power point, very common for prosecutors, and i think a bit of a stumble here is putting way too many words on the power point, making it a reading exercise for the jury. i can't fault the prosecution. they must think they have an embarrassment of riches in terms of evidence and they must be concerned that there's some piece of data

we danny cevallos an msnbc legal analyst and david corn, the washington bureau chief at mother jonesontributor. it's good to have all four o you with us. so, there with me. there's lots to break down here david, i want to star with you michael cohen says this is really a fundraising opportunity for donald trump take a listen to this. >> not only does he want there to be another violent protest, he's also looking to do th great grift, continue the grea graft, and obtain campaign contributions off of this. oh, they're attacking your favorit president. send me $5, send me $10. it's all part of the great grift. >> so, broad question to you here, matthew, just to start off, your reaction to trump' post and why you think h decided to try and get ahead o the narrative. >> well, i'll start with the second part first. he doesn't want to get ahead o the narrative because he doesn't want to be hel accountable. this is a guy who, throughou his entire life, has managed t slip and slither and push an cajole and yell and scream his way out of accountability. and now, when th accountability is movin

joining us now, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. danny is up at 30 rock for us this morning.ood morning, thanks for being with us. let's talk about robert costello to start. what is your read on why he came in yesterday, and what does it tell you about the strength of the case that costello spoke but michael cohen was not called on to give a rebuttal. >> i think you can infer that michael cohen didn't give a rebuttal because prosecutors were confident that the testimony didn't sway anyone. the robert costello debacle of one day doesn't affect what prosecutors are going to do with this case anyway, what was he going to do, cast doubt on michael cohen? we all already know that michael cohen is a liar. if you don't know what he said before the grand jury, you have heard michael cohen testify before congress, he's got a podcast, he comes on air all the time. everybody's got michael cohen fever but the reality is it's the same as it was back in 2016 and 2017 and 2018, he told his story then. he's told it now. we all know it, so robert costello getting into the grand jury room and

. >>> let's bring in nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos danny, walk us through what we should take away from the jury coming back so qui quickly. >> they came back hours later, not minutes later. suggests possibly going into that jury room and take a poll and there may have been two, three, maybe four in the minority for acquittal or not so sure. so that may have required a couple hours of going over some of the evidence because three hours is a decent amount of time most jurors only deliberate for a matter of hours or a couple days. the high-profile cases often have something like in the order of a week but generally speaking this jus might be a minority that had to be convinced and they got to unanimity >>> also tonight, the severe weather in parts of the country parts of california still reeling from as much as seven feet o snow some people remain trapped in their homes, food and medicine running low in some areas. and in the south tonight hail in texas as tens of millions face severe weather in that part of the country. al roker is tracking it all al, what are we looking at >>

and joining us now nbc news correspondent ellison barber outside the courthouse, also with us danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. ellison, we'll start with you. tell us what the jury saw in this visit this morning to moselle. >> reporter: hey, jose. forgive me for looking off to the side at my phone, i'm trying to monitor any updates that we're getting from the press pool who has traveled to moselle with the jury. our team spoke to an officer here at the court, he said he had been in touch with the escort team that took the jury to moselle, that was seeing them around the property and would be bringing them back. we understand they are on the road headed back to the courthouse now. the judge had said he was hoping to have everyone back here by 11:00, 11:30 and they will presumably get right into closing arguments. the way this entire trip was structured, there was very clear directions for the jury before they even left that they were not going to be allowed to speak to anyone. that's other jurors, that's law enforcement traveling with them. and that they weren

>> ellison, thank you. >>> joining us now, nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. rdaugh admitted in open court to a number hese financial crimes. what do the guilty convictions yesterday on the murders, what did those mean for those crimes? >> the prosecutors who are handling his financial crimes breathed a sigh of relief when he took the stand and admitted to a lot of them. that will all be admissible against him in any subsequent crime prosecution for those frauds, anything else that he admitted to on the stand, so that makes the case against him a lot easier he may have thought it was a gambit, a chance to tell the jury, look, i'm perfectly willing to fess up to my financial crimes but i didn't commit this murder but the problem is, from the beginning, he was a liar and the only reason that he took the stand probably was to explain away why now the data, the onstar, the other evidence, the snapchat video, put the lie to his story he told law enforcement, and his explanation when he took the stand, oh, the reason there is a discrepancy, well, i lied about that, t

really tough to meet that. >> jay gray, danny cevallos, thanks you. >>> 31 million people in the southeast through the ohio valley are at risk for hurricane force winds and some could face tornadoes. take a look at there twister, it touched down in texas yesterday about 100 miles east of dallas, there were six reported tornadoes yesterday, between texas and louisiana, and one reported today in kentucky. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky is in little elm texas north of dallas and bill karins is with us as well our meteorologist. morgan, how are conditioning now and how extensive is some of the damage from yesterday's tornadoes? >> reporter: it is about the soipt of what they were yesterday evening and overnight when the wall of storms tore across north texas, spawning five confirmed tornadoes in north texas, another lone tornado in louisiana. and the damage where it did strike undeniable, we have seen some of the damage in the north texas area, from some of those reported twisters. i'm actually standing in front of a grocery store that had its roof partially collapse due to straight line

s office is expecting as well. >> daniel horowitz, danny cevallos, thank you both so much appreciate news on the toxic train derailment in ohio the justice department is now suing norfolk southern the government says it's seeking to hold the company accountable for unlawfully polluting the nation's waterways and to ensure it pays the full cost of the environmental clean up the detailment in february as you probably know forced thousands of people in east palestine to evacuate. many residents are very concerned still about their long-term health impact. >>> former president trump's indictment isn't stopping both sides from fundraising, hin fac, it appears to be giving a boost for a critical fundraising deadline we'll explain that you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc e right home insurance coverage, well you could end up paying for all this yourself. so get allstate. (vo) businesses nationwide are switching to verizon business internet. paying for all this yourself. (woman) it's a perfect fit for my small business. (vo) verizon has business internet solutions nationwid

joining us msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. it was pointed out by a number of observers some of his posts particularly the one with the baseball bat could be getting himself into more legal hot water since he's threatening a prosecutor. do we think there's something to that? >> possibly, i mean, anything that could be perceived as a threat could be a legal threat, a crime, but trump always operates in the gray area. two pictures next to each other, one of trump holding a baseball bat, is that an actual true threat? i think reasonable minds could differ. i also don't think it will move the needle as to the manhattan d.a.'s investigation and seems pretty clear that their investigation is focusing on very specific issues and while we've heard a lot of reporting about the stormy daniels avenue, i almost think at this point that may be a distraction, that, in fact, the manhattan d.a.'s office may also be looking at cases where trump inflated his financial condition for loans and deflated it for taxes. >> so, danny, let's talk about

danny cevallos, thank you again. let's now bring in my political panel, to msnbc contributors and political strategists, susan del percio, a republican. and juanita tolliver, a democrat. let me start with asking you to give me your reaction to what you just heard from joe tacopina. let me start with you, susan. >> i think what joe tacopina that was exactly what donald trump wanted him to do, which was to muddy the waters a bit on this case. i will say, and after hearing danny, i think this case is going to be difficult for alvin bragg. mostly because i don't think it's hard to convince one person that donald trump, whether it is because he was reported to embarrass his wife, or because he had a -- with his wife, wanted this money to go as hush payment. that being said, i'm not an attorney. but what donald trump has done now has been so dangerous to our democracy and our judicial system. and that's because he's trying to weaponize our court. when he said i'm going to be arrested tuesday, i want people to be up and on.

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susanne craig, investigate reporter for the new york time animus nbc contributor we danny cevallos, anlegal analyst and david corn the washington burrow to tha mother jones, and contributor, good to have all four of you with us. it's been one of those days. so bear with me. there's lots to break down here i want to start with you michael cohen says that this i really all a fundraising opportunity for donald trump take a listen to this. >> not only does he want there to be another violent protests he's also looking to do th great grift, continue the grea graft, and obtain campaign contributions off of this. oh, they're attacking your favorite presidents and me $5, send me $10 it's all part of the great grift. >> broad question to you here, matthew, to start off, you reaction to what trump's pos and why you think he decided t try and get ahead of the narrative? >> well, all the second part versus trying to get ahead o the narrative because he doesn't want to be able to account. this is a guy that throughou his entire life has managed to slip, slipper, push, and can joel, yell, scream is

i actually want to bring i right now, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos danny, so good to have you thanko much for joinin us for this breaking news. for those of you that are just tuning in now with the breakin news, former president donal trump has posted on trut social he expects to b arrested on tuesday of nex week by the manhattan district attorney's office. he then calls for protests his followers, he asked hi proud followers to protest t take your nation back danny, let's stay in the legal lane right now. obviously, that's a really important stuff. the biggest caveat is we haven't seen an indictment we haven't seen in the rest. but all signs indicate tha there has been an indictment that has been returned, but le me push back on that sign. we also know stormy daniels, but 134,000 dollar hush payment, -- has been in contact with the manhattan da's office, but b all indications, she was i front of the grand jury last week like michael cohen did. , socially humping are break there any? should we be saying maybe we'r jumping the gun here, no matte what donald trump says about being arr

danny cevallos is there. danny, what are we learning about the developments?> reporter: as you said, that first court appearance just wrapped up. i want to tell you what we know so far about the suspect and where he comes from. perhaps give you clues. we're talking about marc muffley, as you said, a 40-year-old from landsford, pennsylvania, less than a mile where we are at lehigh international airport. and the fbi said he tried to check a bag on monday morning, at this airport that contained explosives. this is what prosecutors and the criminal complaint says. of course, that bag did not get far. they can able to catch that bag. and what they found with the fbi, bomb officials on the scene, powder consistent with quote, commercial grade powder, a lighter, a wireless drill and two outlets taped together. as you said, the bag actually had a luggage tag on it because it was being checked. folks knew the name of the suspect, mr. muffley, they called his name but security cameras showed mr. muffley leaving after that name was called out. the fbi was able to get his

joining us now is nbc news legal analyst, danny cevallos.ake sense of this dramatic outcome here today. were you surprised at how quickly the jury returned with the verdict? >> yes, and no. most trees don't take us long as people perceive them to. they generally take longer in these high profile cases. these close calls, although i am not sure that this was a close call. but in the run of the male case, it is not unusual for a jury to be out, even in a complex case, for about a day, maybe two. but three hours is admittedly short. what that probably means is that they got in the room, they shut the door, they took a quick poll, and nearly everybody must have been on board. maybe there were one or two holdouts, but they talked about it, convince them, and it was not long before everybody was unanimous. yes, very quick verdict, considering how much evidence was introduced. >> when you say how much evidence was introduced i think a lot of people, i am not a defense attorney, but we will focus on this idea that it was all circumstantial. they nev

joining me right now to continue conversation here in studios, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. here's what's kind of striking to me, he said very little in his sentencing. nobody came forward to say anything in support of him. then you had judge neumann saying, you know, nobody bought the stories that you were telling. let's take a listen to that. >> and to have you come and testify, that it was just another ordinary day. the my wife, and son and i were out just enjoying life. not credible, not believable, you can convince yourself about it but obviously you have the inability to convince anyone else about that. >> so, what stood out to you overall from all that? >> judge neumann was inscrutable throughout the trial, but now, injuring sentencing we finally get what was really on his mind. you must of been sitting there throughout the evidence saying to himself, this guy is guilty, even though it's not for him to say to say, it's for the jury to say. he let alex murdaugh have it in this allocution. you see murdaugh, in my mind, still trying to work the angle, still trying to get

let's turn to danny cevallos and get your impression. what did you make of the defense's closing argument? >> no surprises there. they didn't have a lot to work with and focused on five different minor points that the prosecution or the law enforcement may have done a shoddy investigation, but they really hammered home the beyond a reasonable doubt standard, the presumption of innocence and they seized upon what will be likely considered a gift from the prosecution, that entire -- we played a clip from that, the entire financial crime motive for killing the wife and son, it isn't plausible, defense seized that and used it against the state. state meanwhile in rebuttal brought the fire and brimstone which they usually do because they know the defense can't get up and say anything afterwards so very effective there. they addressed some really important points, among those are that if murdaugh hadn't been caught by the state's evidence lying would he have taken the stand and admitted that he was lying? of course, the answer to that is almos

. >> joining us is yamiche al sin -- yamiche alcindor who is in new york, and danny cevallos here ins charged with, and 30 counts, and we might see allegations with the inflation of real estate values, and you may see the checks related to the stormy daniels affair, and you saw the image of the process. we will start with the arraignment, and a flurry of activity and surely released. he is not going to jail pending trial, and then all is quiet as the two sides prepare, and the defense will start to filing motioning probably to dismiss. >> and feeling like the gop primary is already under way, even though we have heard governor of florida ron desantis talking about this, and what impact do we expect this to have in 2024? >> well, it is a key question that we have to keep digging in on, as this is going to make its way through the process, and the other legal problems that he is going to be going through, and the charges are closely tied to his party affiliation. this is what we are hearing. >> it seems that they could get him on something better, but the man is evil and evaded legal r

co-author of "the divider: trump in the white house 2017 through 2021" and then with me on set is danny cevallos, criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. gabe, start us off if you will, talk us through the grand jury's schedule today and expectations we have here in new york. >> reporter: good morning, yasmin. all eyes as you mentioned are on that courthouse behind me, and we expect the grand jurors to reconvene sometime this afternoon. they have been reconvening at about 2:00 p.m. eastern time on wednesdays, and right now the big question is will there with potentially another witness as part of this grand jury investigation. that is unclear at this moment, but if there is -- there are no more witnesses, the prosecution could put this up for a vote, and if 12 grand jurors vote to indict former president trump, that indictment would then go under seal. it's possible we might not find out about an indictment until prosecutors reach out to the former president's legal team. again, if he is indicted and potentially the former president could then reveal this to the world on his social me

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also legal analyst danny cevallos, a long-time defense attorney. dave, as active prosecutor, let me ask you, when you heard they were coming back at 30 minutes, what was your thought? >> three hours. >> i mean three hours, what was your thought? >> guilty, joe. a five-week trial, three-hour verdict, after that mountain of circumstantial evidence, there was no way that jury was coming back in three hours with unanimous not guilty verdict. it was because he lied, and the jury, i think, was so repulsed by the fact that he lied to them, to their own faces. saying, essentially, yeah, he lied every day about his alibi, but today was the day he was telling the truth. because he said it was the opioids that made him so paranoid, that he lied previously. if the opioids made him so paranoid ae l that he lied and would it be so paranoid that he would kill? jury didn't buy it. justice was done. >> danny, it seemed very clear that he was -- i mean, he convicted himself,practically, choosing to testify. he opened door after door, questions about innocence. he ta

. >>> let's get more perspective on the latest developments from legal analyst danny cevallos good toe of the items that were seized at bryan kohberger's family's house anything jump out to you on that list >> yes, what's compelling and what people are focused on is the nine items that were actually seized. but that only tells half of the story. what is also interesting is the long list, i think it is on page six, of items that law enforcement were looking for, and that's a much broader list, so in a sense, the fact that those nine items don't include electronic devices, which were on the search warrant, other items, there were a limited number of clothing items taken from the residence, so there is something telling in the fact that there were only nine items, clothing, a flashlight, no electronic devices, a lot of the things they were looking for in the search warrant were not recovered. so that is very interesting to me and maybe not that surprising, because you might not expect a lot of evidence at his parents' home. >> still this morning one of the biggest outstanding questions i