this year supreme court began with a feeling of hope but has been nothing more than one step forward and two massive steps back for america. ketanji john broxson took place as the first black woman to serve on the high court, a historic appointment heralded as the progress needed to make the highest court inland reflect s population. really disturbed by the court specifically by chief justice john roberts suggested an error of moderation, the conserve justice ruled with the liberal in a slew of surprising decisions, including on key issues like immigration, voting rights, and election oversight. that s where the moderation. ended the court supermajority struck down the presidents student loan forgiveness program in just 24 hours. after ending affirmative action. long used to increase the number of black, hispanic, and other under representative minorities on college campuses. the court found that these policies violated the constitution s 14th amendment promise of equal prote
sunday, january 28th. in the washing, velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior, filling in for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. and we ve got a lot to talk about. we start this morning with the trials of donald trump. now he s had his day in court, and just like that, he s been ordered by a jury of his peers to pay 83 point $3 million to e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her. and how does he respond to this? of course, he went to vegas. the campaign valley, and we can have before that was replete with a typical vitriol, hatred, and lies, that we ve come to expect in the twice impeached, multiplied republican front runner. however, instead of focusing on his primary part in nikki haley, trump largely directed as verbal assault president joe biden. now this is understandable, and it actually makes more sense for his political economy. primary season may have just begun, but let s be real. this primary race is pretty much all but over. president joe biden is going t
fortunately, that is okay. we have a lot of cash, we have great assets. governor desantis, i want to present to you this participation trophy. [laughter] now, i m probably you re probably not going to win the election, right? but we re proud of you for trying. as of this moment, we are going to spend suspends presidential campaign. we are not a racist country, brian. we ve never been a racist country. coach, jerod mayo. [laughter] lessons that i ve taken from bill. hard work works, all right? hard work works and that is what we are all about. law enforcement response of robb elementary school on may 24th, 2022, and in the hours and days after, was a failure. it was even seen slamming his hand on the table and muttering, quote, this is a con job. that s within earshot of the jury and the judge, who at one point, has a threatened to kick him, the civil defendant, out of the courtroom. that s a nasty man. he s a nasty judge. he s a trump hating guy. the supreme c
trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump s lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what s to come. there is no reason to have the meeting if there weren t going to be potential charges. when you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law for donald trump, not to be charged. not long after, his lawyers left the department of justice, donald trump himself posted this on his social media platform, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong,
end. then, nikki haley fanning the culture war flames. a fact check on what she said over the weekend. and apple debuting a 3500 dollar headset. but is there more to this? with just a hefty price tag, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good monday evening. i am stephanie ruhle, with a lot of news to cover tonight. and the special counsel s investigation into donald j trump s handling of classified documents appears to be at equivocal stage. and i know i ve said that to you before, but this time, i really think it s different. this morning, three members of trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter