Its a privilege to work with this extraordinary team. I thank them for their constant work and love of craft. I thank you for the privilege of your time. That wraps up the hour. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, Robert Menendez and his wife appeared for their arraign money and pleaded not guilty in manhattan on federal Bribery Charges. The senators grip on his seat slips with a growing majority of his democratic colleagues calling for his resignation. Its debate night at the Reagan Library. Seven republican primary candidates try to break away from the pack. The heavy favorite, former president trump, skipping the debate but heading to an event for striking auto workers in michigan. The house and senate remain far apart on a way to avert a Government Shutdown three days from now. Breaking news overseas. Travis king, the american soldier who crossed into north korea in july, is back in u. S. Custody. Officials say happy to be back.
welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse to defamation to suddenly in an instance in liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it is the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. the republican party has followed him willingly down the rabbit hole toward autocracy. the country now has to grapple with it as well. having already spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control defendant donald trump will be subject to the rules and processes of the criminal justice system. he has been convicted of a felony. his right to vote even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to remain only because of a quirk in his current home state of florida. the washington post reporting if the former president have been convicted in republican dominated florida or most other states, he would not be allowed to v
all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida
colleagues who have been covering the trial from the beginning. msnbc s legal analyst lisa rubin, new york times investigative reporter susanne craig, and former federal prosecutor and former sdny criminal division deputy chief, kristy greenberg. katy, let s set the stage for what s going on at trump tower where we anticipate him speaking in about an hour, right? the assembled press is here. this is the first time i believe everyone has been back in this lobby since the donald trump transition. donald trump is going to come town his golden elevators behind me as a man running for president again, as a former president, yes, but also as a man who has now been convicted on 34 felony counts. the first former president to ever be convicted of a crime and certainly the first one, former president to be running again now that they are convicted on all of those felony counts. and he s doing it, guys, at the literal scene of the crime here in trump tower. this is where david pe
are in charge of history, a decision you will make will be taught in schools, written down in history books, and then that decision awaits you today. imagine how heavy it would feel to get out of bed this morning. it s a lot. and yet that is what 12 men and women are doing right now, deciding if they believe the former president of the united states, donald trump, committed a crime, potentially multiple felonies for as the manhattan district attorney s office argues corruptly trying to interfere with an election. engaging in a so-called scheme that prosecutors say could have been what got him elected. the prosecution has told the jury they think this is a simple case, that in the weeks before the 2016 election during the fallout from the access hollywood tape, donald trump caused michael cohen to buy and bury the story of an affair with an adult film star, to hide it from you, the voters. they call that election interference, and say this case has so much evidence, it is over