Impede the counting of electoral votes. All he wanted to do is impede the process that is stated in the constitution, thats all he wanted. All i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. I mean, this is exactly what he is charged for. And he admitted it. Yeah, you know watching mr. Laura and political defender like Lindsey Graham, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple of days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, not like the other attorneys that mr. Trump had around him, he was a prosecutor, and if he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january six, its because the evidence in that indictment are so overwhelming, they are hopscotching around hoping to find something, but nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course they wont find anything illegal because they are boxed illegally, they will lose legally, what theyre trying to
with a very good day, from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to all of you to alex witt reports. it is three pm eastern, out west. the campaign season certainly heating up with events on both coasts. president biden is campaigning in columbia, south carolina today. republican candidate, nikki haley, it campaigning trust about 90 miles or so away. early voting starts today in nevada and vice president kamala harris is in las vegas. so is gop front runner, donald trump. also new today, trump is reiterating his call for senate republicans to reject a bipartisan border deal that ties ukraine aid to border security. speaker mike johnson s already said that bill may be dead on arrival in the house. president biden is urging congress to get on board. saying he will use his authority and the bills provisions to, quote, shut down the border. meanwhile, texas is escalating its efforts to divide this week s supreme court ruling. refusing to allow federal officials to r
and trump administration. and the immigration law is taking effect into florida. we could have extreme consequences. just one of 200 new laws in the state that could change peoples lives. that is coming up. lgbtq rights advocates are condemning one of yesterday s key decisions from the supreme court. the court sided with a colorado web designer who said she had a first amendment right to refuse service to same-sex couples. in the majority opinion justice gorsuch wrote the tolerance, not coercion, is our nations answer. the first amendment envisions the united states of a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands. in her dissenting opinion justice sotomayor called the decision heartbreaking. compared it to discrimination that blacks faced before the civil rights movement. she writes, quote, the immediate symbolic effect to the decision is to marquise and that means for a second class status. in this way, th
i m proud to have done it. they wanted to get it back, right? there be no question. we celebrate. that yeah? we didn t. we did something that was a miracle. when i walked onto the stage today, a gentleman in the back, probably works for fox, nice guy, said, sir, that like to thank. you i said, for what? he said, you save 2 million lives in the last three years. you ve saved 2 million lives. i said, thank you very much. i know exactly what you meant. 2 million lives. no one has done more in that regard than me. that is perhaps the most important emission from donald trump last night. again, breaking, about being the one to eliminate a constitutional right for women s health care that has stood for over 50 years. here is donald trump s problem. he goes into, i would call it softball a softball event. i ve never seen one a fawning. i m not sure why they had to host their? you know, they could ve just had one to sit there and smile and say, you are great. ask them the s
for donald trump. we ll get into that. plus, some of the week s other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? on top of the world. yesterday was the happiest day of my life. was it? how come? [laughter] what was the feeling? because the former president had smeared me so badly and so evenly, and was such malice and such despite that it wasn t until yesterday that i got back on my feet. and so, my name is back, and robbie kaplan got it back for me. there are a lot of people who wondered why you would bring this case, not just because of the time, but because you know, you are from new york. you understand who donald tru